Beyond Travels

This was one of the best experiences of my life and I would recommend spending time with Amazon Learning! The program has a positive atmosphere and everyone I met were amazing. If you have an interest in learning about ethnobotany or traditional Amazonian medicine this is the program for you. I lived and worked with an indigenous family and learned so much about the jungle and myself.

Choosing to go to Ecuador’s Amazon with Amazon Learning was one of the best decisions I ever made. Andy connected me with just the kind of people I wanted to live and work with. It is 6 months later and I still regularly call my host family. I grew so much as a person while I was there and I got to learn and experience things that most people in the world will never get to experience!

I was paired with the most amazing host family, who are growing dozens, if not hundreds of medicinal plants in their chakra (permaculture rainforest garden). I learned so much from them, and it was also a good learning experience to be volunteering with Amu Pakín, the Kichwa midwives association. There are also lots of botanical gardens you can go to that have information about medicinal plants. There’s so much to learn, I will definitely be coming back because in two months I barely scratched the surface!