You lead the students.
We handle every other detail.
End-to-end Faculty-Led Groups programs for 8 to 40+ students. Custom curricula, in-country teams, faculty-free policies on qualifying groups.
A four-step process, refined over 18 years.
Define
Tell us your learning outcomes, dates and group size. We propose 2–3 destination options.
Design
We co-build the itinerary with you: site visits, lectures, fieldwork, host families, free time.
Deliver
Pre-departure prep, in-country team on the ground, 24/7 support throughout the trip.
Debrief
Post-trip report, impact data, student feedback summary, and planning for the next cohort.
200+ universities, colleges and schools have travelled with us.
Three tiers, sized to fit your cohort.
Programmes scale by group size. Faculty leads travel free on qualifying group sizes (typically 10+ students). All tiers include accommodation, meals, in-country transport, 24/7 support and a certificate of completion.
8 – 15 students
Best for first-time partnerships, advanced research streams, or programmes where intimate group dynamics matter.
- 1 free faculty lead (with 10+ students)
- Dedicated in-country coordinator
- Custom-built itinerary
- Single host accommodation
16 – 25 students
Our most common faculty-led group. The sweet spot for mixed-discipline cohorts and undergraduate field studies.
- 1 – 2 free faculty leads
- Dedicated in-country coordinator
- Custom-built itinerary + seminars
- Pre-departure orientation included
- Post-trip impact report
26 – 40+ students
Multi-stream programmes, often split across two destinations or partner sites. Suited to whole-class trips.
- 3 – 4+ free faculty leads
- Two in-country coordinators
- Multi-site programme design
- Group transport throughout
- Dedicated logistics manager
The rule of thumb: one faculty lead travels free per 10 students enrolled. So 20 students = 2 free leads, 30 = 3, and so on. Groups over 40 are split across multiple partner sites.
From arrival to debrief — what a typical trip looks like.
Illustrative itinerary for a 14-day faculty-led trip to Sri Lanka (community-development focus). Yours will be custom-built around your learning outcomes — this gives a sense of the rhythm.
Arrival in Colombo
Airport pickup by your in-country team, transfer to host accommodation, welcome dinner with your cohort coordinator and a brief overview of the week ahead. Early night.
Orientation & cultural induction
Safety briefing, Sri Lankan healthcare-system overview, language essentials (Sinhalese), introduction to your community partners. Afternoon: guided walk of the local area and host-family introductions.
Partner site visit & faculty seminar
Morning visit to the partner NGO offices and field clinic. Afternoon faculty-led seminar: ethics of cross-cultural fieldwork and an outline of student responsibilities.
Active placement — community outreach
Four full days working alongside the partner team. Morning sessions in the community (health camps, school visits, women’s empowerment workshops); afternoon reflection groups with the faculty lead and the in-country coordinator.
Free day · cultural excursion
Optional group excursion to a UNESCO heritage site (Sigiriya / Polonnaruwa) — or rest day at the host accommodation. Students often plan their own group activity at this point.
Active placement — focused projects
Students split into smaller groups working on specific outputs: education materials, community-survey data collection, or programme-impact documentation. Faculty supervises study design and analysis.
Presentations & debrief
Morning: each project group presents to the host partners, faculty lead and Impact Explorers team. Afternoon: structured reflection workshop. Evening: farewell dinner with community hosts and certificate ceremony.
Transfer & departure
Group transfer to Colombo airport. In-country team escorts you through check-in. Faculty receives a sealed post-trip pack: hours logs, programme report, anonymised CCAI data and impact summary for your faculty office.
What’s in it for you.
Faculty-led trips are a lot of work to organise — internally and externally. These are the things we do specifically to make the load lighter on you.
One free faculty lead per 10 students
A simple rule, no fine print: every 10 students enrolled = one faculty lead travels free. 20 students = 2 free leads, 30 students = 3, and so on. Covers programme fee, accommodation, meals and in-country transport. International flights are separate.
Pre-departure pack we write for you
A custom-written briefing document for your students and your faculty office — covering health, safety, ethics, learning outcomes and assessment. You can use it directly with risk-assessment paperwork.
Ethical-review board liaison
Where research outputs are part of the trip, our in-country leads draft the local-partner letter, supply ethics protocols and respond to your IRB queries directly — saving you weeks of back-and-forth.
Post-trip impact report
Within 14 days of return: a written report covering programme outcomes, anonymised student feedback, hours logs, partner organisation statements, and quantitative impact data — formatted for your annual review.
Free seminar slot in your curriculum
Want a Volunteering Solutions or Med Trips alumnus to come and speak to your future cohort? We arrange a free virtual or in-person seminar from our roster of 25,000+ programme alumni.
Dedicated post-trip alumni network
Your cohort joins our private alumni community after the programme — used to stay connected to fellow participants, share dissertation work, and access future career and travel opportunities through our 25,000+ alumni network.
What our partner academics say.
A few quotes from faculty who have run repeat faculty-led trips with us over the past five years.
“The amount of admin I usually do for an overseas trip is enormous — risk assessments, ethics, parental consent, accommodation vetting. With Impact Explorers it was about a third of the usual workload. We’re going back next year.”
“My 22-student cohort came back changed. Not in the romanticised way — in the I-actually-understand-this way. The in-country coordinator was the best I’ve worked with in 15 years of running these trips.”
“What I appreciated most was honest answers. When I asked about a destination they didn’t think was right for our group, they told me. Most providers will sell you whatever you want.”
“The post-trip report did more for my next funding application than three years of student testimonials. Properly quantified, properly written. Genuinely useful.”
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