Almost all of our Spanish Programs are offered at both of our Spanish schools in Panama: Bocas del Toro and Boquete. You can even decide to split your time between Boquete's mountains and Bocas del Toro's beaches and learn Spanish at both places. Our Learn Spanish & Surf Program and our Learn Spanish & Scuba Dive Program is only offered in Bocas del Toro and our Spanish Exchange Program for Teenagers is only offered in Boquete.
Latin American & Total Spanish Immersion Program
Daily Spanish Classes + Family Home Stay
What a better way to immerse yourself in the Latin American culture than by living with a local host family in Panama? Put yourself in very the best position to learn Spanish within a natural and authentic environment by joining our Total Spanish Immersion Program.
Living with a local family in Panama while you learn Spanish will put you in a privileged and unique position to practice Spanish outside of the classroom. Once you step through your family's door you will practice your Spanish in a relaxed and authentic environment.
Being able to listen and speak Spanish even when you're not in your Spanish lessons is definitively a plus and something you should seriously consider if you want to learn Spanish as fast as possible and in the most natural way.
Family home stays for our Spanish students are available in both of our School's loctions: Boquete and Bocas del Toro, Panama.
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Any Spanish course + local family home stay during studies = Total Spanish Immersion Program in Central America!
Active Spanish Language Learning Vacation Program
Spanish Lessons + Hotel + Eco-Adventures
Our Active Spanish Learning Vacation Program is one of the most popular programs at our Spanish schools in Bocas del Toro and Boquete, Panama. Participants can choose to have group lessons, private lessons or a combination of both, and are presented with a wide selection of extra curriculum activities and lodging options in order to suit each student's particular budget and needs.
Specialized modalities of this program include but are not limited to our:
- Learn Spanish + Panama Eco-Adventures Tours
- Learn Spanish & Surf Program
- Learn Spanish & Scuba Dive Program
- Learn Spanish & Yoga Program
- Learn Spanish & Rock Climbing Program
There are so many things to do: why just study Spanish? Learn it and experience an amazing holiday! In our Active Spanish learning vacations you can hike Panama's highest mountains, surf in warm tropical waters, raft Central America's wildest rivers, discover the Pacific's uninhabited islands, spoil yourself in Panama's Caribbean beaches...
And when it comes to Spanish Classes, not everyone needs the same Spanish Course. Choose the Spanish Course that best meets your needs!
- Group 4 (4 hours of group lessons per day)
- Group 4 PLUS (4 hours of group lessons per day + extra private lessons)
- Private Course (4 to 6 hours of private lessons per day)
- DELE Exam Preparation Course
- Personalized Spanish Course (medical Spanish, Spanish for couples, legal Spanish, etc.)
On the other hand, when considering where to live during your Spanish Vacation Program, it is our belief that appropriate accommodation is an essential part of your language study trip. We will make you feel cozy, secure & right at home: in fact, you won't want to go back home! When you study Spanish with us, you can decide to live at any of the following places:
- Budget Hostels
- Boquete: Hostal Mamallena or Pension Topas
- Bocas del Toro: Old Caribbean House, Casa Verde Hostel or Hostel Heike
- Mid-Range Hotels and Bed & Breakfasts
- Boquete: Isla Verde, Boquete Garden Inn or Casa Pedro
- Bocas del Toro: Monte Carlo Suites, Hotelito del Mar, Lula's Bed & Breakfast and Hotel Angela
- Upscale Boutique Hotels & Resorts
- Boquete: Valle Escondido Resort, Golf & Spa, The Haven Spa & Inn, and The Panamonte Inn & Spa
- Bocas del Toro: Tropical Suites
Besides Spanish lessons and accommodation, in our Active Language Learning Holidays we make sure that students LIVE the most amazing Spanish learning experience! Plenty of extra activities, many of them at no extra cost, are included in this package such as salsa lessons, movie nights, yoga classes, dinner parties, get-togethers, eco-adventure tours & much more!
