Day 1: Fly to Ecuador
Meet your Tour Director at the airportDay 2: Quito • Yunguilla
Take a day trip to Yunguilla, a sustainable community in Ecuador’s cloud forest
With your Tour Director you will:
- Discover organic farming practices for raising crops and livestock
- Explore the reforestation areas that are 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 • Wikiri Sapoparque • Baños
Travel via Wikiri Sapoparque to Baños
Visit Wikiri Sapoparque, a biodiversity education center that teaches sustainable land management
Day 4: Baños • Tena
Travel to Tena
Visit the Devil's Cauldron waterfall and learn about the role it plays in the rainforest’s ecosystem
Day 5: Tena • Service project
Kick off your service project protecting Indigenous forests:
- Restore land using modern reforestation practices and ancestral knowledge
- Lend a hand in the plant nurseries and learn about the vegetation used to regenerate healthy forests
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 • Quito
Enjoy a whitewater rafting excursion
Travel to Quito
Day 8: Quito • San José
Fly to San José
Day 9: San José • Leadership Conference
Participate in an activity centered around The Power of Environmental Stewardship
Kick off your leadership conference experience
Day 10: San José • Leadership Conference
Day 11: San José • Leadership Conference
Day 12: Depart for home