Nature Reserve Program in Las Tolas, Ecuador, from $380
- Ecuador
About Program
Join an environmental program in Las Tolas, Ecuador! Volunteers stay in a wooden cottage located within a nature reserve in the rainforest and they are mostly responsible for the following tasks:
- Trail building and maintenance: work on a 5-kilometer rainforest trail originally created by local owners; straighten out the land; replace wooden steps; clear vegetation and fallen branches, amongst others
- Organic garden: help water the plants of a small vegetable garden created for self-sufficiency; plant seeds; produce compost; remove weeds; amongst others
- Fruit-feeding station maintenance: clean and refill twice a week the banana feeders built for specific (rare) bird and mammal species
- Carpentry work
Highlights:
- Work in a multicultural team of international volunteers and local workers.
- Help preserve bird and mammal species found in an Ecuadorian nature reserve.
- Learn about Ecuadorian society, its values, and habits.
Questions & Answers
Location
Ecuador hugs the equator on the west coast of South America, and holds Amazonian jungle, Andean highlands, and the Galapagos islands off the coast. Needless to say it is one of the most environmentally diverse countries in the world.
