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...
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...
This organic farm is located in the beautiful mountains that surround Vilcabamba. The farm is open to anyone interested in organics and willing to help out around the farm. A two to three hour hike from Vilcabamba, the farm is a joint effort to improve a degraded mountainside.
There are many...