Children, Sports & Community in Bucaramanga
Your Social Adventure with Bucara Voluntours
Volunteering with children is an incredibly rewarding experience, as it gives you the chance to truly connect with Colombian culture and understand its values and traditions through the eyes of its youngest generation.
This program supports local projects with a long lasting impact while exploring the almost unknown city of Bucaramanga in the beautiful department of Santander. Loads of nature, unexpected surprises and heartwarming moments are waiting for you.
This Volunteer program in a nutshell
Volunteer Activities & Spanish Classes
Get involved in various inspiring social projects with children in Bucaramanga every afternoon. Improve your Spanish through professional and fun Spanish classes every morning.
Explore Bucaramanga & Santander
Explore the real Colombia! Santander is full of spectacular places. Go Paragliding in the canyon, hike around lagoons, stroll through coffee farms or assist pottery workshop and salsa dance classes!
Feel like home in our beautiful hostel
You will be accomodated in Bucaramangas most popular Hostel where you will meet many likeminded people. You can choose between private or shared-room options.
Example Schedule of 2 weeks in Bucaramanga
This schedule is just an example. You can customize your trip with us individually and you can decide on the duration of your stay.
Day 1 - Arrival, Airport Pickup & Check-in
You will be picked up at the airport and will check-in to the hostel or the guest family. Get something to eat and settle in. Afterwards, we will give you an introduction about the program and show you around in the area, where you can have breakfast, the Spanish school, supermarkets and restaurants.
Day 5 - Canyon Day & Paragliding
The Chicamocha Canyon is south americas biggest and most beautiful canyon. Enjoy it's view on a daytrip and join a paragliding tandem flight if you are up to.
Days 9 - English class in a foundation in the prison
Nuevos Horizontes is a foundation in the prison of Bucaramanga. They help the imates to find track back to a new life with new opportunities. We are supporting the foundation with weekly English classes, where you as a volunteer can get directly involved.
Days 2 & 3 - Spanish class & Volunteering with children
A typical day starts with delicious breakfast, followed by a Spanish class. After a great lunch in a local restaurant, we will go to one of our charity foundations. You will get to know the children and have some first exchanges and activities. Transport is arranged by us and you will be accompanied by a local person.
Days 6-7 - Spanish classes & Volunteering with children
More Spanish classes to become fluent and volunteering with the children in the afternoon. English classes, Sports sessions or playful activities.
Days 10 - 13 Spanish classes and volunteering
More Spanish classes and of course more volunteering. The children will know you by now by your name and you will be actively involved in the activities.
Day 4 - Comuna Tour and Life in a Colombian Barrio
Dive into the real Colombian life with it's culture, arts, dancing and music. In this tour, local people will guide you through their neighborhood and tell you stories about daily life and history.
Day 8 - Coffee Tour with great views and tasting
Enjoy spectacular views from above and learn first hand about the Colombian Coffee culture. Enjoy a guided tour through a Coffee Plantation and Roastery and taste some delicious coffee.
Day 14 - Authentic city tour with local people
Every stay in Bucaramanga includes an authentic tour through the city, led by local people.
Pricing
Package | Price per week | Includes |
|---|---|---|
Volunteer Package | USD 350.00 | Daily activities with foundation, hikes & city tours, personal guides, Airport transfer & all transports, Accommodation, Breakfast & Lunch |
Spanish Add-on | USD 150.00 | 10 hours of Spanish per week Professional teachers Modern classrooms Small groups |
Basic Accommodation | included | Ladies: 4-Bed Girls-Dorm with en-suite bathroom Guys: 4-6 Bed Mixed Dorm with bathroom close by |
Private Room | USD 100.00 | Private Room Queen-size bed Fan Shared bathroom |
Superior Room | USD 170.00 | Private Room En-suite bathroom Air Condition Queen-size bed & TV |
It's more than Volunteering - it's an experience!
Airport transfer
Accommodation
Breakfast & Lunch
Transportation
Volunteer Activities & Donation
Hikes & City Tours
Personal Guides & Translators
24/7 in-country support
The impact you will make
Your volunteering in Colombia generates a cultural exchange that expands the vision and dreams of more than 500 children and participants of our foundations in Bucaramanga. Bucara Voluntours works hand-in-hand with local foundations that support children living in vulnerable neighborhoods. Each foundation has its own unique approach to making a positive impact in the lives of these kids—through sports, music, dance, emotional development, and playful learning. Your role as a volunteer can be very diverse and dynamic. You’ll help kids with their schoolwork, especially in subjects like English, and organize or take part in creative and playful activities that encourage learning and expression. There are also opportunities to lead or participate in sports sessions such as football or dance, which not only promote physical health but also build teamwork and confidence.
WHAT OUR TRAVELERS SAY
Mailys Dellicour from Belgium, March 2026
I’ve been part of the project for 7 weeks and it has been a pure blessing! Bucaravoluntours team is so friendly and organised. They really turn my trip into something unique! I’ve enjoyed spending time and helping in all the foundations. I was always discovering new things and connecting more and more with the amazing people that are part of them! The Spanish classes helped me a lot and I really feel a big progression. The touristic activities were incredible! Outside of the program, the team make sure that you don’t leave the city without trying a lot of cultural food, games, dance…
How your trip with Bucara Voluntours will look like
Your Bucara Voluntours Team in Bucaramanga
Laura
Ximena
Simon
Juan
Diego
Sharon
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Participating Foundations
Foundacion CAPAZ
CAPAZ stands for "Cultura, Arte & Paz". The foundation is located in a vulnerable neighbourhood and improves the life for the community and above all for the children with many coultural, music, dance and arts activities.
The foundation will give you a unique tour through a district you normally wouldn't have access to. You will learn a lot about their history, interact with the community in various activities, learn about traditional Colombian dance styles and music intsruments.
Furthermore, you will have lunch with a local family and taste authentic meals.
Nuevos Horizontes
For sure one of the most surprising foundations you will ever visit. Located in the Modelo state prison of Bucaramanga, the foundations "Nuevos Horizontes (new horizons) offers a reintegration and detoxication program for prisoners who suffer from addictions.
Without any medication, but with a lot of sports, dancing, music, psycological and educational activities they already changed or even safed the life of hundrets of men.
It's a heartwarming and surprising experience to visit this prison and it's foundation and for sure not what you would expect!
Foundacion HUELLAS
Huellas is a social project which provides emotional education to children and adolescents.
They focus on workshops in groups as the main learning setting. This allows participants to exchange and interact on many topics, as well as to reinforce positive behavior and attitudes.
As a volunteer, you can support the project in many areas. You can support the crew in educational workshops, you can play games with the kids or have sport sessions.
Goles por la Paz
"Goles por la paz" acts in one of the most vulnerable neighbourhoods in the north of Bucaramanga.
A team of social workers, psychologists and physical trainers works with children and teenagers between 5-16 years of age. This mixed team, which is regularly supported by volunteers delivers a sports and educational program to around 200 children.
The foundation has access to two sports pitches, where you can participate in the sports activities or play interactive games with the children.