ECUADOR / Urcu Puyujunda
The slopes of the Andes are dressed with a wonderful dense ecosystem: the Cloud Forest. This ecosystem, also called “Andean eyebrow” due to its generous vegetation, is one of the most diverse in the world. Many of its characteristics are similar to the Rain Forest. However, since it is not flat but on a slope, the sunrays are able to penetrate deeper inside the forest, thus giving place to exuberant and unique life forms.
Work as a volunteer in a Cloud Forest offers you the exceptional opportunity to enjoy the beauty of this place and help to preserve the amazing natural resources of Ecuador. Working in the natural place will give volunteers an amazing life in the clouds. Volunteer work will involve improving the existing infrastructure of this invaluable forest and protecting existing flora and fauna. Work includes: planting trees, maintaining trails – clearing them of plants with a machete; improving trails – building stairs or fences for safety and constructing new trails.
Cost: USD 80 per week
Maria Viteri
urcupuyujunda@cloudforestecuador.com
Expires: Dec 21, 2011