Duration: 19 jours
Location: Granadilla, Matagalpa et l'île de Ometepe

 

PART 1 – Days 1-4 : Matagalpa and UCA San Ramon

    • Fair trade certified cooperative visit
    • The history of cooperatives and how they are organized
    • Typical meal-cooking workshop
    • Exchange with a local primary school
    • Staying with families of ”La Reina” Community

1 night in a hostel in Managua or Granada
3 nights in homestays
Public and private transport

PART 2 – Days 5-14 : Granadilla Community Project

    • Community Project: Improvement of the local school and the community center
    • Student group will be hosted by families of the community
    • Excursion in Granada, the oldest city on the American continent

10 nights in homestays
Public and private transport

PART 3 – Days 15-19 : Ometepe Island

    • Community of Altagracia: the beach of Santo Domingo
    • Ojo de agua excursion: freshwater swimming pool in the forest
    • Trail Roca Inculta to see birds and monkeys
    • Observation of the volcano Maderas
    • The remmants Petroglyphs of Chorotega settlement: depicting humans,animals, birds and geometric

3 nights in a hostel in Ometepe island
1 night in a hostel in Managua
Day 19: depart to Montreal
Public and private transport