Where partnership, culture, and adventure connect you to the people solving global problems from the ground up.
Somos Impact Travel began with a simple belief. Travel should do more than move you, it should connect you.
What started as a few service-based journeys has grown into a movement of curious, compassionate travelers.
Each trip we design is developed in partnership with grassroots nonprofits, rooted in cultural respect and mutual exchange, and built to leave more behind than we take.
Because when we travel with intention, we return with more than memories. We return transformed.
More than travel, we create immersive journeys that spark connection, inspire growth, and leave lasting impact for both our travelers and the communities we serve.
Curriculum-inspired learning expeditions designed for students to engage directly with local leaders, contribute to real community-led projects, and return home with a broader understanding of the world than any classroom can offer.
A team that works alongside conservation leaders thinks differently. We design custom expeditions for companies ready to align their team culture with their environmental and social values with measurable outcomes and real partners.
Built for Rotary clubs and donor groups who want authentic interaction, our programs connect you directly with vetted grassroots organizations aligned with Rotary’s Areas of Focus. Led by a fellow Rotarian living and working on the ground in Guatemala.
Be part of a community of travelers who show up as learners, not tourists. Every Somos Impact Travel journey directly supports local nonprofits and grassroots initiatives in the regions we visit. Whether you’re just getting started or ready to go all in, your adventure creates ripple effects that matter.
Somos Impact Travel partners with Rotary and donor clubs across North America to plan meaningful service trips in Guatemala and beyond. Led by a Rotarian and designed for hands-on impact, our programs connect youth with local nonprofits, foster leadership growth, and deliver safe, immersive experiences. If you’re planning your first club trip or a return visit, let’s build something powerful together.
Explore 12 of our most impactful trips, where cultural immersion and community partnership come together to create life-changing travel.
Guatemala
This 9-day expedition moves high school groups through colonial Antigua and the volcanic basin of Lake Atitlan, anchoring in Tzununa and the Maya town of San Juan La Laguna. Students use Spanish daily in coffee fields, weaving cooperatives, and homestays, working alongside Wellkind Guatemala and the Maya farmers of Quixaya.
Guatemala
A 9-day women’s leadership and environmental stewardship immersion in Guatemala for high school groups. Students trace women’s resistance in Antigua, explore living landscapes at Pacaya and Iximché, and meet the women behind Lake Atitlán’s weaving cooperatives, water programs, and reforestation nurseries.
Guatemala
Move through three of Guatemala’s ecosystems in nine days: the colonial streets of Antigua, the volcanic lake basin of Atitlán, and the black sand Pacific coast at El Paredón. The program anchors classroom questions about ecology and indigenous stewardship in direct fieldwork with local communities.
Belize
Students move between two working coastlines in Belize’s, spending three days in a fishing village on Corozal Bay before crossing to an island economy built on reef tourism. Along the way they plant mangroves, monitor manatees, and snorkel in coral gardens.
Belize
This immersion moves a high school group through two working research stations in Belize, from the cloud-covered ridgelines of the Maya Mountains to a small island in South Water Caye Marine Reserve. Students follow water from rainforest headwaters to the reef, learning how each ecosystem depends on the next.
Belize
This trip places high school students inside a working research station and three of Belize’s protected landscapes. They join resident biologists on bird and bat research in the Maya Mountains, then explore the caves and karst terrain of the Cayo District, including an underground Maya ceremonial site.
Explore Bocas del Toro, a Panamanian archipelago where Afro-Caribbean and Ngäbe-Buglé communities live alongside coral reefs, forests, and a growing surf economy. Students work with a local education nonprofit and ask what lasting repair looks like.
Costa Rica
Move through two of Costa Rica’s distinct conservation landscapes: the cloud forest and the olive ridley nesting beaches. In each, students learn from community-run models, from a school-managed forest reserve to night patrols protecting sea turtle nests.
Costa Rica
Move from the volcanic highlands of central Costa Rica to the Pacific edge of the Nicoya Peninsula. Students spend three nights in homestays with the families of Coope San Juan, a rural cooperative that governs its own land, agriculture, and cultural programs, before continuing to the surf town of Santa Teresa.
This 9-day field research expedition moves from Cusco’s Incan and colonial streets to five days on the Salkantay Trail, finishing at Machu Picchu. Designed for grades 9 to 12, it asks what happens when cultures, histories, and ecosystems share the same ground.
Hear from travelers whose experiences with Somos left a lasting impact on their lives and in the communities they visited.
Explore stories, reflections, and travel wisdom from the heart of our journeys. Each post is written to spark inspiration and deepen your connection to the world.
