Amauta Spanish School, Cuzco, Peru

If there are no group courses available at the student's Spanish level, the school will instead offer 2 sessions of individual classes (for a single student) instead of 4 group sessions.


Learning Spanish in a group environment encourages conversation and helps you learn from your peers. The Spanish group lessons are small – maximum 6 students per group - to allow for personalized teaching. You will always study in a group with others who are at the same level of Spanish to make sure you can learn together at the appropriate pace. Intensive Spanish group courses run for 4 hours a day, either in the morning or the afternoon.

The intensive Spanish group course consists of two 2-hour classes taught by qualified teachers. There is a 20-minute break in between. The teachers dedicate most of the time to interactive activities and exercises through which you learn to understand and speak Spanish. There is also time for Spanish grammar exercises, writing and reading. Visits to typical locations around the city, such as the market, an iconic neighbourhood, a typical street etc., are often arranged to aid student learning.

Includes lectures on Latin American history and literature.

AMAUTA’s Spanish program has been approved by several universities worldwide (Brookhaven, Baylor University, Lethbridge University, Evergreen, University of Cincinnati and more), allowing you to earn credits for this Study Abroad program in Peru: Spanish for University Students.

The school offers a wide range of study abroad programs in Peru for individuals and groups that combine Spanish, Internships, field trips, cultural experiences & Service Learning. In addition, thanks to the in-house travel agency Dos Manos, the school provides educational trips with first-class tourist guides throughout Peru. Examples are tours to Machu Picchu, the Sacred Valley of the Incas (Pisac, Ollantaytambo, Moray), Rainbow Mountain, and weekend trips to Lake Titicaca Arequipa, Nazca and Lima.

Guarantee success in a minimal period of time with this full package including 5 hours of individual tuition each morning, followed by Spanish language-focused afternoon visits to local places of interest. Some of these places might include Santo Domingo, La Merced, or San Pedro Market.

This tailor-made course is designed to get students up-to-speed in a short space of time.

Language barriers can impede business and communication. The most effective way to overcome these barriers is with a tailor-made Spanish course in a country where Spanish is the native language. This Spanish Immersion program is based on a total immersion model. In Peru, you study Spanish with a private tutor in the morning, followed by lunch with your teacher to practise conversation skills in an informal setting.

After lunch, you explore the city and learn more about the culture while practising your Spanish. During the weekend, a Spanish teacher will accompany you on your tours in Peru. We highly recommend you choose to live with a local host family while participating in this Spanish Immersion program to maximize your efforts.

Study Spanish in Cusco during the magical Christmas season and experience different celebrating holiday traditions with our Christmas course in Peru! The Spanish + Christmas Course includes visits to Santurantikuy, the famous Andean Christmas market of Cusco. You will also enter the impressive churches where you can observe the traditional nacimientos.

If enough students are registered, the school will organise a traditional Christmas dinner with a Peruvian family or at the school. In addition, you will visit a local community in the Andes, where AMAUTA contains a yearly Christmas charity event.

By combining both group classes and individual tuition, a greater level of Spanish can be achieved. Students can take advantage of the fun and dynamic group classes and combine this with the personal attention from a private teacher. They will be able to focus on grammar structures they have learnt in class at their own pace and level.

The combined Intensive Spanish course offers you the best of both: it divides your day between 4 hours of Spanish group classes and 1 or 2 hours of individual lessons.

By combining group classes and individual tutoring, this intensive Spanish immersion course helps you achieve a higher level of proficiency in the Spanish language faster.

While Spanish group lessons are designed to facilitate interaction among all the learning in the group, you will have uninterrupted attention from your Spanish teacher during the individual lessons, where your personal learning style forms the basis for every class.

Take advantage of the fun and dynamic group classes where you will learn with other students for 4 hours a day, mostly during the mornings. After lunch time you will spend time in individual Spanish lessons – 1 or 2 hours - with the personal attention of a private teacher. Special attention will be given to review of grammar Spanish pronunciation, Spanish vocabulary and speaking skills. Success is guaranteed with this intensive Spanish course in Peru.

