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Wildlife Rescue & Animal Caretaker

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1 - 50 uker  ·  Alder 14 - 50+

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Høydepunkter

  • Volunteer to make unforgettable experiences with the wildlife in the Ecuadorian rainforest
  • Work closely with professionals to cure and rehabilitate the animals
  • Learn everything about creating their food and feeding them
  • Explore the rainforest and make cultural experiences by meeting indigenous communities
  • Enjoy ethnic food and beverages on local markets

Spesielt egnet for

Alder 14+
Singler
Par
Familier
Grupper
50+

Om programmet

Wildlife rescue in the Ecuadorian rain forest to offer the animals a good life quality in their natural habitat with special attention to Amazonian monkeys.

About the program

We are always looking for motivated volunteers who would love to help the animals at the center. It would be a pleasure to welcome you. The project is located in Puyo, in 2 hectares of primary forest and we welcome injured and orphaned animals, mostly monkeys. We have about 150 ...

Om programmet

About the program

We are always looking for motivated volunteers who would love to help the animals at the center. It would be a pleasure to welcome you. The project is located in Puyo, in 2 hectares of primary forest and we welcome injured and orphaned animals, mostly monkeys. We have about 150 animals with seven species of monkeys, costis or cuchuchos, parrots, turtles, wild rodents and pigs and the first serpentarium in the province for the rescue of snakes. 

The "El Paseo de los Monos" shelter functions as an adoption center: orphans are placed in family groups according to species. The objective is to transfer the monkey troops to a virgin forest land near Sangay National Park with the corresponding research and previous studies carried out by scientists.

We have a great dream, to acquire an extension of territory, free of hunters, deforestation, invasion and urban growth. The chronogram is as follows:

  • By the land we have already visited.
  • Build infrastructure for the animals and the people responsible for monitoring the project.
  • Mobilization of the animals.
  • Follow-up and monitoring of the troops by scientists.

This center will be designed to receive all types of animals living in zoos and dispersed centers or other wildlife centers.

FIRST DAYS 

Upon arrival, we will welcome you and introduce you to the animals, the parks (most of the animals are not kept in cages but in large native forest parks) and show you how the house works. We will provide you with all the necessary working tools for the different tasks and you will be able to train with the working staff to perform your tasks. In addition, we will introduce you to our rules and regulations regarding animal interactions. The safety of volunteers, staff and animals is of the utmost importance to us, as we work with wild animals. No volunteer may enter a park containing a group of animals alone and if necessary, volunteers will always be accompanied by one of the zookeepers.  

Regular days

Once you are set up, you will work six days a week, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Please note that all volunteers must always arrive on time, because the animals are waiting for their food. Each volunteer has one day off per week, which is arranged at the beginning of the week to ensure that there are enough volunteers working every day. As we want all volunteers to experience every task of the project, you will rotate activities between cooking, washing dishes and cleaning the facilities, for everyone's convenience.

Working with the animals

The day starts at 8 am cleaning the animals' dishes, preparing and disinfecting food, feeding the animals, curing them if necessary (with experienced staff), observing the animals and checking if the enclosures are tightly closed or need fixing. It is important that the animals are fed and provided with fresh water before 9 am.

For the welfare of the animals, any strange behavior should be noted and reported to the caretakers and zookeepers.  That is why one of the most important things to do is to carefully observe each of the animals inside the shelter.

The food storage house, animal dishes, cages and also the volunteer's house (kitchen, bathroom, etc.) should always be disinfected and clean for the safety of the people working in the program and the animals. There may be inspections by the Ministry of Environment, Health or Tourism at any time. 

The second feeding of the animals begins at 2:00 pm.

The day ends when all the animals have been fed and cared for and their facilities are clean of food scraps.

All volunteers help transport and arrange the vegetables in the food storage room.

Working with tourists

Visitors arrive from 9:00 until 17:00. Volunteers can help guide the tourists, assist in taking care of and watching over the visitors so that they do not touch or feed the animals. It is not possible for them to enter with food, as the animals could steal it.

The volunteers in charge of the entrance have to charge visitors and give basic instructions before they enter the park.
Clean the floor of the park, as there may have been tourists who unconsciously left their garbage which would endanger the animals and the rainforest.



Typisk dag

A typical day at the "Paseo de los Monos".

  • 7:30 A wake up you will have coffee, bread, jam, eggs, yogurt, granola so you can prepare your breakfast.
  • 8:00 am: The center staff arrives and the day begins.
  • 8:10 am: Prepare and distribute food for the animals and check their health.  Check the water for ...

