Volunteers are not tourists and are expected to work full days like all other employees of the station. You should be able to undertake strenuous, tedious labor in a hot tropical climate under primitive living conditions. You can go for as short as one month, or you can stay as long as six months. The station has three field cabins that can accommodate up to 60 visitors at a time. Mattresses, sheets, blankets, mosquito nets, and candles are provided.
Solar panels provide some electricity.
All meals are provided and guaranteed cooked under optimal conditions. There is also boiled water available for everyone's consumption. You will be supervised by resident researchers, environmental education instructors and administrative staff of the reserve. Your co-ordinators speak fluent English, but Spanish is quite pervasive in Ecuador A good phrase book will help you hop on the right bus and buy the right provisions. Volunteers that come for a month or more have the opportunity to decide their days off.