DATES
July 28 – August 17, 2027 (21 days)

AGES

13–18 (co-ed)
Also available for 18+. Contact us if interested.

LOCATIONS
Ecuador: Quito • Otavalo • Cuicocha • Cochasqui • Cayambe • Cotopaxi • Napo River region

PRICES (USD): $6299.00*
*Prices do not flight to and from Ecuador
*We accept payment plans

• Challenge yourself in wild places
  Travel through the Amazon, paddle its tributaries, hike high-altitude páramo—the Andes’ natural “water towers”—and explore volcanic terrain. Learn how ecosystems store carbon, regulate water, and support millions of people.

• Strive through cultural connection
  Live with Indigenous host families, prepare local meals, learn everyday phrases, and practice traditional skills such as weaving, carving, and chocolate-making from locally grown cacao.

• Learn from those leading change
  Meet community leaders, educators, and land stewards who are responding to climate challenges with creativity and care through reforestation, river protection, food security, and youth education.

• Build real-world skills
  Develop expedition planning, navigation, risk awareness, public transit confidence, and storytelling skills.

• Climate literacy that lasts
  See climate change firsthand in glaciers, forests, rivers, farms, and communities while learning how people are adapting right now.

• Cultural humility and connection
  The difference between a guest and a tourist is built through respect, shared meals, and time on the land. Because the most meaningful learning happens in relationship to others.

• Leadership with purpose
  Return home with the confidence, clarity, and direction needed to lead at school, in your community, and beyond.

Come with curiosity. Leave with courage.

Learn about our approach to youth travel, climate education, cultural immersion, community partnerships and the people behind the program: https://www.firesideadventures.ca/youth/world-bound-ecuador

Quito arrival - Rainforest cabins -Cultural introduction

Huasquila Lodge - Indigenous leadership - Regenerative Tourism - Sustainability

Amazon water safari - Flooded forests - Sustainability projects

& jungle camping

Highland Camping

Homestay experience - Solo experience - Cross-cultural

empathy

High-altitude resilience - Agrotourism practices - Individual

growth evaluation

Saying farewell and see you later!