Arrive as a tourist.
Leave as a towner.

towner noun
a local. Someone who knows how a place actually works.

Fourteen-day educational culture camps in Australia, Brazil and Japan, for students aged 11–17. Come and see the world like a local.

A pair of glasses held up in front of MASP on Avenida Paulista: the museum and the street sharp through the lenses, soft everywhere else
A tourist visits a place. A towner sees it through a different lens.
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Australia

Sydney · Melbourne

See Australia differently with TOWNR.

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Sydney Opera House sails from the forecourtThe Opera House, up close
A koala asleep in a eucalyptus tree at a wildlife parkKoala, wildlife park
Manly Beach and the Sydney coastline from the air at sunriseManly Beach from the air
Sydney Tower Eye above the city skylineSydney Tower Eye

Brazil

São Paulo · Paraty · Rio de Janeiro

Elevate your expectations. This is the Brazil camp you asked for.

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Christ the Redeemer above Rio de Janeiro and Sugarloaf MountainChrist the Redeemer, Corcovado
A cobbled colonial street in Paraty with brightly painted doorsParaty, cobbled and colonial
Rio de Janeiro and its mountains from aboveRio de Janeiro from above
MASP and a red bus on Avenida Paulista, Sao PauloMASP, Avenida Paulista

Japan

Tokyo · Mt. Fuji · Osaka · Kyoto · Nara

Experience Japan, the TOWNR way.

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The vermilion torii gate tunnel at Fushimi Inari, KyotoFushimi Inari, torii gates
Mount Fuji seen across flower beds at Lake KawaguchikoMt. Fuji from Lake Kawaguchiko
Sensoji Temple in Asakusa, TokyoSensoji Temple, Asakusa
Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo seen from aboveShibuya Crossing

Four sisters, one very old van

Our father drove a Towner. He took us camping in it, and on the best road trips of our lives — which is why the van is in our logo, and why the company is named after what he made us into: towners, wherever we happened to be.

Meet the four of us →

Our father at the wheel of the Towner van, with one of us on his arm

The original Towner. Our father at the wheel.

For agents and schools

Interested in learning more? Contact us and we’ll send itineraries, net rates and our full safety documentation.