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Andes to Amazon 2025

July 1, 2025 @ 8:00 am - July 10, 2025 @ 5:00 pm

Nature Journaling Adventure: Andes to Amazon 2025

Do you want to go on a nature journaling adventure with a select team of nature journalers and Marley Peifer as your leader? Do you want to nature journal in some of the most unique and biodiverse environments on the planet?

Who should come: Nature lovers  who want to take their nature journaling on a tropical adventure in one of the most biodiverse countries in the world.
When we are going: First week of July 2025.
Where: You make it to Quito Ecuador and we will do the rest.

Confirm by January 1st 2025 to save your spot.

See the full story in our brochure.

Are you ready to nature journal dozens of dazzling hummingbirds up close like this?!

What people are saying about the trip…

“The Andes to Amazon tour was the trip of a lifetime! Marley’s expertise in nature journaling and Nancy’s local knowledge, made for an informative, fascinating, and unforgettable experience!”  -2024 Participant

“SciBugs/Nancy and Marley are creating life-changing experiences through exploration and nature journaling. They are experts at identifying flora and fauna, and extremely flexible, catering to the needs of everyone. I would absolutely join another tour with them.”  -2024 Participant

“A memorable adventure with such positive and knowledgeable leaders. The mindfulness and respect for the environment -flora and fauna and people was always present and added to the richness of the experience. ”  -2024 Participant

“I was always afraid to test what I could do. Marley and Nancy both helped me to find my inner Jane Goodall. So wonder full.” -2024 Participant

“This was a once-in-a-lifetime adventure! The guides and hosts were all wonderful, and Ecuador is a MUST VISIT country, filled with ecological and cultural treasures worth saving.” -2024 Participant

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Click here if you are ready to join the team!

 

Are you ready to nature journal in the Paramo? This is our chance to see Andean Condors…
Let's nature journal in the cloudforest together. We can relax in the hot springs later...
While sketching beautiful plants next to this incredible creek we spotted this spectacular pair of trogons.
Have you ever nature journaled by canoe before? It is quite nice… Pink river dolphins, baby crocodilians, and mulitple species of sloth and monkey await you.
Would you nature journal in these hot springs? You can casually paint the mountainous backdrop or perhaps the pendulous trumpet flowers and co-adapted sword-billed hummingbird are calling to you?
You will come home with a sketchbook full of once in a lifetime experiences.

We will start in the mountains and Páramo around Quito with volcano views, fascinating dry forests and endemic birds galore, then we will make our way through cloud forests with dozens of hummingbird species and endless orchids down the slopes to the amazon rainforest with pink river dolphins and more. Each day will be filled with spectacular experiences, extreme nature nerding, citizen science, bug surveys at night, as well as quality nature journal lessons and personalized coaching from Marley.

I want you on the team for 2025!

Download the full trip brochure.

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