Global Leader in Socially Conscious Travel.
January 4-14, 2024
Registration Deadline: October 6, 2023
*Pricing: $7,769 per person (minimum 12 travelers)
*Prices are per person and based on double occupancy. Single room supplements are available.
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:
Take in the incredible scenery, sparkling freshwater lakes, and temperate forests of Chile’s heartland.
Learn about the indigenous Llaguepulli Mapuche community and their efforts to maintain their way of life in modern-day Chile.
Spend the day at a Patagonian ranch on a secluded peninsula, accessible only by boat.
Experience the unique wonder of Patagonia’s Torres del Paine National Park and learn about reforestation efforts.
Explore all that Santiago has to offer and trace the history of the human rights movement in Chile.
Megan McDonald has been teaching Spanish language at Lewis & Clark since 2007. She is an editor and contributing author of Spanish textbooks. Before LC she taught at the University of Oregon and University of Washington. Megan is looking forward to exploring the Chile from Santiago to Patagonia.
Freddy Vilches was born and raised in Santiago, and travels there a couple of times a year. Professor Vilches has led four successful alumni and friends trips to Cuba over the last 5 years. Freddy joined the faculty in 2006 specializing in Latin American Literature of the 20th and 21st Centuries. He has published articles on Latin American poetry and fiction. Currently, he is working on a manuscript on the use of poetry in the Chilean New Song Movement, and articles on the Chilean and Latin American detective novel.
Together they have traveled across Latin America including Mexico, Cuba, and Bolivia including being leaders for semester long student programs to Cuba and Mexico. Megan & Freddy have raised 3 bilingual children and the youngest, Nico, is a Freshman at Lewis & Clark. They have spent spent much time as a family in Chile.
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