Gap year & Travel News

Hope you’re well, Shireen and I thought we’d write you a joint email just to let you know how it’s all going over here in Argentina on our Polo Leap mission! We are lucky enough to have our own house here on our host Marcos’ estancia, which is comfortable and as expected. Both of us [...]

A week into the Argentina Polo placement the new group of Leapers has adapted very well to their new rural life. Mornings have been spent learning about work at the farm and actually getting some due chores up to date. Not only have they managed to learn most of what is needed to take proper [...]

We are all having a fantastic time out here in Argentina, especially since it’s hotting up – and I’m not just talking about on the polo pitch! Since beginning our intrepid exploration into the dangerous landscape that is the Argentinian Pampas, we have braved mighty feats, such as witnessing James, the token celeb of the [...]

Hola All, We have been having some very good polo over here. Thankfully we haven’t had any rain since our last update, and polo has been coming along well. Some of the Leapers are showing important improvements in their game, while others still need some more practice! But regardless of the current level of play [...]

Since coming back from Argentina I honestly haven’t been able to stop going on about my time there, my friends are sick of hearing about it! I miss everybody, the polo… Hmmm. Must say the Spanglish efforts are improving, I can now vaguely converse with a taxi driver, understand half a menu and name every [...]

Just a quick note (will hopefully write at length when i can find better internet) to say I’M FINE, alive and generally fabulous! Argentina is absolutely wonderful – the house/casa is a lovely little place in the rural ‘pampas’ about an hour and a half south of Buenos Airies; I am sharing a room with [...]

News just in from Diego in Argentina: The Polo team (Matt, Sophie, Grace, Hattie, Jen and Georgie) have had a great first week in the Pampas and have totally settled into life at La Asuncion. They’ve had a couple of polo lessons, some schooling of young horses (planned to develop their riding skills), lessons on [...]

The Summer Polo team are looking at home in the Pampas already having just spent their first weekend at LA 54, the horse-breeding estancia 2 hours South of Buenos Aires that will be their home for the next 6 weeks. Jen, Grace, Hattie, Matt, Georgie and Soph are the first team of Polo Leapers we’ve [...]

Skiing or snowboarding in your gap year is a fantastic opportunity to do much much more than your typical weeks holiday. This is the perfect opportunity to spend 4-5 months skiing or snow boarding in your gap year every day. Imagine how good you will be after that! And what powder you will have mastered! [...]

Hola! Just wanted to let you all know what a fantastic time was had in Argentina when I went to visit the Leap team last week at the polo Estancia where they are spending the next 6-10 weeks. The girls were on top form as we learnt the ropes at the polo stables, practiced our [...]