By combining both group classes and individual tuition, a greater level of Spanish can be achieved. Students can take advantage of the fun and dynamic group classes and combine this with the personal attention from a private teacher. They will be able to focus on grammar structures they have learnt in class at their own pace and level.

The combined Intensive Spanish course offers you the best of both: it divides your day between 4 hours of Spanish group classes and 1 or 2 hours of individual lessons.

By combining group classes and individual tutoring, this intensive Spanish immersion course helps you achieve a higher level of proficiency in the Spanish language faster.

While Spanish group lessons are designed to facilitate interaction among all the learning in the group, you will have uninterrupted attention from your Spanish teacher during the individual lessons, where your personal learning style forms the basis for every class.

Take advantage of the fun and dynamic group classes where you will learn with other students for 4 hours a day, mostly during the mornings. After lunch time you will spend time in individual Spanish lessons – 1 or 2 hours - with the personal attention of a private teacher. Special attention will be given to review of grammar Spanish pronunciation, Spanish vocabulary and speaking skills. Success is guaranteed with this intensive Spanish course in Peru.

This course includes 10 lessons per week focused in Inca civilization.

Are you interested in a Spanish course & culture in Peru? Then enrol in the Inca Civilization course in Cusco, Peru, to improve your Spanish and discover the many historic wonders of the Incas before visiting Machu Picchu.

Learn about one of the world’s most incredible past civilizations in the Inca Civilization course. Through lectures, videos, and field trips, you will study the origins of the Peruvian culture and their developments in areas such as agriculture, medicine, ceramics, and architecture.

Includes 2 3-hour lessons and a field trip.

The rich colors and intricate designs of the traditional Peruvian weavings are some of the most beautiful hidden secrets of the vast Peruvian culture. All weavings play an essential role in the community traditions of Peru, such as courtship, marriage, childbirth and annual celebrations.

In the unique Spanish courses & Culture in Peru, the school offers a Peruvian Weaving Workshop in Cusco where you will discover the amount of work and devotion that is dedicated to the fabrication of every piece. Experienced Peruvian artisans will teach you traditional weaving and knitting techniques, most commonly using simple handmade looms. Surely but slowly, you will learn how to weave these kinds of textiles.

On Saturdays, there is an opportunity to visit a local community in the surroundings of Cusco, nearby the village of Pisac. The women here are happy to share the extensive weaving process, such as shearing the sheep, cleaning the wool, spinning the yarn, dying the fabrics and weaving the cloths. You also see the various native plants used for the dying and see the different types of threads used. This spectacular field trip shows you first-hand all aspects of this complex art form.

The course is completely communication oriented and in a short period of time students will be able to speak and understand sentences when slowly spoken.
Lessons are USD 15 per hour.
The Spanish Courses and Culture in Peru offers you the option to learn the basics of the original language of the Incas, el “Runasimi” or Quechua. Then, in only a couple of hours, you will gain insight into the richness of traditional Peruvian cultures and languages. People in Cusco, especially in the countryside, will greatly appreciate your efforts, and a friendly “Allillanchu” (Good morning, how are you?) will immediately open doors for you.

This course includes spanish lessons, daily activities (lectures, excursions) and Spiritual Salkantay Trail.

Discover the fascinating beliefs of the Inca people. Peru and Cusco are believed to be some of the most spiritual places on earth. In this Spanish course, you can learn more about yourself through meditation, ceremonial activities and the rituals of the Andean world. A highlight of the program is a hike of meditation through the sacred mountains by following a spiritual Inca route to Machu Picchu, an area of intense magnetism guided by a shaman (Andean priest).

Other activities include a ceremony of coca reading, a “Baño de Florecimiento” (purification bath) and a “Pago a la Tierra”, whereby we will make offerings to create harmony with the Andean deities. Yu will also visit the well-preserved ruins along the Inca Trail and gain further understanding of symbolism.

This course is especially tailored to the needs and interests of people over 55 years. In this program students will enjoy a unique fusion of Spanish classes and activities. The program might include visits to local volunteer projects, a local market and an artisans’ fair. In addition, this focused program also offers lectures about about Peruvian culture and history.

