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Mexico, Yucatan

Tuition and dates: please fill out our Trip Planner Form for specific details and prices for your trip.

Sample itinerary—these will vary for each school group depending on length of trip, desired activities and budget.

Day 1

Arrive in Mérida | Shopping and exploration

Day 2

Visit Maya museum | Excursion by horses to cenotes | underground pools

Day 3

Travel to homestay town of Izamal | tour town and meet families

Day 4

Service projects | Soccer and basketball games in afternoon

Day 5

Service projects | Assist local elementary teacher | Game night with families

Day 6

Service projects | English/ Mayan language lessons | Folkloric Dance lessons

Day 7

Service projects in Mayan Town

Day 8

Finish Service Projects | Good bye dinner and fiesta

Day 9

Travel to the beaches of Tulum | Afternoon beach time

Day 10

Service projects | trail work and project with pink flamingo flocks | Beach time

Day 11

Visit Chichén ítza | Return to Mérida

Day 12

Depart

Service Projects

  • Rebuild homes in the Maya village of Yaxuna
  • Pour a concrete floor for a Mexican family home
  • Assist local elementary school teachers
  • Distribute dispensas, care packages of food and toiletries, to low-income elders

Language Immersion

  • Communicate in Spanish with leaders (they’ll work with you according to your level of Spanish!)
  • Sleep in hand-woven Mayan hammocks
  • Work and interact with Maya families on home repair
  • Experience a homestay in the "yellow city" of Izamal
  • Learn salsa and traditional Yucatecan dances

Adventure and Cultural Activities

  • Visit the Maya ruins of Uxmal and Chichén ítza
  • Swim in a cenote, an underground pool
  • Stay in a Hacienda from the 17th Century
  • Snorkel and swim at the beaches of Tulum
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