Gap year & Travel News

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 [...]