Experiences/Football + culture camp
Funamos · Ovejas, Colombia · 7–17 August 2027
Football. Culture. No sidelines.
Train. Live. Play. Belong.
Eleven days in Ovejas with Funamos, the club families built on a former rubbish dump. Led by Juanca and the Funamos coaches.
This isn't a football holiday.
Your kids train with local players as one squad. Same kit, same pitch, same rules. Nights are gaita, food and the plaza.
Then Medellín for the finale. Parents don't watch from a pool. You're in it too.
Who it's built for.
Young players + parents.
Players 10–17, with a parent or guardian on the camp.
Single-parent families.
You and your player, alongside other single-parent families.
Clubs + academies.
Bring your squad on a white-label camp built with Funamos.
Not for everyone. That's the point.
If you're looking for a visiting team arriving to do something for local children, this isn't it. The point is exchange, not hierarchy.
FunamosLed by Juanca. Backed by us.
No one knows Funamos better than Funamos. Juan Camilo Marín founded it in 2017 with Bertha Salcedo, and his coaches run every session of this camp.
We're there too, as the system behind them. This is their travel business, so we build it with them, find the pathways and partners that help it grow, and handle preparation, logistics and safety so the opportunity holds.
Your journey has a job to do.
This departure buys: kits for 40 players and a deposit on Funamos land.
The community decided what it pays for. Your place makes it happen, and your group sees it arrive.
40 kits.
Boots, shirts and shin pads for Funamos players.
Land.
A deposit towards a permanent home for the club.
Everyone rises.
Funamos is coached to run this camp themselves, and every coach, cook and host you meet is paid well for their work.
£200 of every place goes into this fund, so every group that travels moves it closer. Final list confirmed with the community.
How the days run.
Led on the ground by Juanca. The route can shift with weather, season and what the community needs that week.
Days 1–2. Arrive.
Cartagena to Ovejas. Meet the Funamos families.
Days 3–6. Train.
One squad. Morning sessions with Funamos coaches, matches every afternoon.
Days 7–8. Live.
Gaita, olla comunitaria, the plaza at night. Spanish and English learnt for real.
Days 9–10. Medellín.
Professional football finale. Partner club to be confirmed.
Day 11. Home.
Hand over the kits. Fly out of Medellín.
See it for yourself.
We meet you before you meet them.
Only 16 players. This journey isn't open for direct booking. Every family and group has a call with us first. These are homes, not products, and the wrong group can do real damage.
Dates, price, the facts.
Fits the UK summer holidays.
Cartagena in, Medellín out.
per player · adults £2,750.
Plus their parents.
Training daily in Caribbean heat.
Siblings welcome on the family track.
Included
- Daily training with Funamos coaches
- Community meals and nights
- Accommodation, shared
- Ground transport, Ovejas to Medellín
- Pre-departure call and family briefing
- The kits and land deposit your group funds
Not included
International flights, travel insurance, visas, vaccinations and personal spending.
Questions people actually ask.
Does my child need to be good at football?
No. They need to show up, train hard and play fair. Funamos players range from beginners to departmental finalists.
What do parents do?
Join in. Parents have their own programme of culture, food and community time, and come together with the players every day.
How every journey works: who leads, where the money goes, flights and groups.
Apply for a place.
Tell us who's coming and why, then book a call with Genevieve. No payment until we've both said yes.