Yes, VISIONS is a service-based organization first and foremost. Yes, we work hard on ambitious projects. Precisely because this is so, we take our play time seriously and play hard, too. We organize some of the most exceptional adventure tours in the world. Our regional experts devote time and energy to organizing activities on and off the beaten path for our teens. Most of our service programs are based small villages and towns in remote regions of some of the world’s most beautiful places. To spend your summer with VISIONS means that you will travel to places both near to and far from your host community. Here are just a few examples of adventures in different locations.

Montana : Glacier National Park, Bob Marshall Wildnerness, backpacking, rock climbing, pow wow's, horseback riding, a rodeo, and internships with local artisans

Alaska: Ice climbing in Wrangall Mountains, exploring, hiking, backpacking, wildlife viewing, fishing and internships with local artisans

Mississippi : New Orleans weekend, ferries to Shipp and Dauphin Islands, canoeing or kayaking the Pascagoula River, Cajun fish fry, swimming and playing on the beaches, Audubon discovery excursions

Peru: Visits to Machu Picchu, Pisaq and Cusco, and more, hikes to the Mara salt mines and other ancient ruins, internships with bee keepers, weavers, potters, farmers

Ecuador: Banos hot springs, living, working and hiking in the Andes, five days on the Galapagos Islands with snorkeling, wildlife viewing, internships with local artisans

Nicaragua: Treks to spectacular lakes, historic Granada and colorful marketplaces, a coffee plantation weekend visit (ecotourism),amazing hiking , internships with local potters and leather-makers

Dominican Republic: Caribbean beaches, snorkeling and swimming, Catalina Island visit, lively marketplaces, hiking in the Dominican Alps, dancing the meringue in Santo Domingo’s most renowned disco built in a subterranean cave

Dominica : Amazing waterfalls, rare rainforest birds and flowers, white-sand and black-sand (volcanic) beaches, nature hiking galore(eco-tour), snorkeling and swimming

Guadeloupe: Hikes to high splendid vistas, beaches, snorkeling, fishing, trips to mainland marketplaces and stores, internships with local artisans, fisherman, medicinal gardner

British Virgin Islands: Ocean scuba diving lessons, snorkeling, the beaches, island hikes, music at Carnival and dances, watching the Mokko Jumbies (stilt walkers) perform, a sailing trip to another island coral atollwith flocks of pink flamingoes

Vietnam : Hanoi and its markets, the countryside of rice paddies, temples, visit to the World Heritage site Ha Long Bay, to Sapa, DMZ, Hoi An silk town, and the Hue ancient capital