Name: Ecuador Evolution Tour with Stated Clearly
Start: 2024-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-07-24T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Cuyabeno, Ecuador

Nancy Miorelli

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11 reviews

Jul 16 - 24, 2024

Group size: 10 - 15

Ecuador Evolution Tour with Stated Clearly

Cuyabeno, Ecuador

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Nancy Miorelli

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11 reviews

Jul 16 - 24, 2024

Group size: 10 - 15

All meals
All pre-programmed meals are included.
Drinkable water
All locations will have drinkable potable water
Hotel & Lodgning
From the moment you enter Ecuador until the moment you leave, your lodging is included for the specified tour dates.
Ground Transport
All domestic ground transport is included. The day that you arrive to Ecuador, your transport to our hotel is included in addition to all transport fo the specified tour dates.
Domestic Flights
We'll be flying to the Amazon! Your domestic flights +1 Checked bag (23kg) and one carry on bag (10kg) are included with your flights.
Local Guides
Our team included excellent and licensed tour guides. Their expertise is sure to help on the trip!
Entrance & Activity Fees
Many parks and activities have entrance fees. All activities done on this tour are included in the pricing.
On Site Doctor
We'll be pretty far from medical treatment so we're brining our own doctora and travelling pharmacy. All care and medications provided are included in the tour. Health care is free =D
Tips
Tips for appropriate staff and guides are included in the tour pricing. If you ever want to tip more, that's quite generous but rest assured our staff is well taken care of.
Banking Fees
Credit card and processing fees are included in the tour pricing.

Alcoholic beverages
Souvenirs
Snacks & Drinks
Snacks and drinks outside of scheduled meal times are not included
Laundry Services
Please note that some establishments may not have laundry service at all on their premises. Please be sure to check the packing list!
Extra Baggage Fees
For our flight you're allotted 1 checked bag (23kg) and 1 carry on (10kg). Added luggage incurs an additional baggage fee.
International Airfare
You get to Quito, Ecuador - we do the rest.
Traveler's Insurance
We recommend cancel for any reason add on plans.

Single Accomodation Upgrade

$300

Day 0 - July 16, 2024
Day 0 - July 16, 2024
Arrival into Quito
Arrival in Quito

Individual pickup from the airport.

As long as you get to Quito before 5:00am July 18th you're good to go for the main tour. Most flights direct from the states come in late at night.

Need Something to do this day?

Check out our historic district ADD-ON tour!

For the full itinerary, check here
https://www.evotour.scibugs.info/full-itinerary

For Packing and Travel info check here

https://www.evotour.scibugs.info/info-and-packing

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Day 1 - July 17, 2024
Day 1 - July 17, 2024
Majestic Mountains & Indigenous History
8:00 AM - Breakfast

8:30 AM - Pickup from Kitu Hotel

9:00 PM - Cable Car to Pichincha Volcano

12:00 PM - Lunch on the mountain

1:00 PM - Return from the Teleferico

1:30 PM - Rumipamba Archeological Park

4:00 PM - Indigenous People of Ecuador talk

5:00 PM - Free Time

7:00 PM - Dinner

We'll explore the volcanic paramo while overlooking the city of Quito! Enjoy a leisurely stroll while learning about the adaptations plants have to survive at this high altitude!

In the afternoon we'll visit the Rumipamba Archeological and Ecological park where we'll look into Ecuador's past, visit archeological dig sites, and learn about the plants people past and present use.

For the full itinerary, check here

https://www.evotour.scibugs.info/full-itinerary

For Packing and Travel info check here

https://www.evotour.scibugs.info/info-and-packing
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Day 2 - July 18 2024
Day 2 - July 18 2024
Travel to the Cuyabeno Reserve in the Amazon
6:30 AM - Travel to Airport. (Boxed Breakfast)

7:30 AM - Arrival to the Airport

9:30 AM - Flight to Coca

11:00 AM - Coca Food Market (Palm Weevils!)

12:00 PM - Travel to Canoe Pickup (Boxed Lunch)

2:00 PM - Canoe Ride to Waita Lodge

5:00 PM - Arrival to Waita Lodge & Lodge Intro

6:30 PM - Natural History Talk

7:00 PM - Dinner

Leaving Quito, we'll fly to the small town of Coca where we'll try some palm weevil larvae as a snack! Then it's a boxed lunch and we make our way up the Aguarico and Cuyabeno rivers to our home away from home deep in the heart of the Amazon.

For the full itinerary, check here

https://www.evotour.scibugs.info/full-itinerary

For Packing and Travel info check here

https://www.evotour.scibugs.info/info-and-packing
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Day 3-6 July 19-21, 2024
Day 3-6 July 19-21, 2024
The Amazon
Activities will be conducted and lectures will be given depending on the current day's weather.

As it tends to rain in the Amazon at least once a day we will schedule the outdoor activities around the rain and around the times the animals tend to be most active. Classes will be held in the interim.

SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES:

Visiting clay licks to look for parrots

Canoe Rides

San Francisco River

Cuyabeno River

Floating Lagoons

Paddle Boarding

Night walks and Light Trapping

Rainforest Hikes

Learning about Medicinal Pants

Turning cacao into chocolate

Visiting the observation tower

Fishing

WORKSHOP TOPICS:

Novel adaptations and modifications to them

SCHEDULED LECTURES:

Sacrifices for Flight (Nancy)

Feathers to Flight (Jon)

Insect Flight (Nancy)

Insect Reproduction (Nancy)

Egg Laying to Stingers (Jon)

Amazonian people
through time (Diego)

The Cuyabeno Reserve is bursting with flora and bustling with fauna. Dolphins dance around the canoe, monkeys howl from their perches, parrots lick clay from the river, frogs call the rains, caimans watch the lagoons, and insects rule the night.

For the full itinerary, check here

https://www.evotour.scibugs.info/full-itinerary

For Packing and Travel info check here

https://www.evotour.scibugs.info/info-and-packing

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Day 7 - July 22, 2024
Day 7 - July 22, 2024
Leaving the Amazon
6:00 AM - Bird Watching activity

8:00 AM - Breakfast

9:00 AM - Waita activities

11:30 PM - Lunch

12:00 PM - Canoe ride to pickup point

3:00 PM - Transport to Coca

6:00 PM - Dinner at Auca Hotel

Our last day in the Amazon before we have to say goodbye! We'll start off with one final morning activity before making our way to Coca where we'll spend the night at Auca hotel. Auca has a beautiful garden and frequently rescues wildlife. Look out for the tortoises and agutis hanging out on the grounds.

For the full itinerary, check here

https://www.evotour.scibugs.info/full-itinerary

For Packing and Travel info check here

https://www.evotour.scibugs.info/info-and-packing
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Day 8 - July 23, 2024
Day 8 - July 23, 2024
Return to Quito & Cloud Forest
7:00 AM - Breakfast

8:00 AM - Travel to Coca Airport

10:30 PM - Flight to Quito

12:00 PM - Travel to Guango Lodge

1:00 PM - Lunch at Guango

2:00 PM - Nature walk

4:00 PM - Free Time

6:00 PM - Dinner

7:00 PM - Travel to Quito International Airport

Once we get into Quito, since many flights depart late at night, we'll spend our time in the cloud forest getting a different perspective of a tropical forest. High in the Andean mountains, cloud forests bespeckle the land and are the best place to see a variety of hummingbirds!

Don't wanna go home just yet? Let's go to the hot springs!

Papallacta Hot Springs Tour Addo-ON

For the full itinerary, check here

https://www.evotour.scibugs.info/full-itinerary

For Packing and Travel info check here

https://www.evotour.scibugs.info/info-and-packing
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Day 0 - July 16, 2024

Arrival into Quito

11 reviews

Nancy is a passionate, self proclaimed, PR representative for insects. While earning her Master's degree at the University of Georgia in Entomology, it became crystal clear that most people did not see insects the way she did. Following her Master's, Nancy flew to the heart of the Ecuadorian cloud forest where she worked in an ecolodge. After two years, Nancy traded her leafy green jungle for the concrete jungle of Quito where she designs her own tours under the name SciBugs. She has been working in Ecuadorian Tourism since 2015.

Fantastic trip!!! Travel was well organized. Accommodations were very good. Food was excellent. No complaints at all!! Nancy is an excellent host and guide; always positive, quickly addressed any need. She is encouraging. She kept group dynamics positive. Very good lectures on insects! Would readily do another trip with her!

By Mary-Catherine M for Andes to Amazon 2025 | Nature Journaling Adventure with Marley Peifer on Jul 21, 2025

We enjoyed great twists and turns through Quito's churches, narrow steps, the Guayasamin art museum and ate a fancy gourmet lunch on the garden terrace atop a fancy chocolate shop. Nancy's attention to detail is amazing and she only take you to her favorite places.

By Lynn S for Quito Historic District Tour 🌆 Andes to Amazon Addon on Jul 18, 2025

Great introduction and overview of Quito. The guide, Nancy, was informative, entertaining and engaging. She had every logistic detail planned and organized to allow for efficiently visiting multiple sites. We started with the Guayasamin museum, then a rooftop patio lunch. The afternoon was filled with a walking tour around the Historic District with visits to the Basilica and selected cathedrals, with interesting historical information and insights, and a chance to shop if desired. We ended with the overlook at the Panecillo, a huge stature of Mary, followed by a wonderful dinner of local specialties at a restaurant overlooking the twinkling lights of the city. Highly recommend this trip.

By Marilyn Y for Quito Historic District Tour 🌆 Andes to Amazon Addon on Jul 18, 2025

Awesome! Nancy has a gift for organizing, flexing on a dime, teaching in entertaining and inspiring ways! It was a privilege to be on this trip with her