Since Puerto Ayora is a magnet for English-speaking tourists, there are a variety of tour operators looking for people who have language capacities (Spanish-English) and can work for cheap. Many travelers have found work in exchange for courses, dives, or...
At Hacienda Tranquilo, volunteers work in a controlled plot of land to eliminate introduced/invasive plant species and to restore native and endemic species, growing the plants first in a greenhouse, and then transplanting them to their permanent locations.
Volunteers also assist in community...
About a five mile beach walk outside of Bahia de Caráquez is Punta Gorda Reserve where volunteers can work on the last bit of the Tropical Dry Forest while getting away from the gringo trail, busy bus lines, always on the go travel style. The Cabin Tortuguita “Small Turtle” is perched high on...
Yanapuma Foundation is a co-operative non-profit organization, driven by the enthusiasm of its national and international staff and volunteers working towards the realization of its vision: marginalized communities achieving equity and well-being, ecological, social and economic sustainability and...
The Jatun Sacha Foundation—which in Quechua means “Great Wilderness”—is an environmental conservation organization with eight biological stations in Ecuador, spread between the coast, the Andes, the jungle and the Galápagos. “The San Cristóbal-Galápagos Biological...