Service-Learning: Galapagos Excursions

Study Abroad integrated with Volunteer Service Volunter in Ecuador, Volunteer Service Combined with Academic Study

Travel and Excursions that Broaden Your Perspective

The Galapagos program includes many guided excursions to deepen your understanding of this unique part of the world:

City tour of Quito, Mitad del Mundo (Equator monument), Otavalo (largest indigenous handicrafts market in Ecuador) and Cotopaxi Volcano.
Excursion to USFQ's Tiputini Biodiversity Station in the Amazon jungle.
4-day trip to Riobamba (Ecuadorian highlands) and USFQ's branch campus, Instituto Santiago de Quito.
4-day Galapagos boat tour, which includes visits to several islands.
Extended visits to Isla Isabela and Isla Santa Cruz, including lectures by leading scientists and experts in the field.
Usually one field trip for each academic course, either on the island of San Cristobal or other islands of the Galapagos Archipelago.