Volunteer

You can select a special learning opportunity as a theme of your stay in Las Tolas, or very easily visit any of these activities for an afternoon, or a few days, once you arrive.

• Organic sustainable community farming
• Learn more about medicinal plants
• Make cheese
• Panela making (seasonal)
• Cook typical Ecuadorian cuisine
• See the local organic coffee plantation
• Milk cows by hand with your family...an experience not to be missed.

Sugar cane is used to make panela, a local sugar, in this fascinating traditional process. The sugar canes are crushed and the resultant liquid then heated in vats before being cooled using the paddle, as shown.