Why Educational Travel Matters

Question: What’s the number one way to make your student travel experience even more meaningful? Answer: Work with a travel provider who puts education first—which is exactly what we do at Explorica! Our educational travel programs take learning outside the classroom and put students in new and exciting environments that make any topic even more Read More …

Best of Both Worlds: Travel & Get Academic Credit

What’s better than traveling with a group of your peers on the adventure of a lifetime? Getting academic credit for it, of course! Explorica is part of WorldStrides, which is accredited by the same accrediting bodies that certify academic standards in your school. That also means we’re able to offer the best of both worlds: Read More …

You Asked, We Answered: 10 Questions About Student Travel

The benefits of working with a group travel company like Explorica to create and organize your educational tour are numerous, and we know you’ll have tons of questions along the way. We picked ten of our most popular questions from parents, students, and teachers and broke them down here, just for you. Keep calm and Read More …

New Year, New Name: Introducing Explorica by WorldStrides

You might have noticed that we’ve unveiled a slightly new logo and an updated name — moving forward, we’ll be known as Explorica by WorldStrides.  Back in 2016, we joined forces with WorldStrides, the most trusted provider of educational travel and experiences in the United States. We’ve continued to provide the same fun and enriching Read More …

Academic credit

As a WorldStrides organization, Explorica is an accredited institution just like your school. Students traveling on qualified tours have the opportunity to earn academic credit. Free high school credit We are independently accredited for K-12 education by regional accrediting bodies across the nation, including: AdvancED, the parent organization of the North Central Association Commission on Read More …