Minimum four people required to offer this course. For fewer enrollments, the school can offer a mutually agreed upon adapted program.

Young people have different methods of learning, various views on how to spend their time and other interests than adults. That is why this Spanish Course for 55+ is especially tailored to the needs and interests of people over 55 years.

Your Spanish group classes will be combined with local activities in and out of the classroom. Study Spanish in Peru and your class activities may include a visit to a school, a local market, a special shop, a museum or artisans’ fair. Spanish for 55+ also includes information on the culture, history, and music of Peru – a great destination for you a Spanish course; also, or maybe especially when are have more live and travel experience.

This course includes 20 junior lessons per week.

Let your kids get an early start on the Spanish language! Learning Spanish in a Spanish-speaking country like Peru, where they can practice the language daily, is best.

The Spanish for Kids Course in Peru includes plenty of fun activities to break up the learning. Children’s classes are bright and attractive. Songs, colouring-in, painting, music and videos are designed to entertain and educate. You will be surprised at their ability to pick up this language quickly.

Short ‘field trips’ like visiting a store, a square, or the local market are included with your permission. Not only will your kids learn Spanish, but they will live in Peru and see a different culture and interact directly with the friendly local people.

This course includes 20 teen courses per week.

The teenage years are an exciting, confusing and challenging time for young people. No longer, little kids, they aren’t quite adults and need specialized Spanish courses for Teens which recognize that they bore quickly with traditional, structured lessons.

At AMAUTA in Peru, there are plenty of challenging activities for the teen in our Spanish courses for Teens. They will join several excursions where they have opportunities to practice Spanish, and they will have the chance to meet other young local people of a similar age.

Spanish for Teens courses have fixed starting dates which coincide with the European and US summer school vacations. Parents have the option to take Spanish classes at a corresponding time with their children.

Spanish classes, excursions and jungle activities such as night walk search for nocturnal animals, bath in hot water springs and much more.

Airfare to and from Puerto Maldonado is NOT included.

Can you imagine a more exciting classroom than the camp lodge in the Peruvian Amazon? Did you ever imagine your children studying Spanish with jungle sounds in the background? This 1-week camp is a unique opportunity to live and learn Spanish in the jungle while participating in fun and educational activities.

The students combine Spanish classes with exciting activities like:

• a night walk searching for nocturnal animals,
  
• an exploration by foot and canoe,
  
• a bath in hot water springs,
  
• a search for caimans,
  
• a visit to Monkey Island and
  
• a visit to a local community
  
  A nature guide will be with yoou during the jungle activities and explain the wonders of the rainforest and the complex and interesting ecosystems.
  
  The camp starts at the airport in Puerto Maldonado. The staff fly in from Cusco, but you can fly in either from Cusco or directly from Lima, whichever is more convenient. From Puerto Maldonado, you will be transferred in a dugout canoe up the Tambopata River to the lodge. Throughout the journey, you will see the vegetation change into the virgin rainforest. The camp ends on day 7 at the airport in Puerto Maldonado.

Spanish lessons, sport and cultural activities, excursions as well as salsa and Peruvian cooking classes. Transportation from school in Cuzco to the school in Sacred Valley is included.

This camp is a great opportunity for teens interested in a new adventure including bonfires, rafting and hiking, cultural workshops and having fun while learning Spanish.

The Sacred Valley of the Incas is about 1 hour by bus from Cusco. The students will be totally immersed in Peruvian culture from the moment they arrive. The breathtaking scenery and the colorful dresses of the local people are extraordinary and they will start feeling the magic from the moment the camp leaders welcome them onto the campus. From this moment on, alongside four hours of Spanish classes daily, they will enjoy exciting sportive and cultural daily activities such as:

• a hike to the nearby ruins of Pisac with a guided tour,
  
• an excursion to the salt mines,
  
• a salsa dancing class,
  
• a Peruvian cooking class,
  
• a music class,
  
• a bonfire and
  
• a day of river rafting.
  
  You will go to Cusco twice to visit Inca monuments and to do some additional shopping, and over the weekend you will visit the famous ruins of Machu Picchu.
  
