School Trips

Design your school adventure with Ecotours Vallarta.

We pride ourselves on our excellent service and have been working for more than 24 years to facilitate exciting educational adventures in nature. Our team of biologists is dedicated to sharing their knowledge with the whole group during the trip, so we can guarantee you and your students the best service and experience. We operate tours and expeditions based on your school's requirements, from adventure to learning, while supporting the conservation of natural resources, research projects, and local communities.

Our outdoor adventure program for schools includes Wild Dolphins, Whale Watching, Sea Turtle Camp, Snorkeling & Kayaking, Hiking, and more.

Why do a school tour group?

Any group activity outside the classroom is an excellent opportunity to experience and complement classroom teaching — creating openness, curiosity, simplicity, new horizons, and a genuine desire to "be yourself with others." Outdoor education happens through direct experiences that engage all the senses in contact with nature. It's also a powerful teaching tool, built on fellowship, respect, and the enjoyment of learning and play.

What does Ecotours offer you?

Thanks to our years of experience, we can offer unique and different routes, and everything you need for a pleasant, safe, and well-run excursion. Our activity programs are designed for groups of different ages and experience levels, to fit a wide range of interests, abilities, and learning levels, with activities and approaches tailored to the age of the participants:

• Kindergarten & Elementary School
• Middle School & High School
• College

Among the schools that have chosen Ecotours are Colegio Patria (Sea Turtle Camp & Crocodile Adventure), Colegio Madrid (Hiking, Sea Kayak & Snorkel the Nature Coast, Wild Dolphins, Islas Marietas Snorkeling), Panamericano (Whale Watching), Instituto Tlalpan (Whale Watching), Instituto Técnico y Cultura (Whale Watching), Colegio Americano ASFG (San Sebastián del Oeste, Horseback Riding, Hiking, Sea Kayak & Snorkel the Nature Coast), Universidad Mesoamericana Plantel SLP (Wild Dolphins), and Colegio Vancouver (Sea Turtle Camp & Crocodile Adventure).

In order to provide excellent quality on all our tours, we offer professional, 100% bilingual biologist and naturalist guides; appropriate venues equipped for each activity; transportation that meets all safety standards, with A/C; insurance and first-aid care in case of emergency; and a communication system with cell phones on hand so you can always reach us.

Among the benefits offered by our School Trips programs are:

• Direct contact with nature
• Awareness of your senses
• Training in environmental education
• Enrichment and reinforcement of leadership attitudes
• Encouragement of teamwork
• Learning by playing
• Valuing our family (house, room, bed, food)
• Development of physical and mental abilities
• Discovering personal skills
• Activities appropriate for all participants

Among the ecological activities we do on School Trips: environmental education, waste separation, Q&A sessions, species identification, photo-identification programs (such as identifying whales), ecology, and conservation.

If you want to be part of these adventures or need more information, contact us and we'll gladly send you the details — noriela@ecotoursvallarta.com. Remember: we must all help preserve our planet, and we cannot love something we don't know.