The Horizon Expedition
Our Next Trip: Incan Understandings in Peru
It’s time for CBK to roll out another adventure – The Horizon Expedition: Incan Understandings! We talk a lot about exploring new horizons at CBK, but The Horizon Expedition offers you the opportunity to truly live out that meaning with a unique educational travel experience. In partnership with EF Educational Tours, our students aged 11-20 at the time of travel will have the chance to gain an international perspective through an educational lens. For our older CBK students, this may be their final program opportunity with CBK. With a pre- and post-trip curriculum bearing high school and optional collegiate credit, The Horizon Expedition combines CBK program philosophy, values, and academic rigor with 50 years of EF Educational Tours accredited expertise in providing experiential learning, cultural immersion, and authentic local connections.
In this special trip titled Incan Understandings, travel with us to Peru to consider one of the world’s greatest ancient civilizations. Immerse yourself in the Incan historical and cultural journey through the turbulent sociopolitical history of pre-and post-colonial perspectives. In addition to the human diversity that will be experienced, a trip to the Amazon rainforest will also expose our Voyagers to the broader diversity of the animal kingdom both day and night along this great river as we discuss conservationism. Interactive with multiple indigenous communities is an important part of this journey. The 11-day trip will include visits to Lima, Cusco, the Sacred Valley, Ollantaytambo, Maras salt ponds, Machu Picchu, and the water-access only indigenous communities at Iquitos in the Amazon jungle.
The Horizon Expedition is limited to 30 students.
Horizon Expedition is expected to run every other year, meaning our next trip would be in 2024, and no, we have not decided where we will go yet!
CBK's International Travel Program
Program Details
- Ages 11-19 at time of travel or age-outs travel as adults
- Travel approximately March 21-31, 2022
- High school and/or college credit-bearing
Eligibility
- CBK Summer Programs kid
- OR Portfolio Application as required for Summer Programs
- AND required interview for program fit
Applicants will be reviewed by the Horizon committee and a phone interview will be required unless the student is already a Voyager. Following acceptance notification (not pre-registration) as a Voyager, remaining spaces for travel will be determined based upon time stamp for full completed application (including required deposits) to CBK AND EF Travel.
Postponed Possibly to 2024: Cradle Journey to South Africa
In 2021, CBK was unable to travel to South Africa due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled to 2022. Unfortunately, due to unresolved pandemic issues, vendors in South Africa are not able to provide tour options. Further, civil unrest related to the pandemic is at a level the US State Department advises against for travel. We hope to return to this itinerary in a future year.
In this new trip titled Cradle Journey, travel with us to South Africa to consider the anthropological roots of humankind. Immerse yourself in Nelson Mandela’s historical and cultural journey through the turbulent sociopolitical history of Apartheid – instead of shying away from this dark past, South Africa defines lessons to be learned. In addition to the human diversity that will be experienced, a trip to Kruger National Park will also expose our Voyagers to the broader diversity of the animal kingdom, with lions, elephants, leopards, rhinos, hippos, giraffe, and even penguins at the top of the list as we discuss conservationism. The 11-day trip will include visits to Johannesburg and Soweto, Gauteng Province, Kruger National Park, a Shangaan village, Cape Town, Robben Island, and Langa Township.
The Horizon Expedition is limited to 30 students.
Horizon Expedition is expected to run every other year, meaning our next trip would be in 2024, and no, we have not decided where we will go yet!