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ADVENTURE

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IFSA hosts cultural activities unique to each program to enhance your understanding of the local
culture and people. Activities vary by year, location, and term. Possible activities include:

ARGENTINA COSTA RICA MEXICO
Visit the Latin American Art Discover the secrets of cacao Discover the history of Mérida
Museum, Museo Nacional de during a chocolate tour at the with a day trip to the Ek-Balam
Bellas Artes, and the National Tirimbina Biological Reserve archaeological site and a city bus
Congress building Explore the Monteverde Nature tour
Tour the traditional La Boca Reserve including a canopy tour Visit the city of Valladolid, swim
neighborhood, including the Boca hovering above the cloud forest in a local cenote, and view one of
Juniors football stadium Visit Teatro Nacional, Museo the best preserved Mayan grand
Attend screenings at the Buenos Nacional, and the Pre-Columbian scale masks
Aires film festivals Gold Museum in San Jose Explore the ancient city of Uxmal,
View the Iquazu Falls, among the Join a Sarchi oxcart painting the Grand Museum of the Maya
largest in the world, located along workshop, and tour a sustainable World, and the state of Chiapas
the Argentine-Brazil border dairy and strawberry farm near during an excursion
the Poas Volcano Participate in a community service
CHILE project including a homestay
Tour downtown Santiago CUBA experience with a rural Maya family
including Cerro San Cristóbal and Enjoy concerts, dance
La Moneda Palace performances, art exhibitions, PERU
Take an excursion to San Pedro de the Havana Film Festival, and the Learn how to play the cajón (a
Atacama and be amazed by Valle Havana International Book Fair drum box) and do dances such as
de la Luna, salt flats, altiplanic Visit cities such as Trinidad, Santa the festejo and the zapateo
lagoons, volcanoes, and geysers Clara, or Santiago to see UNESCO See the pre-Hispanic past of Lima
Tour Valparaíso, the Las Cruces World Heritage Sites unfold in Huaca Pucllana, an
Marine Research Center, and the Explore western Cuba including ancient archaeological site
Casablanca vineyard Las Terrazas, an intentional Take a breathtaking trip to Machu
Take an excursion to the Andes community within a biosphere Picchu including a visit to Cusco
Mountains region and engage reserve, with a guided tour of and the ruins of llantaytambo
with indigenous Mapuche the coffee plantation ruins and Visit Caral, an ancient city dating
communities, including a ecovillage, as well as a visit to the back to 3000 B.C., discovered in
homestay and artisan workshops San Juan River 1994 and still under excavation