Experience authentic Ecuador travel

During this full-day tour, you will get to know our people and community, and learn about the projects we have built to encourage community work, entrepreneurship and sustainable micro-enterprises. You will get to sample some of our delicious foods, see traditional crafts, and walk through our community farm, orchards and workshops. You will also enjoy a delicious lunch at our restaurant, prepared using local produce from the fields, farm and orchards you will visit during your stay with us. Activities include; Guided walks through our community and local cloud forest; Visits to the micro-dairy, jam-making, forest nurseries, craft-making and organic forest orchards; Meeting our people and experiencing their way of life.

Discover the history and culture of the Sisid Anejo Community in this fascinating three-day trip. Local members of this community will show you their life. You will discover old, extinct and living cultures.

A visit to Yunguilla will allow you to see first-hand the benefits of community tourism and sustainable development. As well as staying with our families and sharing in their lifetsyle you will be able to visit our community enterprises. These include cheese-making and producing jams made with local fruits from cloud forest orchards. While you are with us, take a tour deeper into the cloud forest, enjoy spectacular views from our lookout points, and following old smuggling roads and tracks.

You will visit a cocoa farm to learn about the cultivation and production of cocoa pods. Harvest ripe pods and taste the raw beans. See how the pods are then dried, fermented and prepared. Then, for a true artisanal chocolate experience, collect ingredients such as cinnamon, vanilla, sugar cane, peppermint, anise and milk. Learn about the drying and grading process, toast and grind your own cocoa beans, and make delicious chocolate that's unlike any other you will have ever tasted!

This package was created for those who wish to immerse themselves in the nature of the jungle and customs of the Quichua culture. From the moment you arrive, you will enjoy wonderful hospitality and begin to discover the jungle and the culture of their people,

Discover 5,000 years of history on this adventure to Salango. You will stay in traditional cabins and sample the food and culture of the area. Visit the archaeological museum in town which has over 250 treasures from the past on display, as well as the historic ranch house which demonstrates how life has changed here over the last 100 years. You will also tour the local farms and see how they are using greenhouses to grow crops. Your next adventure will be a tour of the island's coast. Here you can watch the remarkable blue-footed boobies and frigate birds, among many other species. Snorkel above the delightful coral reef, and visit the beautiful beach where you can relax and unwind. You can also enjoy a range of hikes, including up to the lookout point on the top of Snail Hill and to the Rio Chico, meals cooked with local produce in the traditional way, as well as try a range of crafts and handiwork."

Ideal to connect with the tranquillity and energy of the cloud forest; get to know the biodiversity of this region that is part of the Chocó Andino de Pichincha Biosphere Reserve. Click here for more info!

During this day, we will visit the Gera, Ñamarín and Ilincho indigenous communities that share the same customs, beliefs and traditions but distinguish themselves by unique characteristics. The communities belong to the "Saraguro Rikuy" Community Tourism Network, actively participating in and promoting the development of community tourism.

This one hour tour of the medicinal plants garden with an explanation of the uses of around 20 medicinal plants will immerse you in the world of plants of the Amazon. Different parts of the plant are used, leaves, flowers, stems or roots. The brave among you can perhaps also be treated on the spot with, for example, the Amazon nettle, which promotes blood circulation. Plants species include orchids, ajo de monte, catarnicas, kulluir, python plant, consiun and chuchuguazo. We may also spot insects such as mantis and birds including oropendulas, woodpeckers, hummingbirds and tanagers. The tour is led by a licensed guide.

The Paramo is one of the largest natural water reservoirs on earth. This quickly becomes clear on a hike through the high paramo grass, past small lakes. A local guide from the Llangahua community will explain the history and the plants of the community's own protected area.