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Day 1: Fly to Ecuador
Meet your Tour Director at your destinationDay 2: Quito • Yungilla
Visit Yunguilla, a sustainable community devoted to raising organic agriculture and livestock
Together with your guide, explore reforestation areas now protected by the community
Stop for a photo at Pululahua Volcano
Immerse yourself in a blindfolded sensory dinner, savoring local cuisine with heightened
awareness
Day 3: Quito • Riobamba region
Travel to the Riobamba region
Participate in a hands-on artisanal activity at a local education center
Day 4: Riobamba region • Baños • Tena
Travel to Tena via Baños
Take a tour of Baños
With your Tour Director you will see:
- Old Cathedral
- New Cathedral
Visit the Devil's Cauldron Waterfall
Day 5: Tena • Service project
As communities evolve, so do their needs. That’s why we work closely with local organizations to better understand each community’s issues. Since projects are determined closer to your actual tour date, here’s what a typical day might look like:
- Work on a community conservation project using modern reforestation practices and ancestral knowledge to reforest land once cleared for farming.
- Assist in plant nurseries and learn about the diverse species utilized to regenerate a healthy forest.
Day 6: Tena • Service project
As communities evolve, so do their needs. That’s why we work closely with local organizations to better understand each community’s issues. Since projects are determined closer to your actual tour date, here’s what a typical day might look like:
- Work on a community conservation project using modern reforestation practices and ancestral knowledge to reforest land once cleared for farming.
- Assist in plant nurseries and learn about the diverse species utilized to regenerate a healthy forest.
Day 7: Tena • Baeza
Enjoy a whitewater rafting excursion
Travel to Baeza, home to rolling hills and charming family farms
Day 8: Baeza • Papallacta • Quito • Depart for home
Participate in an activity focused on ecotourism and dairy farming
Visit the Papallacta hot springs
Go for a hike alongside the Papallacta river
Day 9: Arrive home
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Day 9: Quito
Visit Wikiri Sapoparque, an ecological biodiversity education center
Take a tour of Quito
With your Tour Director you will see:
- Independence Plaza
- Government Palace
Visit the Church of the Society of Jesus
Participate in a salsa-dancing lesson
Day 10: Quito • Otavalo • Depart for home
Visit the Quitsato Sundial, an educational exhibit sitting right on the equator
Take a walking tour through the Otavalo open-air market and enjoy the sights and sounds of
this bustling artisan community
Day 11: Arrive home
