Local Experiences
Local Experiences
A variety of unique activities, to give you a feel of living a bit like a local.
Explore Hidden Gems
Custom your experience with us, to have a taste of the real region you are visiting. Discover wonderful natural places, culture, history and have an unforgettable time. You are at the top of our agenda.
- With each country you can experience the raw natural beauty, legendary mountains, remote villages and feast on natural foods.
- Sit down and talk around a firepit, sharing stories.
- Perfect place for rejuvenation, being at one with nature all around you.
Real Life Boot-Camps are for guidance and delivering life skills, allowing you to break away from the rat race, become self-reliant, responsible for you actions you take with others.
Local Activates To Get Involved In
Topics
- Organic whole foods
- Locally made handcrafted products
- Local difficulties
- Conservation
- Nature
- Farming
- Permaculture
- Urban agriculture
- Language
- History
- Geography
- Archaeology
- Marine biology
- Environment
- Woodlands
- Festivals and local customs
- Family life/family stays
- Tourism and local economy
- Coffee
Guidance
- How to live off local produce
- Growing food
- Local foods and dishes. How to shop for seasonal products; visiting markets, farms, butchers, fishmongers.
- Preparing healthy meals
- Prioritising time to buy real foods
- Living with a family
- Supporting the local economy
- Engaging in organic farm work as a volunteer
- Adopt a coffee tree and support a Colombian family
- Self reliant skills
- Bush craft
- Adapt to make do and mend lifestyle
- Diversify
- Alternative living - You may never considered before
- Adapting to a slower and less busy lifestyle
- Minimizing unnecessary expenses
- Taking action
Authentic Adventures With Soul
Express your interest TODAY and start planning your dream travel experience.
For those who are:
- Interested in going on a real adventure, but are tight on time.
- Wanting to step out of the rat race, to see what the world has to offer.
- To experience a alternative way of living.
And want change:
- Want to learn more to support the local economy.
- Recharge and be in a therapeutic mindset by being in nature.
- Discover how to save and protect our environment
- Help support local traditional cultures for the next generation.
My Personal Mission
Is to help the local producers, farmers and market stallholders. To motivate them to save their traditional ways for years to come. Help to bring people back to the great outdoors, that the benefits can deliver both mentally and physically.
One way is by consuming local, educating how they are produced and understanding the overhaul health/environment benefits.
Top Experiences to Do
Introduction to cooking
Local and fusion cuisine.
What you'll do
Connect with locals, make friends and learn new skills.
Begin at base camp, introduce, explain about the area, ask questions and get to know each other as we head towards our visit to the famous market. To see the locally grown produce and a chance to savour as we walk through the market collecting our ingredients to cook our lunch.
Key Points:
- Hands-on how to prepare.
- Enjoy the meal together.
- Tour of the farm
This is more than just cooking
It's a crash craft course on local culture, organic foods and the dishes available.
After which, you will cook a meal while learning the principles of Nutrition
To motivate you to continue to learn and cook your favourite dishes when you return home or to try the regional dishes for yourself while on the road while you continue your travels...........
1-day experience £POA/Person
Family Stays
What you'll do
Live with a family and get involved with everyday living; meal times, journey to the school, trip to the market, and preparing meals.
Help with doing homework, teach some basic English.
In rural and small towns in the region of South Tolima Colombia and Southern Spain.
This is more than just accommodation
Insight to everyday life.
1 day experience £POA/Person
Learning Colombian Spanish
What you'll do
Learn the basics online before travelling to Colombia,
by preparing for your next adventure.
Learn the language including popular Colombian phrases and accents from a Colombian with instructive live lessons.
Practise pronunciation and what you have learnt.
You will be provided with extra material to keep practising on your own between lessons.
This is more than just speaking Spanish
10 week course 4 hours/week with homework £POA/Person
2 Levels connecting you to 2 different teachers for a better learning experience.
Basic level - home school
Mountain Biking
What you'll do
Cycle 1/2 day in the mountains, with stops with a downhill finish to a tapas bar.
The type of route will be chosen to accommodate your ability.
Join a group or solo.
In the region of Murcia and Alicante
This is more than just cycling
1 day experience £POA/Person
Other experiences:
Teaching English to Colombian school children.
By appointment only.
What you'll do
Zoom guest, to help support Colombian school children with their basic English, pronunciation & grammar.
Their teacher will be there to oversee and to arrange the meeting.
This is more than just teaching
£ Free
For those who wish to travel to Colombia and continue teaching English.
See: Blog Post - Tour Guide Ibague
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