Miami
Where America
meets the Caribbean.
A city built by migration, shaped by the Caribbean diaspora, and open to the Everglades on one side and the Atlantic on the other. Culturally layered, academically rich, and unlike any other American city.
DISCOVER MIAMI
America, with a Caribbean soul.
Miami is one of the most culturally complex cities in the United States — and one of the most misunderstood. Behind the beaches and the skyline is a city shaped by wave after wave of migration: Cuban, Haitian, Jamaican, Colombian, Bahamian. The Caribbean didn't just pass through Miami — it built it. Little Havana, the Caribbean diaspora communities, the multilingual street life — all of it is visible, accessible, and alive.
Miami is also a city of nature. The Everglades National Park begins at the city's edge — one of the most extraordinary ecosystems in North America. The Vizcaya Museum & Gardens, Overtown's layered history, Wynwood's open-air murals, and the bay complete a destination that is simultaneously civic, cultural, ecological, and human.
With En Route, Miami becomes more than a city. It becomes the place where the Caribbean story continues — on American soil, in a different language, with a different skyline, but with the same roots.
For educational groups, Miami is a rich introduction to American urban life, diaspora studies, environmental science, and the Caribbean presence in the United States. Programs are conducted in English, with opportunities for natural exposure to Spanish throughout the city.
For custom groups, it's something else again — multicultural food culture, among the most diverse in the U.S., landscapes that shift from vibrant urban neighborhoods to white-sand beaches, and a pace of life that rewards those who slow down.
WHAT YOU'LL EXPERIENCE
Six faces of a city unlike the others.
Miami offers extraordinary depth across history, nature, food, culture, marine life, and urban life. These are the experiences we build programs around — each one is an example, not a fixed menu.
CULTURE & DIASPORA
Little Havana & the Cuban diaspora
Little Havana is one of the most alive and distinctive neighborhoods in the United States — Cuban coffee, domino parks, Calle Ocho, live music, and a community that has kept its culture intact across generations of exile and migration. A visit here connects directly to broader questions of diaspora, identity, and what it means to belong somewhere you were not born.
HISTORY & HERITAGE
Vizcaya, Freedom Tower & Miami's layered past
Miami's history is written in layers. Vizcaya Museum & Gardens tells the story of Gilded Age wealth and labor on Biscayne Bay. The Freedom Tower — Miami's own Ellis Island — documents the Cuban exodus and the making of a diaspora. Coconut Grove, Miami's oldest neighborhood, carries a deep Bahamian heritage. And the Cuban Diaspora Museum connects the history of exile and migration to the living community that surrounds it.
COMMUNITY & EXCHANGE
Caribbean community
Miami is home to one of the largest and most established Caribbean communities in the United States. Community meetings with local Caribbean organizations, exchanges with American students, and a walk through Lincoln Road and the city's neighborhood life give groups direct access to the human fabric of a city built by migration.
NATURE & ECOLOGY
Everglades, Biscayne Bay & urban nature
Miami sits at the edge of one of the most extraordinary natural systems in North America. The Everglades National Park — a UNESCO World Heritage Site — begins where the city ends. Biscayne National Park protects coral reefs and mangroves accessible by boat. And the bay itself is a living ecosystem at the heart of the city. Few urban destinations offer this concentration of accessible wild nature.
ARTS & URBAN CULTURE
Wynwood, the bay & Miami from two angles
Wynwood's open-air murals — painted by artists from across Latin America and the Caribbean — are one of the most striking urban art scenes in the world. Combined with a celebrity boat tour of Biscayne Bay, groups get two very different perspectives on Miami: one from the street, one from the water.
HISTORY & COMMUNITY
Overtown — the neighborhood Miami forgot
Before the highways cut through it in the 1960s, Overtown was Miami's cultural heart — a thriving African American neighborhood known as the "Harlem of the South," where Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and B.B. King performed because they weren't allowed to stay in the segregated hotels of Miami Beach. Walking through Overtown today is a lesson in urban history, racial segregation, and what a city loses when it chooses infrastructure over community.
PROGRAMS IN MIAMI
One city. Different journeys.
Every program is built around your group's goals. The itineraries below are examples — starting points for a conversation, not fixed packages.
Discovery trip - Miami
6 to 8 days
Miami is a city that middle school students can read like a book — every neighborhood tells a story, every ecosystem has something to show. The Everglades are unlike anything most students have ever seen. Little Havana is a neighborhood where culture is worn on the outside. Vizcaya is history at a scale that makes sense when you're standing inside it.
Programs are built around your curriculum — social studies, science, geography, or language — and conducted in English.
→ Explore the Everglades — one of North America's most extraordinary ecosystems
→ Discover the history and culture of Miami's Cuban and Caribbean communities
→ Visit Vizcaya Museum & Gardens — American history and architecture
→ Exchange with American students at a local school
→ Discover the city from the bay — celebrity boat tour of Biscayne Bay
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