🇪🇨 AEA Ecuador | Language & Culture
📅 Itinerary
🛬 Day 1: Arrival in Quito
- Transfer to hotel & rest
🏙️ Day 2: Quito Exploration
- Walking tour
- Visit “Middle of the World” monument
🌳 Day 3: Amazon Basin
- Flight to Lago Agrio
- Canoe ride to lodge
- Evening lagoon exploration & swim
🦜 Day 4: Amazon Wildlife
- Early birdwatching & dolphin spotting
- Guided forest walk
- Dugout canoe trip to observe monkeys & birds
🏞️ Day 5: Siona Village
- Learn about village life & traditions
- Afternoon swim & night excursion for nocturnal animals
✈️ Day 6: Return to Quito
- Flight back to Quito
- Hotel check-in
🧵 Day 7: Cotacachi Region
- Textile workshop visit
- Organic garden tour on medicinal plants
- Afternoon school visit & embroidery lessons
- Lagoon speedboat ride
🛍️ Day 8: Otavalo & Cotopaxi
- Explore “Plaza de los Ponchos” market
- Journey to Cotopaxi for highland views
🧑🎨 Day 9: Saquisili & Quilotoa
- Indigenous market visit
- Visit Quilotoa crater lake
🛫 Day 10: Departure
- Transfer to airport or optional Galapagos extension
📦 Program Includes
- 🏨 Accommodations in Quito & Amazon lodge
- 🍽️ Daily breakfast + selected meals
- 🚌 Private transfers + domestic flights
- 🧑🏫 Guides & cultural workshops
- 🎟️ Entrance fees for sites & parks
🌍 Overview
The AEA Ecuador 🇪🇨 Language & Culture Program blends Amazon exploration, indigenous traditions, and Andean landscapes. Students experience Quito, the Amazon, Cotopaxi, and Quilotoa, while engaging with local communities and cultural heritage.