Magic Carpet Rides is a gap-year educational program empowering high school graduates to explore the world of possibilities before defining a life path. Our experiential curriculum fosters development of life skills and discovery of one's passions.
Guatemala, with its rich heritage and natural beauty, provides a stunning setting for cultural immersion as well as a convenient base to explore the treasures of Central America. According to the Lonely Planet, if continents had their own ecosystem of gap-year opportunities, this region quite possibly offers the most abundant and varied of them all. The majestic scale of the area, the extraordinary variety of the terrain and its amazing creatures, and the history of its inhabitants lend themselves perfectly to a grand adventure.