Typisk dag

A typical day at the "Paseo de los Monos".

  • 7:30 A wake up you will have coffee, bread, jam, eggs, yogurt, granola so you can prepare your breakfast.
  • 8:00 am: The center staff arrives and the day begins.
  • 8:10 am: Prepare and distribute food for the animals and check their health.  Check the water for the animals.
  • 10:30 am: Enrichment activities in the animal enclosures, creating games and making supplementary diets, providing medicine for needed cases. Cleaning of trails, care of the gardens and different spaces.
  • 13:00 h: Lunch time, the center staff prepares a delicious meal.
  • 14:00 h: Prepare and distribute the second meal, the snack for the animals. 
  • 15:30 h: Different activities prepared with the working staff, coordination with the center's biologist and veterinarian. 
  • 16:00 h: Cleaning of animal enclosures.
  • 17:00 h: End of the day.

Now you can enjoy the natural river, take your best pictures, relax in the billiard room, watch a movie in the TV room, 

The kitchen is open, you can prepare your dinner, in team with the other volunteers and teach us your best recipes. 

Other different activities will be carried out according to the work itinerary elaborated by the working staff.

Food for the animals is purchased from local people and volunteers are responsible for carrying different fruits to the bodega (the room where the food is prepared). This may involve carrying whole bushels of bananas, large boxes of papaya and other items that are relatively heavy.


Fritidsaktiviteter

Volunteers usually have one day off during the week. During this time, they can: 
  • Rest or take day trips to the jungle and visit indigenous communities.
  • Visit the city of Puyo, which offers museums, boardwalks, trails, parks and environmental projects, interesting restaurants and bars, entertainment ...

Fritidsaktiviteter

Volunteers usually have one day off during the week. During this time, they can: 
  • Rest or take day trips to the jungle and visit indigenous communities.
  • Visit the city of Puyo, which offers museums, boardwalks, trails, parks and environmental projects, interesting restaurants and bars, entertainment areas and safe family walks along beautiful rivers and forests with incredible views of the mountains.
  • Visit the tourist town of Baños de Agua Santa. It is only 1.5 hours from the project and offers many activities such as sports, hiking to the Tungurahua volcano, visiting waterfalls, canoeing, discos and bars.
  • Visit the tourist town of Tena, 1 hour from here.
  • Forest observation at the Chilcayacu River riviera.
  • Visit the local market and enjoy ethnic food and drinks such as "maito" and "chicha".
  • In addition, the center's team will prepare a typical meal for you, teach you the secrets of the Ecuadorian culinary culture, 
  • And we will help you in your process of learning a new language, Spanish.


Krav

Krav

Minimumsalder: 14 år

For å bli med i programmet må du være minst 14 år gammel på programmets startdato.

Språkferdigheter

Du må snakke Engelsk (grunnleggende nivå) eller Spansk (grunnleggende nivå)

Påkrevde dokumenter

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Nasjonalitetsbegrensninger

Ingen restriksjoner. Hjelpende hender fra hele verden er velkomne.

Andre ferdigheter

Everyone is welcome to join though we are always looking for veterinarians and people related to environmental fields to help out.

Tidsforpliktelse

Din hjelpende hånd vil bli påkrevd Tirsdag, Onsdag, Torsdag, Fredag, Lørdag og Søndag fra 08:00 - 17:00

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Tjenester fra El Paseo de los Monos

Program fees include: 

📍Comfortable, spacious and shared rooms.

📍Open kitchen, we are friendly to your food preferences (vegetarian, vegan).

📍Wifi, hot water, laundry,

📍Rest areas, reading terraces, TV room, billiard room, 

📍Natural spa with clay swimming pool,

📍Certificate of your support and work at the centre, valid for internships.

Overnatting

There are 2-4 bunk beds per room and they are located in the main house inside the rescue centre.

  • There are 3 bathrooms available with hot water.
  • Wifi is available in the house.
  • A kitchen is also available at any time.
  • Our strength is to offer you a familiar space, we will make your stay a very pleasant experience.

Mat og drikke

We offer full meals, 

  • We respect your dietary preference including vegan and vegetarian food. 
  • Fresh and purified water is available during your day and all day long,
  • Preparation and tasting of typical food of the area, with products purchased from local producers.

Internettilgang

God tilgang på prosjektstedet

Hva er IKKE inkludert?

Hva er IKKE inkludert?

