When you travel with us on this team adventure, you’ll get the chance to connect with the Kichwa people, who live in the rainforest, as you experience the joy and warmth of their culture. Float down the vast Napo River on a boat ride through the jungle, with framing shorelines enveloped by lush, green trees bursting with tropical colors. Be welcomed into an indigenous community, join a minga—a community call to action—and work together as a team on a development project to help others.
Experience the extraordinary Amazon
Explore the Napo River and the historic winding cobblestone streets of Ecuador’s capital city, Quito.
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Trip Itinerary
- 1
Arrive in Quito
and meet your ME to WE facilitator. Transfer to your hotel, the Rincon de Puembo.
- 2
Descend by road
into the Amazon basin. Take a motorized canoe down the Napo River to your accommodations at Minga Lodge and enjoy an orientation.
- 3
Early rainforest walk
Meet community members then get to work on a community development project.
- 4
Join a farmer
to help carry out daily activities. Continue working on your development project in the afternoon. Enjoy an optional wild Amazonian night walk.
- 5
Continue working
on your development project in the morning. Take part in a cleansing ceremony with a local shaman. Get hands-on training in traditional weaponry in the afternoon.
- 6
Explore the jungle
with your local naturalist guide. Learn how to make delicious chocolate at a cacao farm.
- 7
Join our jungle guides
for a traditional cooking lesson. Finish your work on your development project. Say goodbye to your new friends in the community.
$4495*
*Trip Only - 9 Days.
$4495*
*Trip Only - 9 Days.
- 1
Arrive in Quito
and meet your ME to WE facilitator. Transfer to your hotel, the Rincon de Puembo.
- 2
Descend by road
into the Amazon basin. Take a motorized canoe down the Napo River to your accommodations at Minga Lodge and enjoy an orientation.
- 3
Early rainforest walk
Meet community members then get to work on a community development project.
- 4
Join a farmer
to help carry out daily activities. Continue working on your development project in the afternoon. Enjoy an optional wild Amazonian night walk.
- 5
Continue working
on your development project in the morning. Take part in a cleansing ceremony with a local shaman. Get hands-on training in traditional weaponry in the afternoon.
- 6
Explore the jungle
with your local naturalist guide. Learn how to make delicious chocolate at a cacao farm.
- 7
Join our jungle guides
for a traditional cooking lesson. Finish your work on your development project. Say goodbye to your new friends in the community.
What’s included in your trip
- ME to WE professional facilitator
- 8 nights accommodation
- All meals and drinks at Minga Lodge, including purified water, sodas, beer and wine
- All activities as outlined in the itinerary
- Ground transportation throughout the duration of the trip
- Domestic air in-country (international flights are not included)
In our travelers’ words
“To the people of Ecuador—proud, welcoming and so happy—thank you. I believed this trip was supposed to be about giving back, but it turned out the other way around.”
Mike Ferriman, Director of Game Presentation, The Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club
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