Disfruta de la Naturaleza de Galápagos

Help a sustainable project: 6 travelers confirmed that this host is actively contributing to a more sustainable future for everyone!
Higher chance of approval: This host has recently approved volunteers and is looking for more applications.
Connect with nature: 8 travelers recommend this experience for reconnecting with nature
Immerse yourself in the local culture: 5 travelers recommend this host for those looking for a local cultural immersion
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Accepts couples and pairs of volunteers

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What you offer

Hours per day: Help out and collaborate with your host only a few hours per week.

Tour Guide: Organize and lead tours around the city.

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What you get

Days off per week: Have some time off for yourself, go explore the city or rest for a while.

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Support: Get help from the Worldpackers support team in case you need it, at any point of your trip.

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Availability

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Stay at least: 2 weeks

Stay up to: 3 weeks

The Experience

Buscamos voluntarios, ya sea individuales o en parejas, para ayudar con la traducción del español al inglés durante los tours guiados que incluyen visitas a las tortugas gigantes y los túneles de lava en nuestro rancho turístico, situado en un bosque endémico de la isla Santa Cruz, en Galápagos. Además, contamos con un restaurante en el rancho y valoramos que los voluntarios sean colaborativos y dispuestos a ayudar en diversas tareas.

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Requirements

Intermediate Spanish and Intermediate English
Between 22 and 50 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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Affordable and clean energy

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9 Reviews

4.5

Host & Team

4.5

Hours & Tasks

5.0

Farm

4.0

Learning & Fun

4.5

How this experience will transform you

8 Get in touch with nature
5 Immersing in the local culture
5 Practicing Spanish
4 Meeting international travelers
4 Developing environmental awareness
4 Practicing English

This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals

6 15. Life on land
1 7. Affordable and clean energy

Cátia

Portugal

Very nice experience overall. I worked with the guide Cesar translating the tours. It is fun and you learn a lot. You have a lot of free time but you don't always know when. It is far from porto de Ayora and there are not many buses. Cesar is amazing 🤩 thank you

5 months ago

Arthur

Belgium

I was being a translater from Spanish to English together with the main guide Cesar. I learned a lot from Cesar on the tours and hes also very passionate about it. Cesar and his son Julio were really nice people to go along with. I really recommend them. They also give you a bike so u can go wherever you want in your free time. They also give u information about how to take the bus etc. The place is really peaceful, with a lot of tortoises and fruit trees. I was there for 10 days and i got really comfortable with them after the second day when i knew them better. I will definitely miss them!!

over 1 year ago

Sophia

Austria

I liked volunteering for the farm a lot. It is great learning and I really had the feeling that I was contributing to the tours by translating the information. Only thing was that the location is quite a bit out of centre, although there is a bike provided, commuting can be quite exhausting. Also the climate can be quite rough, being misty and cloudy during October.

8 months ago

Andrei Nicolae

Romania

Overall the experience was fine, I am grateful that I got to live in a beautiful place in the forest and see turtules and experience the farm but it felt a bit lonely . Cons : - there was no socializing, it felt like a job I was doing the tours and then everyone was on their own - only one bike that's in pretty bad state and city is 20 min biking away - basic accommodation, a bed and a desk - far and isolated location 20 minutes from the city Pros : - beautiful location in nature - free fruits - you get to see many turtles - you will practice your Spanish - not many hours to wor

8 months ago

Elisabeth

Austria

Galápagos the lodge is the perfect place if you like nature, tortoises, and quietness. In the mornings I helped in the garden, picked mandarins for preparing delicious juice, translated tours, organized and cleaned the kitchen and made some decorations. In the afternoons I took the bike to the port and the beaches. Julio and Cesar were the perfect hosts. Cesar was living with me at the finca, everyday we prepared delicious meals together and he told me everything about the Islands. Julio was happy to hear my opinion about his ideas and it depends on you in which areas you want to help.

over 2 years ago

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