Boliviana OB Flight #762 landed one hour late at 2:59pm EST. By now, many students have made their way through customs and are on their way to their home airports. We wish them the safest of travels and a happy reunion with loved ones at home!...Read More
Avianca flight #962 arrived at 3:43pm EST. By now, many students are making their way through customs and on their way to their home airports. We wish them the safest of travels and a happy reunion with loved ones at home!...Read More
Buenos días. Our Andes and Amazon Group A adventure has come to an end. This morning Sierra and Bryn boarded a plane from Cusco to Lima and then on to Miami. The rest of our group is staying on in Cusco for varying times. It has been an incredible......Read More
To my group during transference: I would like to dwell for a moment on where you are. You have been traveling for nearly three months in two countries. You have slept in fifteen hostels and countless different beds, nine campsites, five night buses,......Read More
Where There Be Dragons—or Dragoncitos (little dragons in Spanish) as Randall likes to say—pays homage to ancient Chinese map makers who would draw dragons on the edges of maps for places they hadn’t yet explored. The wild, unknown, unconquered......Read More
It’s hard to believe that there is just one week left. Almost three months of learning, laughing, and traveling together – and now we slow down to reflect on all we have done. We had the amazing opportunity to visit Machu Picchu (after a......Read More
Dear Andes & Amazon Group A Students & Families, Andes & Amazon Group A fall program students will soon be boarding their planes to return home and share their tales of adventure with each of you. We are sure you are anxiously awaiting......Read More
We are officially all back together in Cusco, safe and happy and tired and overwhelmed by the beauty of the last 3 days on trek. Here’s a few snaps from the Lares trek (hot spring soak, not captured)....Read More
Dear Friends and Family, The group has just started off on the Lares Trek today. This is a shorter trek of just three days but it will take them into the high Andes past spectacular peaks. The group will finish the trek on the 24th and travel to......Read More
As we write this, we’re listening to the discordant harmony of sounds descending from the heart of the Pariamanu Amazon. The calls of unseen birds and unrecognizable insects fill the air and echo reminders of the past two months filled with the......Read More
Here are some photos from Ausangate and the Amazon! Everything is going really well 🦋🌻🍄🥑🐉🌸🌎✨ Mom and dad, I’m sending you guys love from Peru 💛💛 -Sierra...Read More
It’s day two here of our incredible stay in the Boca Pariamanu community. The Peruvian rainforest has so far proven to be a warm and welcoming place. In two short days, we have learned and seen so many new things. How lucky are we to have the......Read More
Update from Sierra and Sam! We´re about to go to the Amazon. Right now we´re in an internet cafe getting lots of new music on an mp3 player because we are music deprived. But we´re super excited to go to the jungle 😀 Being in an internet cafe......Read More
Hi friends and family, We have had quite the adventure this last week trekking in Ausangate. Despite the rain, hail, and snow we experienced on the trail – we had an incredible time being among the sacred mountains and lakes in this region. We......Read More
