Cloud Forest Adventure

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we work to improve the quality of life and opportunities for local children and young people in the Intag zone of northern Ecuador.

Who we are

We are Ned Cresswell and Patricia Rodriguez, with baby Andy.  Ned is a biologist from the UK, and Patricia is a local farmer and basketmaker.  We live in a beautiful cloudforest area of northern Ecuador called Intag. Chari Agea and Felix Castaneda provide airport pickup and accomodation ...

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Who we are

We are Ned Cresswell and Patricia Rodriguez, with baby Andy.  Ned is a biologist from the UK, and Patricia is a local farmer and basketmaker.  We live in a beautiful cloudforest area of northern Ecuador called Intag. Chari Agea and Felix Castaneda provide airport pickup and accomodation in quito.  We have been providing volunteer placements in  TESOL , traditional andean farming and conservation since 2007, aiming to provide authentic and low-cost experiences for visitors wishing to make a difference for local people and the environment.

About the location

Cloudforestadventure is run from our farm Finca San Antonio,  in Intag, in northern Ecuador, 3 hours by bus from the town of Otavalo, in the parish of Cuellaje.

Our mission 

Our mission is 1. to empower local people to follow the career of their choice and escape the poverty trap.   2.  To provide visitors and local people with a chance to inter-act and grow in knowledge and understanding of their own cultures, and also in appreciation of the extraordinary environment of Intag cloudforest.

Our goals

Our goals are to help conserve the exceptional bio-diversity of Intag and healthy way of life of local people.  To help visitors gain perspective on their own culture and up-bringing through experiencing an unfamiliar way of life in the Andes.

Who we are looking for

We are looking for individuals who are willing to move outside their cultural "comfort zone", be generous with their time with local people (both as English TESOL teachers, and in home life outside of hours of work) and who are not afraid of living in a rural area with less than perfect internet communications.

Why choose us?  

Choose us if you are ready to move on from the sort of touristic experiences that are generally available for a traveller inter-acting primarily with tourist guides and fellow travellers, and living in hotel rooms.  

What you will get here is an insight into authentic latin american life and some of the issues that confront ordinary people living in South America, and as a  valuable consequence of this experience, the chance -if you wish- to re-evaluate your own culture and beliefs.  

What you will not get here is a group of young people all from the same cultural background, speaking english together, and engaging minimally with local people.  


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Alberto Damiano rating5,0

2024 at Teaching English in Remote Areas

My time in Cuellaje was truly unique. I was welcomed with the warmest attention by Patricia and Ned/Don Eduardo in the small village and since then I felt absolutely at home. I was put to work in the local school, and given my level of Spanish and my drlegree in Mathematics they asked me to help ...
Sven Waser rating4,8

2024 at Teaching English in Remote Areas

I had an incredible time in ecuador. I was welcomed in quito at the airport and had amazing support for my journey to cuellaje from felix. The first day in cuellaje I spent with ned and his wife who supported me the whole time in ecuador. When I got to the host family I was warmly welcomed by the ...
Maya Phillips rating4,8

2024 at Teaching English in Remote Areas

I volunteered in the primary school of San Joaquín in a class of 16 first-through-seventh-graders, and I had a wonderful time getting to know the students and their families. School usually ran from 7-12 on weekday mornings, but that was only the start of my connection with the community. In ...
Theodore Shouse rating4,6

2024 at Teaching English in Remote Areas

I loved the month I spent teaching English at one of the schools in the Cristopamba river valley in Intag. My host family was very kind and welcoming, and Ned was helpful getting me settled. The valley is gorgeous, with orchards and pastures blanketing the hills. You can walk along the dirts roads ...
Sam Gaenz rating4,4

2024 at Teaching English in Remote Areas

Due to unforeseen circumstances with some violence erupting in bigger city areas of Ecuador after just our second day with the project, causing all schools to be closed, our time was cut short and we didn't really get the full experience we were looking for. This project is in a very remote and ...
chris perkins rating4,6

2023 at Teaching English in Remote Areas

Living with a family in the cloud forest and teaching English during the week in the local primary school. We were immersed in community life and were very well looked after in our placement. The cloud forest provides stunning scenery and walks. Ours was a fairly remote placement but for us this ...

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