Cactus is an award-winning company and one of the world's leading providers of language travel abroad and language training in the UK. Established in 1998 in Brighton's North Laine (See Map), we are proud to offer language courses in over 25 languages, and in some 45 countries and 150 destinations, worldwide.

We are passionate about languages and lifelong learning and, as well as speaking some 12 languages between us, have personally visited all the locations we send our clients - often taking the language courses ourselves! This means that we are consistently able to offer you, our clients, the highest levels of customer service, good value and enjoyment. And, unlike our competitors, there are no hidden costs as all registration fees and course materials are included in our prices.

Don't forget our dedicated team of linguists and travellers are always at the end of the phone to help and advise. For now we'll leave you to sit back and enjoy the website, and look forward to sharing our passion with you soon.

A good question that many of you may, and do, ask...

First of all, and most importantly, languages (which are our speciality) are like cacti: prickly on the outside and juicy on the inside. People are often put off learning a language because they think it will be too difficult, just as many people are too scared to 'taste the cactus'. But as we demonstrated at one of our shows, where we gave thousands of people the chance to try some edible cactus, they were terrified before tasting and amazed afterwards at how delicious it was.

Any of you who have learnt another language will know this feeling: after going through days or weeks of thinking you will never be able to understand or make yourself understood, you suddenly get to that level where you are communicating in another language and another culture and experiencing things that do not exist in your own language.

Secondly, even in our early days as Travel Santa Fe (our former trading name), we always had a cactus as a logo so why not keep up our old traditions...

And thirdly, love it or hate it, Cactus is simply a great name, and a word understandable in many languages. Why not try for yourself: learn a language & TASTE THE CACTUS!

* WINNER OF BEST WEBSITE FOR SEARCHABILITY *

Cactus were delighted to be one of 130 sites nominated in the Brighton & Hove Web Awards 2004, and even more delighted to win the category of Searchability. Searchability is measured on a number of criteria, mostly on the basis of how visible a site is to search engines, which in turn is based on how the site is designed and the use of keywords.

We'd like to thank all those who helped to design and optimise our website, and look forward to more creative and linguistic achievements in the future!

Cactus Language Training
www.cactuslanguagetraining.com
Established in 2001, the Cactus business training arm organises tailor-made language courses for corporate, private and public sector customers throughout the UK and abroad. The management team excel in their expertise and experience and all trainers are highly qualified, native speakers.

Cactus TEFL
www.cactustefl.com
Established in 2002, our Cactus TEFL service handles admissions for internationally recognised TEFL qualifications for experienced teachers, first-timers, teachers of other languages and non-native teachers of English.

Language Courses UK
www.languagecoursesuk.co.uk
Language Courses UK is our specialist site for foreign language courses within the UK. Courses are usually part-time, group evening courses and they are currently available in London, Manchester and Brighton. New locations and courses are always in the pipeline as we respond to demand.

Volunteers Abroad
www.volunteers-abroad.com
Volunteers Abroad provides unique travel and work experiences to people of all ages and backgrounds. We offer volunteer placements all over the world, including Latin America, Asia and Africa, and in various fields ranging from social work to education, healthcare and the environment.

School Groups Abroad
www.schoolgroupsabroad.com
School Groups Abroad is our specialist site for overseas school group travel and is aimed at parents, teachers and group leaders. It combines our educational expertise with our our desire to encourage language learning among students in fun, international environments.