Central America

Learn Spanish while you Travel

Central America is one of the most popular places to combine a vacation with studying the Spanish Language. With the varied landscape of the region, you can choose between luxurious beach resorts, pleasant hill Towns and settlements within cloud forests and other natural habitats.

The Gringo Trail which travels through Central America is a very popular backpacking route and with this increase in tourism, many new language Schools have been opening.

COSTA RICA

Costa Rica is one of the popular places in the region for learning Spanish and is home to some of the most diverse Flora and Fauna in the western hemisphere. Most of the Schools in the country are located near some beautiful and wildlife rich areas and the most popular seem to be Flamingo Beach and Domincal on the Pacific coast and Monteverde by the unspoilt Cloud forest reserve.

Costa Rica is getting more and more popular with each year that goes by and the good thing about the way the Local Government deals with this increase, is the way that environmental conservation plays a major part in any development. It is because of this awareness that Costa Rica is the conservationist’s playground with many National Parks and reserves that are teeming with different bird and animal life.

Those who wish to learn Spanish in Costa Rica usually are the ones that also want to experience the wildlife of the region and many schools offer students the chance to participate in hikes and wildlife viewing tours. The chance to volunteer your services to a local wildlife conservation group is also there and you could find yourself helping to spot the resplendent Quetzal or tagging monkeys or even maybe helping to protect Sea Turtle nesting grounds. The choices seem to be endless.

Costa Rica is not full of the glitz and glamour of the International resorts of Mexico, but this is what it prides itself on. This is the vacation for those who want to learn more about the environment of Central America as well as learning Spanish.

Costa Rica is not the cheapest of the Countries in the region to visit and study, but none of the neighbouring countries can boast such a comprehensive list of National Parks and such abundant wildlife. Costa Rica really is a special place and the many coastal towns and mountain retreats are still relaxed and untouched by mass tourism.

Costa Rica is recommended to those prospective students who wish to get back to nature as well as learn a new language. English is widely spoken but the chance to converse with the locals is a lot better than the huge resorts of Mexico.