On your own
There are various activities you can do on your own like shopping, watching a movie at the local cinema, going to Latin dance classes or visiting a local coffee shop in Turrialba. More active and adventurous options for the afternoons and weekends among others are hiking, swimming at the local swimming pool or visiting the waterfalls.
Activities this week
On Sundays the School Manager carefully selects the excursions for the coming week and announces these at the blackboard as "Activities this week" at the school. On Monday morning, after having had some information on the content of the excursions you can sign up for them. Deluxe program
If you sign up for the Deluxe program, you receive two half daytrips and one whole daytrip that the School Manager puts together upon arrival, based on your preferences.
Half daytrips
Organic farm
Hiking tour starting at the school, to learn about typical Costa Rican crops that have been cultivated without any chemicals.
Canyoning & Canopy
This tour at a short distance from the school takes you through the rainforest attached on ropes and lines, 100% adrenaline!
Waterfall Aquiares Hiking
Swimming and relaxing under an impressive waterfall.
Duckie on the Pejivalle river
Have fun rafting down a class II section of this scenic river in an inflatable kayak.
Guayabo National Monument
Visit this three thousand years old, most important and largest archaeological site of Costa Rica. Besides the monuments, the vegetation, birds and other wildlife are well worth seeing.
Horseback riding tour
Experience Turrialba from a different angle on our horses that have been specifically trained to serve beginners. The tour will take you through coffee and sugarcane fields and picturesque villages.
Daytrips
Raft or kayak on the Pacuare River:
Rafting the Pacuare will give you an unforgettable and adventurous experience as you will go through exciting rapids while being surrounded by unspoiled wilderness.
Volcano tour
This 3339 meter high volcano provides great hiking through different eco systems.
River camp - overnight
Our campsite at the bank of the Pacuare River has a deep sense of wilderness and a night of falling asleep with the sounds of crickets in this magical place is a must.
River kayak course
Because of the amount & quality of the rivers around Turrialba, studying at Spanish by the River is a great opportunity to combine Spanish lessons with a river kayak course. There are Spanish and English speaking kayak instructors. The two day course includes instruction, equipment, transportation and food
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