The program
The Immersion Week — what it is, what it costs, what it includes
One program, sold by the week, from one week upwards. This page sets out the itinerary, the rate, what is included, what is not, and what we are responsible for. Rates on this page are valid until 31 December 2027.
At a glance
- Package name
- Immersion Week — Spanish Immersion Costa Rica
- Duration
- Sold in whole weeks, from one week upwards. There is no maximum. Most students stay between two and four weeks.
- Where
- La Fortuna de Bagaces, Bagaces, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Classes and accommodation are all within the village; nothing requires a car.
- Start dates
- You may arrive any day of the year. Classes begin the next business day.
- Group size
- Classes are one-to-one with your teacher. The published rate is per student. If two or more of you are travelling together there is a discount — tell us who is coming and we will quote it. See below.
- Languages
- Instruction in Spanish, at your level. Programme coordination in English or Spanish.
- Rate validity
- Published rates are guaranteed until 31 December 2027.
The rate
One week is $950. Every additional week lowers the weekly rate by $10 — and the lower rate then applies to your whole stay, not only to the extra weeks.
| Length of stay | Weekly rate | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 week | $950 | $950 |
| 2 weeks | $940 | $1,880 |
| 3 weeks | $930 | $2,790 |
| 4 weeks | $920 | $3,680 |
| 5 weeks | $910 | $4,550 |
| 6 weeks | $900 | $5,400 |
| 7 weeks | $890 | $6,230 |
| 8 weeks | $880 | $7,040 |
Two or more people
If you are coming with someone — a partner, a friend, a family, a parent with children — there is a discount, and it is worked out for your group rather than taken off a chart. It depends on how many of you there are, how long you are staying, and whether there are children in the group. Tell us who is coming when you write and the discount will be in the written quote we send you, before you pay anything. It is applied to the whole stay.
A week, hour by hour
The shape of every week is the same. What fills the afternoons changes.
- Before class
- You walk to the print shop in the village and collect the material written for you the evening before, based on what you did the day before.
- Morning, Mon–Fri
- Class from 8:00 to 12:00, with a short break around ten. One-to-one with a certified teacher, at the teacher’s house. Twenty hours a week in total.
- Midday
- Lunch. Normally with your host family, though you are free to eat on your own or at another time.
- Afternoon
- Four activities a week, typically 2:30pm to 6:00pm, each led by an instructor. Vocabulary for each activity is prepared with your teacher that morning.
- When it swaps
- Some activities only happen in the morning — milking, for one. On those days class moves to the afternoon, 1:00 to 5:00. The twenty hours are the same either way.
- Evening
- Dinner with the family, around 7pm. Your teacher writes the next day’s material from what you did that day.
- Weekends
- Free. Students are with their host family and may travel independently.
Included in the rate
- 20 hours of one-to-one class a week with a certified Spanish teacher.
- Lesson material written for you daily, based on your own week. Writing it is included; printing it is budgeted separately — see below.
- Accommodation — a private room with a Costa Rican host family in the village.
- Three meals a day, every day of your stay, including weekends.
- Four afternoon activities a week, each led by an instructor.
- Access to the family’s laundry room to do your own washing.
- Programme coordination and support throughout your stay, in English or Spanish.
- Optional volunteering at the local high school, helping final-year pupils with English, at no cost.
Not included — optional services
These are sold separately and are never added without your agreement.
| Service | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Airport transfer — Liberia (LIR) | $100 one way $200 round trip | Door to door, arranged by us. About an hour. |
| Airport transfer — San José (SJO) | $300 one way $600 round trip | Door to door, arranged by us. Requires a $125 deposit in advance to confirm the driver. |
| Printing your class materials | $25 per week, per student | Paid at the print shop in the village, as you go. Your teacher writing the material is included in the rate; the printing is not. |
Who provides what
So it is clear where responsibility sits.
- Classes
- Taught by our own certified teacher, contracted directly by us. We are responsible for them.
- Activities
- Designed and run by us, with our own instructors. They are not sold on to a tour operator. We are responsible for them.
- Accommodation and meals
- Provided by host families in the village, selected, visited and contracted directly by us. We remain your point of contact and we are responsible for arranging a replacement if a placement does not work.
- Transfers
- Driven by licensed local drivers we contract and pay directly. We arrange and are responsible for the booking. The San José transfer is a long run and is confirmed with a $125 deposit in advance.
Insurance
Spanish Language Bootcamp S.A., trading as Spanish Immersion Costa Rica, holds a civil liability policy with the Instituto Nacional de Seguros (INS), the Costa Rican state insurer. A copy of the current policy is available on request.
This policy covers the company’s liability in the operation of the programme. It is not travel insurance and it is not personal medical cover. Every student should arrange their own travel and medical insurance before travelling, covering medical treatment, repatriation, cancellation and personal belongings. We will ask you to confirm you have done so before you arrive.
What we are responsible for
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
Delivering the hours of class, meals, accommodation and activities set out above; the suitability and conduct of the teachers, instructors, drivers and host families we contract; your safety during programme activities; replacing a host family or an activity if something becomes unsuitable; and telling you honestly and promptly when something has to change.
WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR
Anything you do in your own free time, at weekends or outside programme hours; your flights, visas or travel documents; your personal belongings; medical costs; or loss caused by weather, road conditions, strikes, illness or other events outside our control.
IF WE CANNOT DELIVER
If an activity cannot run, we replace it with another of comparable value in the same week. If we cannot deliver a full week of classes for a reason on our side, those class hours are made up later in your stay or refunded at the published weekly rate.
How often this is reviewed
This programme, its itinerary and its rates are reviewed once a year, each November, and at any point where an activity, a supplier or a cost changes materially. Rates are published with a validity date and are honoured for every booking confirmed while that date stands. The review date and the validity date on this page are updated at each review.
Ask us about a week
Tell us roughly when you would like to come and what your Spanish is like now, and we will write back with a plan and a price.
Ask us about a weekRates valid until 31 December 2027 · Page last reviewed 1 October 2026 · Spanish Language Bootcamp S.A., cédula jurídica 3-102-846896
And once you book?
Everything that happens after you pay the deposit — what to do before you fly, how you get here from the airport, what your first day looks like, what to pack, and who to call if something goes wrong.
What happens next