Boquete is Panama's Eco-Adventure Capital in the mountains and Bocas del Toro is Panama's top Caribbean beach destination so in both places there are loads of activities to do besides Spanish learning. From rafting to surfing and from scuba diving to hiking, you'll find everything you could ever want from a Spanish learning vacation in Central America.
Please take your time to consider our different Spanish Courses, lodging options and extra activities. If you have any questions and need guidance selecting the best spanish language course or lodging option for you feel free to contact us. We will make sure that you fall in love with your experience at Habla Ya Spanish Schools and remember it forever!
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Any of our Spanish Classes + lodging at Panama's best ho+tels + extra activities = Spanish Language Holiday!
Family Spanish Vacation Program in Latin America
A Truly Memorable Family Vacation
If you are planning the ideal family vacation to Latin America, why don't you give your loved ones the opportunity to have the time of their life and to also learn a new language? We will cater to your specific needs and organize the most incredible family holiday for you.
Put your family in the right hands and let us take care of everything for you. Your family will enjoy a unique and immensely rewarding learning holiday. We are experts organizing Family Language Vacation Programs that can include all or any of the following:
- Spanish lessons for each family member
- Appropriate accommodation (homestay, hotel, apartment, resort, villa or vacation rental)
- Eco-adventure tours
- Volunteering opportunities
- Additional cultural & social activities
- Field trips to Panama's farms, rivers and beaches
- Airport pickups in Panama City, David and Bocas del Toro
- Baby sitting for children and infants
- And any other special need that your family might have
Each of you will not only live an unforgettable experience but will also take back home something that will open doors to a brighter future: the ability to speak the Spanish language and a better cultural understanding of Latin America and its people.
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Boquete (Panama's top mountain destination) and Bocas del Toro (Panama's top Caribbean beach town) are ideal places for a family vacation in Central or South America. Not only do we guarantee that you will have a family vacation full of wonderful memories that you will remember for the rest of your life, but also each and one of you will also take back home invaluable language skills for your future's success.
Volunteer Program: Learn Spanish and be a Volunteer in Latin America
Learn Spanish and Volunteer
Interested in learning Spanish and also making your trip to Central America a truly meaningful one? Then come to either of our Spanish Schools in Bocas del Toro and Boquete, Panama (or both) and become a volunteer to make the difference! We have many different volunteer opportunities and projects to choose from, all of which have a great impact in many people's lives.
During half of the day volunteers attend Spanish Lessons, either in a Group or Privately, and during the other half of the day they participate in the volunteer project of their choice. Volunteering also makes a great opportunity to practice your Spanish outside of the classroom in an authentique and natural environment.
Some of the volunteer projects that you could join are:
- Amigos de Boquete Nutrition Programs
- ReAL Recycling Center Boquete Panama
- Casa Esperanza
- Paradise Gardens Panama
- Sea Turtle Conservation Project in Bocas del Toro
- Loco por Leer Reading Program
- Por Los Niños Orphanage Support
- Nursing Home for the Elderly
- Fundación Pro Handicap Integration
- Music Program
- Youth Mentor Project
- Youth Development Sports Project
So come to Panama to learn Spanish and be a volunteer! Working together we can create opportunities for those who would not otherwise have one. We can build bridges to self-sufficiency, personal growth, and human happiness. Through the giving of their time & talents, volunteers can help children, families, and individuals around the world realize their potential for a brighter tomorrow and a future of fulfillment. Click here to find out more about volunteer projects in Boquete and Bocas del Toro, Panama.
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We ensure you that taking the step to volunteer will change your life! You will feel many blessings through the knowledge you obtain. You will gain a better idea of the world around you. You will gain an appreciation for diversity. You will have your eyes opened in a way that allows you to love and accept people in a way that before you may have not thought possible.
Medical Spanish Immersion Program in Central America
Medical Spanish Classes + Internship
Our medical Spanish immersion program is intended for doctors, nurses, medical students and health-care professionals in general who want to learn medical Spanish and are searching for an effective medical Spanish program, customized to suit their specific medical profession and learning needs.
