Gap Year Programs in Makassar,Indonesia

Spanning from Malaysia to Australia, with over 17,000 equatorial islands, Indonesia hosts the world's highest level of biodiversity and one of the richest cultural tapestries on Earth. Dragons Indonesia gap year semester begins in Yogyakarta on the island of Java. With our Program House as a base, students engage in arts, language, and topical discussions on themes of religious diversity, creative expression, and cultural and environmental conservation, all while living with carefully selected homestay families. From Java, we head east to the island of Flores where students live in the pastoral village of Langa. Here students stay with generous homestay families, learn about coffee production, hike spectacular dormant volcanoes, explore topics in spiritual plurality, and develop a deeper understanding of traditional farming. We then travel to the southeastern archipelago of Wakatobi, an extraordinary National Marine Park and home to the Bajau people (also known as “sea nomads”). We return to Yogyakarta to conclude this rugged, comprehensive course that introduces students to some of the most significant ecological, cultural, and geo-political conversations of our time.