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Sustainable Study ABroad and Spanish immersion Programs in Latin America

Based in the UNESCO heritage site of Cuenca, Ecuador, we're specialists in Latin American culture. We work individually with each student, adult, faculty, or study abroad director to put together customized faculty-led and
independent experiences that fit your professional and personal abroad goals.

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Begin your next journey

Spanish Immersion

Improve your Spanish fluency in an intensive cultural immersion experience in Cuenca, Ecuador.

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Create Your Own Program

interests lie elsewhere?

Start a conversation with our team to customize a program directly within your academic and abroad goals.

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Sustainable Service Learning

Take part in a sustainable, student-led project that combines community engagement, leadership and critical self-reflection.

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Public Health in Latin America

Gain international medical experience within Latin America's private and public sectors.

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Bring your students abroad

Faculty-led Programs in Latin America

If you're a university faculty, advisor, professor or high school teacher, we'd love to connect with you! We will collaborate with you on a one-on-one basis to put together customized and academically rigorous experiences within Latin America. Our work goes beyond logistics, as we take a front-lines role in matching your curriculum with in-country visits, cultural workshops, 24-hour support, bilingual guides, local providers and more!

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Experiences for high schoolers

Cultural Immersion and service learning

Engage in meaningful community service work in Ecuador. leave with memories that will last a lifetime.

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Create your own program

Interests lie elsewhere?

start a conversation with our team to customise an experience directly within your abroad goals?

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Ecotours

Machu Picchu

Hike the breathtaking Andes Mountains and discover this famous Incan citadel. Learn more.

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Galapagos Islands

Sustainably discover plant and wildlife found nowhere else on this planet!

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Growing beyond Ecuador

We're excited to expand our services and programs beyond Ecuador into other parts of Latin America!

Check out our Machu Picchu Ecotour or contact us about other program opportunities in Latin America.

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People who vouch for us

Terre Lucas, UNC Charlotte Professor

"El Nomad did an amazing job of setting things in place so that we understood exactly what we were doing and what our role was."

Jeremy Ray, Psychology & History Student

"El Nomad was the perfect company/family... From the moment I arrived in Ecuador, I felt like part of the family and team."

Hannah Javidi, Psychology Student

"El Nomad offers an amazing program, and I am so honored to have been part of this experience; it helped me grow as a person."

Kaylee Miller, International Studies & Spanish

"El Nomad kept our entire group busy and gave us so many opportunities to be immersed in the culture. It has been such a great opportunity to see how others lived."

Laun Lieu, Biology Student

"El Nomad has been a life-changer for me. From being with my host family to the food and scenery, Cuena, Ecuador has offered more than enough to me..."

Laura Knighton, Biology & Psychology Student

"El Nomad is an excellent program for those not looking for the typical study abroad trip. I couldn't have asked for more."

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