After classes activites

​We organize weekly activities for students and volunteers to offer them the opportunity to immerse themselves in the culture. Activities differ from one week to another and can also be adapted to students' wishes.

Here are just a few examples of what goes on here in Kamalbe:

• Getting to know Xela by walking tour.
• ​Hike to Cerro El Baul with a view to Xela.
• Cooking lessons to learn about Guatemalan food culture
• Attend a live sports events: Join us for a football match and support the local team
• Attend dance classes: Learn to dance Salsa, Bachata, or Merengue 
• Visit Mercado San Francisco el Alto: Practice your negotiating skills and test your Spanish vocabulary at the largest open-air market in Central America. 
• Hike to the Laguna Chicabal: a sacred lake at the top of a volcano
• Hike to Santa Maria, one of the highest volcanoes in Central America, Santa Maria. 
• Enjoy the natural hot springs at Las Fuentes Georginas.
• Chocolate Tour at Dona Pancha’s Chocolateria to learn how a cocoa bean becomes chocolate.
• Coffee Finca Tour to learn about the life and culture of coffee farms
• Spend the morning or afternoon touring Xela’s own Cabro and Gallo beer factory.

* Some of these activities have additional cost. We do our best to provide a variety of activities that can fit the differing budgets of our students and volunteers.