When the group is not working on projects, time is spent rock climbing, biking, rafting, hiking, and visiting museums, chateaux, medieval fortresses, and more. The warm hospitality of Irish culture opens its doors to students through home stays and community projects. Projects include restoring ruins, repairing environmental education centers, and working at a day camp for disadvantaged children. Irish culture is filled with music, writers, warm hospitality, and wit. Students participate in rock climbing, caving, biking, kayaking, and numerous other activities with outdoor-pursuit centers and professional guides.
Few countries compare to the geographic and cultural diversity that Ecuador has.
The Andean highlands, mountain villages, dormant volcanoes, thermal baths, and cloud forest biospheres provide majestic settings for community projects, nature preserve construction, adventure activities, and friendly homestays. Homestays with village friends last ten days and provide a unique opportunity for serious language learning and cultural immersion. Participants travel to the Galapagos Islands to see incredible wildlife, and to do projects for individual families, the Parque Nacional, and Darwin Stations. These isolated biological preserves have numerous unique and threatened species. Global Works is contributing to projects for the giant turtles and the development of responsible ecotourism.