Spare time
Volunteers work from Monday to Friday on our projects and have free weekends to visit and enjoy different tourist and recreational activities, among others. Expand Peru organizes tourist, sports, recreational, cultural, exchange, entertainment, etc. activities. as part of the integration, learning and recreation of the volunteers. We do not make additional charges for these types of activities. Expand Peru is a social aid institution, it is not a travel agency.
Expand Peru works in the Mantaro Valley, a beautiful place surrounded by mountains, forests and very beautiful Andean towns. It has a rich and varied culture, which translates into its customs, festivities and its peculiar way of life.
The Mantaro Valley is located in the central highlands of the Andes of Peru at 3,200 meters above sea level, where you can engage in various tourist, recreational, sports, cultural and leisure activities.
TOURISTIC ACTIVITIES:
Outdoor activities: The Andes mountains give the possibility of doing various activities, their landscapes and natural places are very beautiful. Among its most important attractions are its lagoons, rivers, forests, geological formations, glaciers, etc.
Visits to villages: Another great attraction in the valley are the villages; Its cultural heritage dates from immemorial times, this can be evidenced in its customs. The tours of the Andean villages sharing their traditions will be unique experiences on your trip.
Nor Yauyos National Park: It is a place of great beauty, was created to protect its landscapes and to preserve the high mountain ecosystems, in this you can practice sport fishing and photographic safaris.
Visiting the jungle: from Huancayo you can visit the jungle in one or two days. In this spectacular place, you can enjoy the warm climate typical of the tropical jungle areas, its always green and full of vegetation as well as its large waterfalls, native communities, among many other things.
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Expand Peru also organizes different leisure activities with volunteers to meet and spend time together, interacting in non-work activities. The idea is for volunteers to have pleasant and fun times, especially on weekends when we take the time to travel, have lunch or go dancing.
Dinners
Cumpleaños
Despedidas
Expand Peru organizes different activities, tourism, sports recreational, cultural, exchange, fun, etc. as part of the integration, learning and recreation of the volunteers. We do not make additional charges for this type of activity. We are a social assistance institution, not a travel agency.
To see more places you can visit and enjoy in our region visit: valledelmantaro.org