Welcome to The Road Less Traveled
The Road Less Traveled offers Service Learning, Language and Service, Adventure Expeditions, Global Perspectives, Leadership Training and Family Service programs for students ages 13-19 and families in some of the most spectacular places on earth. Explore our site to find out what we have to offer you - the summer experience of a lifetime!
 
Service Learning ProgramsService Learning Programs
Students who travel with us on Service Learning Programs immerse themselves in places average tourists have never heard of and few will ever venture. They come to see change and create change, to study new languages and customs, to interact with animals and to build schools. They are learners, givers and adventurers.
  


RLT's language and service programs combine foreign language education with cultural immersion and service work.  We offer Spanish immersion, Spanish exposure, formal group Spanish courses, and formal one-on-one Spanish instruction. All of our language programs offer community service, ranging from 40 - 80 hours of work. By learning Spanish, you will gain new horizons. At the same time, by learning more about yourself and others, you will grow in confidence as a global citizen.
  
Adventure Expeditions
Adventure Expeditions
Come and explore some of the most extraordinary places on earth. Paddle a raft through a canyon filled with gushing whitewater, summit a snow covered peak, climb a sheer rock face, sea kayak through a majestic fjord, or hike through an expansive desert. There really is no substitute for being outdoors.
  
Global Perspectives ProgramsGlobal Perspectives Programs
Global travel allows us to take ourselves out of our usual environment and see life from a different perspective. Exploring different languages, cultures and landscapes, we travel with open eyes and minds to acquire a new global perspective and find that the best places have no address, and some sites cannot be captured in a web. 
  
Leadership Training

Leadership Training
Self-aware and equipped with skills as leaders, students are prepared for the independence of college life. Leadership course students are trained in the stages of group development, mediation and tolerance. Upon successful completion of our courses, participants earn a Wilderness First Responder certification which enables them to participate as EST (Emergency Support Team) members at their college campuses.

  
Family Service Adventures

 Family Service Adventures
Whatever your interests and skills are, there is always something to give. Traveling where help is wanted and where both people and place can benefit from our presence, we work together to repair a dilapidated classroom, build a pen to provide protection for geriatric wolves, or gut a house flooded in a natural disaster. While there won't be time for rides and souvenirs, you will have time to serve the hopes of a community that welcomes you.







 
A Letter from the Directors
Jim and Donna SteinAs our society faces extraordinary challenges, many of us have found ourselves reflecting on what we have, what is really valuable and essential, what we hope for, who we are and, ultimately, what matters most to us — our children.

In these unprecedented times, we also find ourselves facing choices and examining our priorities for ourselves and our families. What can we offer our children at this formative time in their lives to prepare them for this unpredictable and challenging world they will someday inherit?
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Global travel allows us to take ourselves out of our usual environment and see life from a different perspective. Removing ourselves from the comforts of the familiar provides the opportunity to explore not only the landscapes and wonders of the world, but also ourselves.
Program Locations

USA and Canada
Central America
South America
Africa
Asia
Europe

Program Activities

Service Learning
Cultural Immersion
Spanish Immersion/Exposure
Language Study and Service
Language School
Environmental Conservation
Leadership Curriculum
Wilderness First Responder Certification
Backpacking
Safari
Whitewater Rafting
Surfing
Kayaking
Rock Climbing
Mountain Biking
Ice and Snow Mountaineering

Service Learning Programs

Conservation is the Key: Florida
Spirit of the West:
SD
Call of the Wild: CO
Aloha 'Aina: HI
The Gulf Coast: LA
El Sendero: Costa Rica
Los Cayucos: Panama
Sigue No Más: Ecuador
Pachamama: Peru
Hujambo: Tanzania
Wapenduka: Namibia
Namasté: India
Valle de los Volcanes: Guatemala
Platico con Ticos: Costa Rica
Hablando en el Sol: Ecuador

Language and Service Programs

El Sendero: Costa Rica
Los Cayucos: Panama
Sigue No Más: Ecuador
Pachamama: Peru
Valle de los Volcanes: Guatemala
Platico con Ticos: Costa Rica
Hablando en el Sol:
Ecuador
Andalucía Mía:
Spain

Global Perspectives Programs

Hidden Kingdom: Bhutan
Música del Mundo: Costa Rica

Adventure Expeditions

The Great Divide: WY
Ridges & Rapids:
CO, UT
Water & Rocks: ID, MT, UT, WA
Fire and Sky: CO, MT, UT, WY
Midnight Sun: AK
Footsteps of Giants: Norway

Leadership Training
Service Leadership: Nicaragua & Costa Rica
Leadership Challenge: Washington & British Columbia
Family Service Adventures

Mission Wolf: CO
Disaster Relief: LA