VCIL Travel School: Where Education Meets Adventure, Impact, and Global Collaboration

VCIL Travel School transforms education into a dynamic, global adventure, where learners work with local organizations, create positive impacts, and reflect upon themselves for lasting inner change.

Strengthen Local Economy

Choose local, organically produced foods as much as possible, both in restaurants and when shopping in the market. We want to channel the money to support local economy.

Mindful & responsible
travel

Protect environment, save water, energy, respect local culture. Leave nothing behind besides good memories, beautiful photos, meaningful connections and life-changing experience

context-based education

The program provides opportunities for participants to explore various facets such as culture, nature, socio-economic aspects, and the environment in the place we travel.

Local Immersion

Throughout the program, to eat, sleep, and work side by side with locals, participants will perceive and experience the lifestyle, culture, and people of this region firsthand.

About VCIL Travel School

VCIL TRAVEL SCHOOL is an international experiential/travel learning program which utilizes context-based learning in the cross-cultural environment. By combining between education and traveling with community development for locals, cross-cultural collaboration, VCIL Travel School aims to renovate and redefine how education as well as tourism has been happened.

VCIL Travel School aims to change the way education happens from the 4 walls classroom to the outside world where people get practical/hands-on experience by working with local organizations while creates positive impact for local community and immerse participants in different context to reflect upon themselves for inner change, diversify & challenge their viewpoint, broaden their knowledge/horizon, foster international collaboration.

Video recap
VCIL Travel School in Ladakh (2022)

This is a short video about one of the learning journeys took place in Ladakh. Throughout 15 days of the program, participants came together to travel slowly, to connect with Ladakhi people, to eat, sleep, and work side by side with locals. Besides, they also experienced the astonishing landscape of Nubra valley, Khardung La pass, hundreds-years-old monasteries carved into the mountainside and old town maze with finely crafted buildings made by rocks and wood. Furthermore, everyone stayed with students at an alternative educational school for "10 grade failed" which has inspired the renowned movie "3 idiots". Then participating in educational workshops, studying Ladakhis way of life and practicing telling stories with your own voices and perspective.

Our riviews

"Old Town Walk allowed me to see a different Ladakh that I had never seen in the media... Normally, when visiting a new place, I wouldn't know who to ask about my questions. Luckily, during the program, there was Uncle Tashi, and thanks to him, I was able to clear up many of my doubts about Leh."