At Habla Ya Spanish Schools we have built a medical Spanish curriculum that is customized to different medical professions. Not only is each medical Spanish course tailored to specific medical professions, but we also personalize each medical Spanish class by taking into account your own medical specialty, learning style, Spanish level and area of expertise.
Candidates interested in joining our Medical Spanish Program can choose from a wide variety of accommodation options and can complement their medical Spanish classes with a medical internship or volunteering opportunity at one of the public health clinics in Boquete or Bocas del Toro, Panama. Being able to practice your medical Spanish in real life situations and interact with native Spanish speakers definitively makes the difference when you're learning medical Spanish.
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Not everything is about studying Spanish and working hard: Boquete is Panama's eco-adventure capital and Bocas del Toro is Panama's top beach town, offering visitors plenty of opportunities to enjoy the outdoors and wildlife. And to make sure you really enjoy your trip to Panama, we organize a very complete program of cultural and social activities and make sure that you experience an unforgettable Panama vacation and make the most out of your medical Spanish immersion program.
Spanish Programs in Latin America for School Groups Traveling Abroad
Study Abroad Trips for School Groups
We thoroughly enjoy organizing school trips for high school or university students who will be traveling abroad as a group to learn Spanish and experience the Latin American culture.
We have a vast experience organizing programs for schools trips that require Spanish lessons in small groups or with private tutors. We've successfully hosted groups with 35+ students.
We can arrange accommodation at many different types of places. We can place each member of your group with a local host family, within one of our recommend hotels or we can even help your group find a large vacation rental that can accommodate staff and students together.
Boquete, our charming mountain town, and Bocas del Toro, our idyllic Caribbean Archipelago, are ideal destinations for these types of programs. We can even organize a program for your school group at both destinations. Panama is one of the safest countries in Central and South America, and rural Boquete and Bocas del Toro are definitively amongst the safest tourist destinations within Panama. And it doesn't hurt that almost everything is within walking distance which simplifies the logistics of your school trip abroad.
Besides Spanish learning, Boquete is Panama's eco-adventure capital and Bocas del Toro is Panama's top beach destination, so there are plenty of things to do after class to keep everyone busy and happy. We can also arrange volunteer projects so that your students can give back during their trip abroad.
Concentrate on helping your school group get the most out of their travel experience abroad. Put your efforts into helping them achieve the main objective of their trip and let us organize the rest! We will take care of:
- Spanish Lessons (either group or private lessons)
- Accommodation with local families, hotels or vacation rental
- Volunteering opportunities
- Ecotourism in Boquete and/or Bocas del Toro, Panama
- Airport pickups in David and/or Bocas del Toro, and transfers from Panama City
- Tours to the Panama Canal and the Casco Viejo
- Beach trips and Excursions within the provinces of Chiriqui and Bocas del Toro
- Transportation within the country
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In the past we have organized language programs for groups from several high schools and universities. Feel free to Contact Us if you would like to get in touch with someone who could give you a personal reference about their experience with us. If you give us the specific details about your group trip (dates, amount of students, purpose of your trip, services required), we will get back to you with a quote and school group abroad proposal.
Spanish Exchange Program for Teenagers in Central America at Habla Ya
The Most Effective Way to Learn Spanish
Today's teenagers demand a high dose of entertainment in order to stay happy. Boquete, Panama's Eco-Adventure Capital, is the ideal place for a Spanish Language Exchange Program for Teenagers in Latin America. Boquete, a small village of only 20,000 inhabitants, is a very safe town within Panama, allowing your teen to learn Spanish and live an abroad exchange experience in a controlled and secure environment.
Students from 13 - 17 years of age can come to our peacful town, study Spanish and live with a responsible and caring local host family that will look after them just as if they were their own son or daughter. Many of our local host families also have teenagers, which provides your teen with a great opportunity to easily adapt and make friends.
Besides having Spanish lessons from Monday to Friday and learning the Spanish language, teens will also be able to experience the local Panamanian culture, make friends from other parts of the world and gain a better understanding of an environment different from their own. Teens studying abroad achieve more independence and responsibility than teenagers who never had the opportunity to leave their parent's home, have a higher sense appreciation of what they have access to back at home and benefit from being able to showcase their experience abroad when applying to the college or university of their choice.
