International Internships — Costa Rica | Guatemala | Peru

I had the awesome experience with Maximo Nivel in Cusco, Peru as a Hospitality and Tourism Project intern during the summer of 2015. Maximo Nivel is extremely flexible to your needs and does an awesome job placing you in a project that fits your desires and career ambitions! The in-country support staff was incredible, they truly went the extra mile to facilitate cultural emersion, help with appropriate Spanish lessons, and excursions/activities to do in your free time. I particularly enjoyed the free salsa lessons and the facility itself, where foreign interns like myself could practice Spanish and help local Peruvians learning English. I learned a lot about Peruvian culture and Peruvian Spanish through this process, which is why I recommend Maximo Nivel for anyone who wants to engage in the most cultural immersion, even if it is only for a few weeks! My Spanish professor was great for my experience level and it was an awesome way to meet other interns in Peru. As far as my project went, I had the awesome opportunity of working with a local business and helping them grow. I was able to use Spanish consistently at work, increasingly fluency. With so many fun activities to do, many of which are through the help of Maximo Nivel, I was always busy and had the fortune to visit many special places in Peru.

Maximo Nivel did an amazing job facilitating cultural emersion with appropriate level Spanish classes, an awesome facility to meet local Peruvians who loved speaking English and Spanish with travelers like me, and by giving me an amazing housing placement. In terms of my internship project, I was very fortunate to work with a local Bed and Breakfast and travel agency. I was able to utilize my Spanish consistently at work and took classes with Maximo Nivel that were tailored to hospitality vocabulary and the Peruvian vocabulary/dialect! My project was fantastic. The owners were very welcoming and appreciative of my service. I was able to gain experience working in the hotel with day to day operations, improving my customer service skills in Spanish and English, performing online marketing and increasing social media presence, translating and maintaing the company websites, writing blog posts, creating promotional videos and even going on excursions to analyze the trip and guide! This internship was awesome because I touched so many aspects of the hospitality and tourism industry while simultaneously increasing my fluency in Spanish. My project was unique because Maximo Nivel works hard to provide custom tailored internships to interested parties. Each project will be unique but they will be appropriate for whatever your needs and qualifications desire. They did a great job placing me with my company and will surely do the same for anyone interested. Besides work, Cusco is an amazing city to spend a few months in. If Machu Picchu is on your bucket list, I highly recommend interning with Maximo Nivel. There was plenty of time for me to travel between my internship and spanish classes, exploring the beautiful city of Cusco, practicing Spanish with Peruvian locals at Maximo, and of course salsa lessons!! The people are warm hearted and ecstatic, making it a pleasant experience to embrace a new culture and learn Spanish. I thank the Maximo Nivel in Cusco for the experience, it was life changing and very useful for my career goals.

I highly recommend this company for internships throughout Latin America if you are looking for high levels of cultural immersion and to improve Spanish language skills.