Hi everyone, I’m Alex Arregui.

I’ve lived and worked in the Galápagos Islands for nearly 30 years, and I still feel incredibly lucky every day to call these islands home.

I’m a Marine Biologist and National Park Certified Naturalist Guide (#143). I completed my Master’s degree in the UK and worked as a research assistant at the Charles Darwin Research Station.

Over the years, I’ve learned that the best Galápagos experiences are not rushed. They are the ones that allow you to truly connect with the wildlife, landscapes, and people that make these islands so special.

One guest wrote: “It felt less like a tour and more like following a beloved neighbor through his own neighborhood.”

Another said: “He doesn’t just show you a place — he helps you understand why it matters.” Those words meant a lot to me because they perfectly describe the experience I try to create.

I design customized land-based island-hopping trips throughout the Galápagos, tailored to your interests, travel style, and budget.

Whether you’d like to snorkel with sea turtles, penguins, sea lions, and reef sharks, see giant tortoises in the wild, or hike across volcanic landscapes, I take care of all the logistics so you can simply relax and enjoy the islands.

Because I live here, I work directly with trusted local captains, drivers, and family-run hotels I’ve known for years.

If you’re thinking about visiting the Galápagos, I’d be delighted to help you plan an authentic and unforgettable journey.

Alex Arregui

Alex, Call/WhatsApp: 099 351 5527

Email: galapagosalex68@gmail.com

Website: http://www.alexguidesgalapagos.com

City: Puerto Villamil 

You’ve taken your first steps in Spanish… now it’s time to build on them. Survival Spanish 2.0 helps you feel more confident in everyday conversations and develop practical skills you can use right away. Through interactive lessons, real-life role-plays, and engaging activities, you’ll strengthen your vocabulary, deepen your grammar, and learn phrases that make daily life in Spanish smoother and more manageable.

In this course, you’ll focus on practical situations such as:

• Asking for and giving directions, exploring the city, and moving around public spaces.

• Visiting the doctor, describing symptoms, and talking about health.

• Talking about the weather and making small talk.

• Handling everyday transactions like shopping, banking, and discussing clothing.

By the end, you’ll feel even more confident than you do today when using Spanish in everyday situations—and inspired to keep learning and exploring.

Class Details:

• May 27 – June 19, 2026

• Wednesdays and Fridays from 11:30 AM – 1 PM

• Cost: $100 (all materials included)

Email us today to register!

Let us help you turn language challenges into real-life opportunities!

About Your Teacher:

Classes are taught by Alejandra Herrera, a certified Spanish as a Foreign Language teacher from Ecuador with years of international teaching experience. we keep class sizes small to ensure personalized attention—sign up today!

Only at idiomARTE - Master the Language; Live the Culture

Mariscal Lamar y Estevez de Toral

Cuenca, EC

Survival Spanish 2.0 – Take Your Spanish to the Next Level!

idiomARTE, To register: LearnSpanish@idiomartcuenca.com

City: Cuenca 

What stories can the body tell? How can movement become language, emotion, and art?

This course explores the human body as a powerful tool for expression, communication, and identity. Across eight sessions, participants will examine how the body has been represented throughout different cultures and historical periods while discovering the many ways it has shaped art, ritual, performance, and theatrical traditions around the world.

Through observation, writing, movement, and creative experimentation, participants will develop new forms of personal expression while engaging with themes of identity, bodily perception, symbolism, and contemporary art.

Our guest expert is professional classical Indian dancer Alejandra Herrera. She will guide participants through the dances and theatrical traditions of India, introducing the symbolic language of the hands, eyes, and the nine emotions described in the Natyashastra, an ancient Indian treatise on the performing arts. Using these tools, participants will create small embodied narratives that connect gesture, emotion, storytelling, and imagination.

Tuesdays and Thursdays

May 26 – June 18

11:30 AM – 1 PM

Cost: $115

Includes expert lecture and workshop.

Email us today to register!

We prefer small groups, so spaces are limited.

Cultura Viva combines Spanish language learning with art, culture, and community-based experiences, creating immersive opportunities to practice language through meaningful creative exploration. All classes are taught by certified teacher Alejandra Herrera, who is also a professional dancer and classically trained musician. In this special edition of Cultura Viva, participants will also draw from her extensive background in classical Indian dance as part of the course experience.

Only at idiomARTE: Master the Language; Live the Culture

Mariscal Lamar 14-25 y Estevez de Toral

Cuenca, Ecuador

idiomARTE, To register: LearnSpanish@idiomartcuenca.com

City: Cuenca 

Tonight’s opening feels especially meaningful for us, as it marks the end of an era for idiomARTE. As part of the changes we’ve begun implementing, this will be our final art exhibition for the foreseeable future.

We’re honored to close this chapter with "Antagonista", a striking new ink series by artist Daniel Williams, who has been an important part of the idiomARTE family for many years. we invite you to join us for this special opening night and celebration of his work.

About the exhibition:

Through archetype and metaphor, the exhibition reflects on the many selves we move through in life — protagonist, antagonist, observer, or something in between.

Blending religious and occult imagery with intricate linework and layered textures, the works move between clarity and abstraction, fragmentation and wholeness — pulling viewers into a world that feels both deeply personal and mythic at the same time.

Opening Night:

Wednesday, May 13 • 7 PM

Free Entry • Cash Bar

This is a unique opportunity to meet the artist and experience the exhibition through the artist’s eyes — to hear the stories, symbols, and inspirations behind the work, ask questions, and experience the pieces while the space is alive with the energy and conversation of opening night.

At idiomARTE: Where creativity connects us

Mariscal Lamar 14-25 y Estevez de Toral

idiomARTE, res@idiomartcuenca.com

City: Cuenca