  The camp starts in Cusco on day 1, when you leave from Cusco by bus for the school in the Sacred Valley, and ends when you return to Cusco.

This course includes 20 private lessons per week.

Individual Intensive Spanish classes offer customized instruction of the Spanish language adapted to your personal learning needs. In addition, private, uninterrupted, direct contact with the native-speaking teachers will help in speeding up your Spanish learning.

The school strongly recommends the one-to-one individual Spanish lessons for people with specific learning needs and interests. One-on-one Spanish classes offer an excellent opportunity to get the most out of your Spanish courses in Peru in a short period.

The teachers in Peru guide you through the learning process. First, they draw up a list of your learning goals and determine your level of Spanish. They then develop your training program and consider any extracurricular activities that you may wish to do. The one-on-one Spanish classes in Peru are specially tailored for you.

Includes:

4 weeks of classes and 16 weeks of internship.

4 weeks homestay single room or residence shared room + 16 weeks residence shared room.

Volunteer fee.


As an intern in Peru, you experience the rich cultural diversity, make new friends for life and gain a cross-cultural working experience in Peru.

Apart from volunteering, you can also do an Internship in Peru. This is a great way to gain professional experience in an exciting setting, develop networks and connections, improve Spanish language skills, and experience working in a cross cultural environment in a country with an emerging economy in development. An internship in Peru is for you if you are ready to travel outside of your comfort zone, and gain crucial experience that will be life-changing.

This course includes 15 Spanish lessons per week as well as excursions.

Spanish + Excursions start weekly, with a first-week Spanish group course and tours in and around the city of Cusco. Get to know the stunning Inca Ruins in the surroundings, such as Sacsahuaman, and visit the Cathedral, the Temple of the Sun and typical neighbourhoods such as San Blas. The first weekend, you travel to the Sacred Valley of the Inca’s where you will visit the traditional villages of Pisac and Chinchero, which all have marvellous Inca ruins, colourful markets and beautiful scenery. In Ollantaytambo, you take the train to the fabled and magnificent Lost City of the Incas, Machu Picchu.

During the following (long) weeks, you explore the Peruvian Jungle and Lake Titicaca while enjoying activities such as cooking workshops or river rafting. In week 2, you travel by bus to Puno and Lake Titicaca, where legends state that the first Inca emerged. Here you will visit the Floating Uros Islands of and the Islands of Amantaní and Taquile, where the people still have a distinct and unique lifestyle.

Spanish + Excursions includes 40 hours of Spanish instruction (a combination of group and individual lessons) and several afternoon tours and weekend trips.

Includes 4 week Spanish course followed by 4 weeks of volunteering. A total of 8 weeks of accommodation is included, either in homestay single room, or in a shared room in a residence with half board.


Volunteering in Peru provides the unique opportunity to work and live in Peru and improve your Spanish skills while giving back to local society. As a volunteer in Peru, you experience the rich cultural diversity, make new friends for life and gain a cross-cultural working experience in Peru.

AMAUTA Spanish School works with local charities and volunteer projects in Cusco. As a volunteer in Peru, you choose the placement field; possible areas of interest include social work, education, medical work, hospitality and tourism, and cultural work. Volunteer placements include clinics, hospitals, after school projects, an NGO, museums, projects for street children, homes for older people, schools, and more.

Volunteering in Cusco provides a unique opportunity to live abroad while learning the Spanish language and gaining an engaging working experience abroad. There are many different volunteer opportunities at various projects once you complete your Spanish course in Peru. Therefore, Cusco is an excellent choice for a working/ volunteer abroad experience and an internship in Peru.

Volunteering in Peru includes Spanish classes, accommodation, meals and activities. At AMAUTA, the school offers cultural activities for students and volunteers in Peru, and these are a great way to improve your Spanish and to meet people. In addition, the activities enable you to learn in a dynamic and fun environment while gaining an understanding of Peruvian culture.

AMAUTA Spanish School offers constant support to the volunteers. There are weekly volunteer meetings where you can address your questions and exchange experiences with other volunteers.