Whether your child is drawn to language, animals, cultural immersion, or environmental science, we offer a type of trip that brings that learning to life.

So over the next few weeks, we will be highlighting different categories of trips and the kind of learning that happens in each one.

First up: Spanish Immersion ✨

Language learning sticks best when it’s part of everyday life. Ordering food, working alongside local partners, and navigating new places. These trips are built to make Spanish something teens hear, speak, and practice daily in ways that feel natural.

Here are the trips that fall under our Spanish immersion category.

🛶 Spain: Connect Through Community

This trip blends outdoor adventure with service and daily life in Spain. Teens spend time along the Costa Brava hiking, kayaking, and exploring coastal towns before heading inland to Barcelona for service work with local organizations. Spanish is woven into daily interactions, from navigating cities to working alongside community partners, creating steady opportunities to practice and build confidence.

🌊 Costa Rica: Coast to Canopy (High School)

Teens live and work in rural Costa Rican communities, partnering on service projects and spending afternoons playing soccer, hiking, and practicing Spanish with local families. As the trip continues, they travel from the mountains to the Caribbean coast, where Spanish is part of everything from cultural exchanges to daily logistics.

🦜 Costa Rica: Journey Through the Jungle (Middle School)

Designed for younger teens, this trip offers a supportive introduction to Spanish immersion. Teens work alongside local communities, explore rainforests and waterfalls, and spend time with Costa Rican hosts who help make language practice feel approachable. Spanish is part of everyday life on the trip, paired with adventure like rafting, zip-lining, and coastal exploration.

🏝️ Puerto Rico: Reefs to Rainforest (Middle School)

In Puerto Rico, teens experience Spanish immersion within a U.S. territory rich in history, culture, and environmental diversity. Through service projects, guided hikes, cultural activities, and time spent with local partners, teens hear and use Spanish throughout their days. The trip balances language exposure with exploration of rainforests, reefs, and historic Old San Juan.

🤿 Puerto Rico: Reef Restoration (High School)

This trip combines Spanish immersion with hands-on environmental work. Teens spend time diving, learning about coral reef ecosystems, and partnering with local organizations on conservation-focused service projects, while practicing Spanish through daily interactions on land and at sea.

🏔️ Peru: Mystic Mountains

Set high in the Andes, this trip blends Spanish immersion with cultural exchange, service, and adventure. Teens partner with local nonprofits, spend time in rural mountain communities, and navigate daily life across cities and remote regions while using Spanish in meaningful, real-world ways.

🥥 Dominican Republic: Caribbean Community

Teens spend two weeks immersed in Dominican culture while working alongside local partners in Batey communities. Spanish is practiced daily through service projects, cultural exchanges, and time spent exploring historic towns, markets, and coastal areas.

More trip categories coming soon. For now, if Spanish immersion is something your teen is excited about, these are great places to start.

Spanish Immersion Trips for Teens | RLT Trip Guide