Your teen will be able to participate in many social and cultural activities, take part in Boquete's Eco-Adventure Tours, volunteer in one of Boquete's many NGO's and so much more. Teens that take part in our Spanish Exchange Program definitively take back home the memories of a wonderful vacation!
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Thinking about a Teen Exchange Program in a Spanish speaking country many miles away can be quite intimidating. But once your son or daughter fills out our Pre-Program Interview for Teens we will get back to you with a complete description of your child's host family and this will start making it easier for him or her to get excited about the idea. We have had teens on their own for up to four months and many of them decide to come back and brush up their Spanish before or during college. Your child's saftey is our priority. If you would like to reassure yourself by getting in touch with other parents who've sent their teens to our Spanish school, please contact us and ask us for their contact details and we'll gladly put you in touch with them.
Spanish Program for Kids in Panama at Habla Ya Spanish Schools
For a Head Start in Life!
If you and your kids are traveling to Central America, why not give them a head start in life by giving them the opportunity to learn Spanish? Or if you have just relocated to Panama and want to help your little ones have a smooth transition, why not enroll them for some Spanish Lessons for Kids? At Habla Ya we have plenty of teachers that love teaching children and have many years of experience doing so.
This Spanish program is intended for kids from 4 - 12 years old. If you have younger children we can arrange a baby sitter for them which is something that would still expose them to the language or if you have older children (13 - 17) then they can join our Spanish for Teens Program.
Through our Spanish for Kids Language Program we can arrange different activities all day long for your child. Half of the day can be devoted to Spanish learning and during the other half of the day they can enjoy all of those wonderful eco-adventures that Boquete and Bocas del Toro, Panama have to offer. We also have certain Cultural & Social Extra Activities that kids can join and plenty of Volunteer Oportunities for children of all different ages. And during the weekends: plenty to do for the entire family!
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It doesn't matter if only your kids will be having Spanish lessons: we would also be more than happy to arrange appropriate accommodation and extra activities for your entire family. Depending on your needs and length of your stay you could live with a local host family, stay at a nice bed & breakfast, spoil yourself in a fabulous resort or have more family independence in a wonderful villa. Have a nice vacation and we'll take care of your kids, teach them a new language and make sure they have the time of their lives!
VIP Spanish Language Program in Latin America
Luxury Language Travel
If you are looking to learn Spanish in an exclusive environment surrounded by sophisticated services, five-star amenities and the up-most comfort, then come and spoil yourself with Habla Ya Spanish Schools in Boquete and Bocas del Toro, Panama because we have the perfect Spanish Program for you.
Luxury Language Travel Holidays means that you will have the privilege to study with only the most professional and experienced Spanish teachers and that you will be able to enjoy all of the services and amenities that come when you stay at Boquete and Bocas del Toro's most exclusive hotels. Students who join our VIP Spanish Program have access to Panama's finest resorts and boutique hotels.
Imagine playing a round of golf in a world class course during the morning, then pampering yourself at the resort's spa to then indulge your senses with a meal prepared at one of Central America's most exquisite restaurants and finish your banquet by flavoring Panama's award-winning coffee... do you think you'll be ready for Spanish lessons in the afternoon? After classes you can do your homework in your room's terrace or balcony and admire the beauty of the mountains and greenery if you're in Boquete or of the pristine Caribbean Sea if you're in Bocas del Toro.
If golf is not for you, try a climatized pool with natural salts in its waters or head towards a professional tennis court with your partner or play a couple of sets of racquetball... or just head to a state-of-the-art life fitness equipped gym... the possibilities are endless.
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Valle Esondido Resort, Golf & Spa, The Haven Spa & Hotel and El Panamonte Inn & Spa are our favorite luxury hotels and top end country inns in Boquete. Tropical Suites is our favourite upscale boutique hotel in Bocas del Toro.
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