Henting fra flyplassen på Mariscal Sucre International Airport

Henting fra flyplassen er heller ikke inkludert i programavgiftene.

Flybilletter

Den nærmeste flyplassen er Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) i Quito. Vi hjelper deg med å finne billige flyreiser til Ecuador. FINN BILLIGE FLYREISER

Reiseforsikring

Å reise til utlandet er et eventyr, og det er alltid best å være forberedt. Plutselig sykdom eller skade, avbestilling eller tyveri – en reiseforsikring for Ecuador gir trygghet og er et pluss å ha. FÅ ET TILBUD

Vaksiner

Hvis du har tenkt å jobbe frivillig i Ecuador bør du søke medisinsk råd før du starter din sosiale reise. Sjekk de nødvendige vaksinasjonene dine for Ecuador. VAKSINESJEKKER

Detaljer ved ankomst

The program is available all year round. It is possible to start the program every day of the week.

We host volunteers all year round with no maximum stay and a minimum stay of one week.

We offer a family atmosphere.

We are friendly and respectful of your food tastes.

Our house is prepared to receive volunteers of all ages and also groups of families, we are a safe space for the little volunteers, who travel with mom and dad.

Tilgjengelighet
Jan. Febr. Mars Apr. Mai Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Okt. Nov. Des.

Programgebyrer

1 uke (min. opphold) 171€
5 uker 853€
50 uker (max. opphold) 8,529€
Gjennomsnittlig gebyr 171€/uke

Programgebyrer

171€ per uke 1 - 50 uker Alder 14 - 50+

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Varighet

1 - 50 uker

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Endelig Betaling

Din sluttbetaling vil bli avtalt med El Paseo de los Monos under søknadsprosessen. Vanlige løsninger er enten via bankoverføring eller kontant betaling på prosjektstedet.


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El Paseo de los Monos

Perfekt 4.6 rating (16 gjennomganger)

Non-profit - grunnlagt i 2005

Verifisert av Volunteer World

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Snakkede språk: Engelsk, Fransk, Spansk

Om prosjektet

El Paseo de los Monos focuses on the rehabilitation of animals that have been victimized because of illegal trafficking in the Ecuadorian rain forest.

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Los Monos, Selva y Vida Foundation is a Swiss-Ecuadorian non-profit organization created in 2005 by Yvan Bouvier and Veronique Grand in order to protect wildlife and the indigenous traditions of the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest.

The future of the forest and its inhabitants are our greatest concern. The current government is exploiting the natural resources in an unsustainable way. In Ecuador, the deforestation and extractivism endanger the survival of the Amazon while the government continues its activities without any management plan to protect the affected flora and fauna. The massive exploitation of natural resources leaves the animals vulnerable to hunting, habitat fragmentation and pollution.

Wildlife shelter “Paseo de los Monos” opened in 2007 in order to serve as a refuge for wild animals in the province of Pastaza. In our sanctuary, we harbor more than 200 animals who became orphaned or badly injured due to illegal trafficking. We give shelter to many specimens which include primates, procyonids, reptiles, felines, parrots and other large and medium mammals.

Ecuador is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of biodiversity and its forests shelters to thousands of species that will dissapear if we don’t act now to protect them. For this reason, the team of Paseo de los Monos invites the national and international public to become part of the change and participate in our activities for wildlife´s conservation.

We are planning to expand Paseo de los Monos in order to have the capacity to receive and help more animals. Our biggest concern is that we do not receive any help from the government or from local authorities as we do from international help.

We offer people from all over the world volunteering opportunities involving many different activities. The experience for our volunteers is life changing!

The Animals 

Paseo de los Monos operates inside one hectare of native jungle located at ten minutes from the town of Puyo in the province of Pastaza. The animals arrived here usually are sick or injured and they need veterinary assistance as well as psychological help. The recovered animals are ready to join a family group inside the refuge. If possible, we proceed to liberate the specimen into protected areas with the help of the  Ministerio del Ambiente, the environmental authority of Ecuador.

Current Projects

Rescuing wild animals who live in bad conditions inside Zoo institutions

In Ecuador many zoos do not respect the basic animal welfare standards while they are still legally operating, they become a threat to our biodiversity. Our goal is to rescue and offer these animals better living conditions. For this reason, Paseo de los Monos invests in infrastructure and food for the specimens who have to suffer the mistreatment inside zoos. Among these animals, it is very common to receive kinkajous, olingos, nocturnes and other animals with mutilations. Since these irresponsible institutions cannot profit out of these type of animals, they do not give them any care or veterinary assistance, leaving them to die in sad ways.

