Guests learning lei making with cultural practitioners on the lawn during a workshop

Educational Programs

Educational Programs in Hawaiʻi

Learning that stays with a student for life.

Guided with care, by one local team.

We create educational programs, study tours, and cultural learning experiences in Hawaiʻi—supporting student groups with the coordination, safety, and local connection that let them focus on what they came here to learn.

What We Support

Everything a learning journey needs.

From the itinerary to the smallest logistic, we support schools, universities, and student groups so the learning stays front and center.

Study Tours

Purpose-built study tours in Hawaiʻi—itineraries designed around a group’s learning goals, from marine science and sustainability to history and the arts.

Cultural Learning

Hands-on cultural learning led by local practitioners, so students meet Hawaiian language, traditions, and values first-hand rather than from a distance.

Student Group Support

Attentive, bilingual support for student groups and their chaperones—safety, guidance, and a familiar point of contact throughout the stay.

Local Experiences

Genuine local experiences and exchanges with the community, chosen for meaning over sightseeing, that let students connect with real life on the islands.

Program Coordination

End-to-end program coordination—schedules, venues, transport, meals, and logistics—handled by one local team so educators can focus on teaching.

A student group jumping together on the lawn by the lagoon at Ko Olina

Our Commitment

We give our time to education, not only our services.

As part of the University of Hawaiʻi’s study-abroad programs, our team volunteers to welcome and support visiting students—helping them settle in, find their way, and feel at home in a new place.

It is work we do because we believe in it—contributing to the community while investing, sincerely, in the students who represent its future.

Learning With Hawaiʻi

Not learning about a place. Learning with it.

The islands are the classroom. Students learn directly from the land, the culture, and the people who call Hawaiʻi home.

Palm trees over a quiet lagoon at dusk on Oʻahu

The Land

Fieldwork and outdoor learning across the islands—reef, forest, and farm as living classrooms for science and sustainability.

A fire knife dancer performing before guests at an evening gathering

The Culture

Workshops and exchanges with Hawaiian practitioners—language, music, craft, and the values behind them.

A guest welcomed with a shell lei in a tropical garden

The People

Time with the community that builds understanding and, often, friendships that outlast the trip.

For the Future

What we plant today, a community grows tomorrow.

Every program is built with the same belief: that an education rooted in respect for a place and its people shapes citizens, not just visitors. We give our work to that future with sincerity—so the students we host, and the community that hosts them, both carry something forward.

Continue Exploring

What else we do in Hawaiʻi

Beyond the classroom — corporate events, private celebrations, dining, and creative craft from the same local team.

Explore What We Do
A corporate reception being run on site by the WATABE team in Hawaiʻi