A great way to start your trip through South America. You get in shape, learn or improve the surfing skills and learn Spanish – a must have for anyone backpacking in  South America.

Montanita is great because it is so chilled and a good place to hang out and adjust for a few weeks, or a week if you are a little short on time. You stay in Montanita for 2 weeks on the Round the world South America Trip (as well as seeing a couple of other cool locations in Ecuador on a flexible backpacking trip).

Our partners in Montanita are an award winning language school and a world champion surfer with his own school, the combination is pretty awesome.

There is quite a party scene in Montanita, so if you are looking for a little bit of nightlife during your travels, you would do well to visit here as well.

In this video David shows you Montanita. And it is great!

If you are up for it or want more information or per haps you want to spend longer at this destination then have a look on our website: Learn surfing and Spanish in Ecuador.