High School Study Abroad in Peru

Peru Community Service

Come explore the raw beauty and culture of Peru from the mysterious ruins of Machu Picchu, to the Amazon Jungle. Learn about ancient indigenous cultures as you volunteer in the Sacred Valley to help out in a rural community painting houses, cooking with families, or helping with their animals. Explore ancient temples and colonial Spanish churches in Cuzco, visit the floating Islands of Uros, stay ... Learn More

Peru Spanish & Service

Nothing can prepare you for the spectacular beauty of the Peruvian Andes. On this community service and cultural immersion adventure, the land of the Incas and the People of the Sun will entrance you with its remarkable history, welcoming inhabitants and breathtaking scenery. Once the largest civilization on earth, the legacy of the Inca Empire lives on today in its descendants, the Andean culture... Learn More

South America: Indigenous Culture, Volunteer Work, Spanish

Study Spanish, live with home stay families, and get involved with service learning projects. Explore the cloud forest and the Amazon, take an introductory course on permaculture and sustainable practices at an organic farm, and try your hand at surfing the mighty Pacific. Complement your journey by learning from local shamans and embracing the ethos of yoga at a retreat center in the Sacred Val... Learn More

Youth International - South America

The world becomes your classroom and experience your greatest teacher! Through a combination of volunteer community service work, homestays, outdoor adventure, and intense developing world travel, each Youth International participant is set up for a dynamic first-hand learning experience about the region in which they are traveling. At the same time, they are presented with a unique environment... Learn More

International Spanish Study for Teens

The teenage years are an exciting, confusing and challenging time for young people. No longer little kids, they aren't adults and need specialized classes which recognize that they bore quickly with structured classes and yet they don't to be treated like little children! There are plenty of challenging activities for the teen in these classes, as well as a number of excursions where they have... Learn More

Global Citizens Network: Peru

Global Citizens Network (GCN) sends small teams of participants to rural communities around the world where they are immersed in the daily life of the community. GCN seeks volunteers to participate on our trips to Tarapoto, Peru. The city of Tarapoto, The City of Palms, is located in the San Martin Department of Northeastern Peru. It is the largest town in the region and is the center for area agr... Learn More

High School Volunteer Abroad Opportunity in Peru

Combine volunteering with language immersion and cultural immersion during your summer vacation! Join ProWorld along with its sister high school program Ayusa Volunteer Abroad in Peru for the international experience of a lifetime. This program challenges its participants to grow as individuals and as members of our global community. Your Service Learning Experience will entail a three-week Home ... Learn More

Unique Community Development and Conservation Project

BIENVENIDO! On this multi-activity volunteer project you'll benefit from the training components and actively assist in the environmental monitoring study at multiple locations in Peru. As you stay longer, you'll take on increasing levels of data collection and project management responsibilities (depending on your abilities). The longer you participate on the project, the more skills you will dev... Learn More

AFS Intercultural Programs: Peru High School and Gap Year Programs

Andean peaks surround Machu Picchu; lush tropical rainforests, Amazonian jungles, sandy beaches, arid deserts, remote farmland and fishing villages make up the Peruvian landscape. Likewise, Peru's cuisine is rich in variety and has influences from Spanish, Chinese, European, African, and Japanese cultures. Peru's people are also diverse: Quechua Indian--descendants of the Incas--mestizos (part-Ind... Learn More

VISIONS Peru

Visions offers teenagers opportunities for ambitious service work and cross-cultural immersion in the United States and abroad. We work with and for intercultural communities that lack financial and other development resources. Through service, authentic experience, and active exploration, we encourage new perspectives and dynamic learning. In South America Peru is noted for geographic and cul... Learn More