Extension of the project Paseo de los Monos

Biodiversity needs to be protected as an important genetic resource that will allow to restock devastated areas in the future. To achieve this goal, Los Monos team is working to acquire a patch of primary forest located in the edges of Sangay National Park in the Ecuadorian jungle. This project intends to gather local and international investors, scientists, veterinarians and biologists who can help us get the land and build the necessary infrastructure needed to rehabilitate and release the rescued specimens.

Organic garden

So far we buy the animal´s food at a very high cost in the local market. We need to buy one hectare of land near Paseo de los Monos in order to grow our own vegetables and fruits for human and animal consumption. This project will allow us to control the quality of our products and to reduce running costs.

Discover

Paseo de los Monos: A view of wild animals in the middle of a botanical garden

In the middle of a dense tropical vegetation, we offer ecological and colourful trails with native forest that invites you to take a walk in nature. You can observe and photograph monkeys and coatis walking through the trees, birds in the search of food, hummingbirds pollinating flowers, butterflies, turtles, frogs and a variety of ants and insects. As you pass by the Peccari´s park, you will be followed by the spider monkeys who are walking the arboreal tunnels until the river Chilcayacu, a tributary of River Puyo. The river is clean and clear which permits our visitors to cool down and relax in the middle of the jungle as in a natural spa.

Tours in the jungle

We organize trips in the jungle from one to four days for visiting the indigenous communities. You will be taken to a beautiful walk into the jungle until a sacred fall where you can swim. Later, on your visit to the Shuar community, you will drink chicha (traditional drink) and enjoy the delicious maito. There is the option to navigate the great river Puyo and get to the highest viewpoint where you can admire the huge Pastaza River bordered by an impenetrable jungle.

We collaborate with a professional tourist agency Native Jungle Tours that provides us with professional guides.

Shamanism and healing

Here in Amazonia we are in close contact with real indigenous healers and shamans with international reputation. They are capable of curing diseases when western medicine is powerless. If you know a person in this situation, do not hesitate to make contact with us.

Ayahuasca

In Paseo de los Monos we organize Ayahuasca or Yage ceremonies. This traditional and ancient medicinal drink of the Amazonian culture is meant for people who want to know more of the deep self. It is also used to solve inherited problems, analyse particular situations in a close encounter with Nature.


16 gjennomganger · rating4.6

Pénélope Saiselet rating5

2024 at Wildlife Rescue & Animal Caretaker

Un voyage extraordinaire pour les amoureux des animaux ! Des hôtes chaleureux et un véritable petit paradis où les animaux sont choyés et où la nature est au cœur des préoccupations. On se sent réellement comme un membre de la famille ! Une expérience inoubliable pour un premier voyage en ...
Edurne Villace Lozano rating4.8

2024 at Wildlife Rescue & Animal Caretaker

El paseo de los Monos es un refugio de carácter familiar, donde precisamente te hacen sentir así, como en casa. Ha sido un gusto ayudar y aprender acerca de los animales rescatados con Eve, Irene, Nancy, Santi e Iván. No duden en ir y colaborar, sitios así sin ...
Charlotte Morinaux rating5

2023 at Wildlife Rescue & Animal Caretaker

I had the best time ever for 2 days in La Paseo de Los monos. The team is incredible and the project is super and worth it ! You are in contact with animals that suffered from mistreatment or traffic for reintroduction in the nature. The team is explaining everything and you are taking part in all. ..
Cora Patriarca rating5

2023 at Wildlife Rescue & Animal Caretaker

Paseo de los Monos is everything you expect from a volunteering centre (and more!). While there we took care of many monkeys and other animals that’ve been victims of trafficking, bought as pets and for entertainment by humans. They’re now having the best possible life, interacting a lot ...
Aurore Freullet rating5

2023 at Wildlife Rescue & Animal Caretaker

My husband and I visited Paseo de los monos for one week. The place has been recommanded by friends. We received a very warm welcome from the staff, the place feels like home. Their will to share with us helped us to progress in Spanish. We also shared very good time with other volunteers, ...
Alïta Laurén rating5

2023 at Wildlife Rescue & Animal Caretaker

Volunteering at Paseo De Los Monos was a dream come true. I have always longed to work alongside primates, and this sanctuary has no short supply of charismatic creatures with desires to connect. I cried often; they were tears of wonder and awe. Monkeys are incredibly special and emotionally ...

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