Question 1

When should I arrive in Quito?

Accepted Answer

BYU, and FLAS students should arrange to arrive in Quito on the evening of Saturday June 8.   Around 11:30 PM or after the last student flight arrives that evening a chartered bus will take the group to the hotel.  If you arrive well after midnight or earlier in the day you must arrange and pay for your own transportation to the hotel.  
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A chartered bus will take the group to the Field School location at Iyarina, near Tena, on Sunday morning June 9.   Classes will begin at Iyarina on the Rio Napo Monday morning June 10, 2024.

Question 2

What is the address of the hotel we stay at in Quito?

Accepted Answer

Hotel Allpachaca
Address: Conector Alpachaca, Quito 000001
Phone: 011-593-96 297 0021

Question 3

How do we get from the airport to the hotel?

Accepted Answer

A single group transport will be provided after all students have arrived.  The pickup time for this transport will be communicated once we have your itineraries.  You can also take a taxi the short distance to the hotel at your own expense.  A taxi to the Hotel Alpachaca Hotel Allpachaca costs 7 dollars.
Address: Conector Alpachaca, Quito 000001
Phone: 011-593-96 297 0021

Question 4

What happens if my luggage does not arrive?

Accepted Answer

If for some reason your luggage is delayed  the airline will deliver your luggage to the Field School in the Tena area only if you sign a release.    You must go to the airline desk and sign a release before leaving the airport.

Question 5

What happens if I miss my flight or miss the chartered bus?

Accepted Answer

Students sometimes miss the bus to the Field School because of delayed flights or other complications in their individual schedules.  If this happens students should contact the Field School Director Tod Swanson. Dr. Swanson's Ecuadorian cell phone is  480 276 5913 and works on WhatsApp  You can also email tod.dillon.swanson@gmail.com.  Students are responsible for covering the cost of the alternative arrangements.   The cost of a taxi from Quito to Iyarina is approximately $120.   The cost of a public bus ride from Quito to Tena is about $7.  The cost of a taxi from Tena to the Field School at Iyarina Lodge is $10.

Question 6

What time will the chartered bus get me to the airport on the day we depart?

Accepted Answer

On the departure date a chartered bus will drop students off at the Quito airport at approximately 6 PM.  The airlines like you to be at the airport 3 hours prior to international departures.  This means that you should book a departing flight that leaves after Quito after 9PM.
 
Pitt in Ecuador June session students should book return flights that depart after 9 PM on July 19, 2024.
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Pitt in Ecuador July session students should book return flights that depart after 9 PM on July 19, 2024.
 
BYU and FLAS students should book return flight that depart after 9 PM on July 19, 2024.  
 
If you leave before that time you will need to arrange your own transportation to Quito from the Tena area.  The chartered bus leaves from the field school in the Tena area and returns directly to Tena from the airport without  proceeding on into town.  Thus students or faculty who choose to stay longer on their own will have to arrange their own transportation from the airport into Quito or their continuing destination.
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Because the bus drops the group off at the airport at 6PM no evening meal is provided on the departure evening.  There is a Kentucky Fried Chicken, TGF Fridays, Steak Houses, etc. in the food courts at the airport.

Question 7

What is the weather like?

Accepted Answer

The average temperature at the field school in June and July is 69 degrees Farenheight with lows of 62 degrees and highs of 75 degrees.  Average of 20 rainy days per month with 15 inches of rainfall per month.  More weather information for Tena .

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