Mindo is a cloud forest about 2 hours from Quito. It has it’s own micro climate and attracts wonderful birds like Hummingbirds, Toucans and Tanagers which are seen regularly. Nearby you can also find the Cock of the Rock a beautiful red crested bird. Each lodge in Mindo seems to have it’s own particular birds […]
Read MoreThis is a nice little hike just outside of Quito. A great place to spend a day. There is a small hotel in the valley to have lunch.
Read MoreCayambe is an extinct volcano north of Quito. It is Ecuador’s third highest peak. The village of Cayambe underneath the volcano is populated by indigenous people who are descendants of the pre-Inca Kayambi people. This area hosts numerous flower plantations. I stayed in Hacienda Guachala one of the oldest haciendas in the area dating back […]
Read MoreCenit el Centro de la Nina Trabajadora is a wonderful charity school which is run by Catholic nuns and started out as a charity for street girls to educate them and change their lives. It then invited the brothers of the girls to be educated and later started to work with whole families. This sytem […]
Read MoreLatacunga > Isinlivi > Chugchilán > Quilotoa > Zumbahua > Latacunga This is a lovely but extremely challenging hike round small Quechua villages, rivers, gorgeous valleys, a volcano and a beautiful Crater lake. The average altitude is 3900m and you go up and down this height as you traverse valleys climb hills and basically commune […]
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