Adventures

This "off the beaten track" adventure takes us over rarely visited paramo, sparsely populated with Quechua speaking Llama farmers.

Rolling green hills and peaks jutting up from nowhere, surround the tiny village of Zumbahua. Hiking opportunities are plentiful in this spectacular area. This trip will feature a hike around the rim of Quilotoa's Volcanic Crater Lake.

In addition, we will visit to one of Ecuador's most colourful, traditional markets.

Parque Nacional Machalilla is Ecuador's only coastal national park. There are over 200 species of birds, including coastal parrots, parakeets, pelicans, boobies, frigate birds. You will also see deer, howler monkeys, anteaters, and a variety of snakes, lizards and iguanas.

Isla de La Plata - This small island is protected within the park. Here you can see red billed tropic birds, boobies, sea lions, sea turtles, albatrosses, and long tailed mockingbirds. After walking around the island, you can explore the coral reefs, snorkelling or diving.
July, August and early October are the best times to see the Humpback Whales.

Cycle "La Ruta de las Cascadas" (Highways of the Waterfalls). Along this ride you will enjoy some of the best views of the Amazon Basin while passing a dozen waterfalls. We will stop to view Ecuador’s most famous falls, the spectacular Pailon del Diablo (Devil’s Cauldron). Combine this day trip with a trekking adventure.

This challenging trek takes you on a prehistoric trading route beginning in the Sierra and ending in the Oriente, passing through the wilderness of the Cayambe-Coca Reserve.

This challenging excursion takes us through small rural villages along traditional trade routes used since the pre-Inca times. Piedra Blanca is a small community of approximately 20 families scattered throughout the forested valley in the western foot of the Andes. In Piedra Blanca we will spend a day exploring waterfalls, lagoons, and towering white cliffs. After trekking to Salinas, we will visit the co-operative factories famous for producing cheese, salami, chocolate and rough spun sweaters.

*Add on Parque Nacional Machalilla, Ecuador’s only coastal national park.

As we trek to El Altar Crater, we will enjoy awesome views of the surrounding peaks, and perhaps see Condors soaring above. Beyond the crater lake of El Altar, there is the opportunity to hike further into the beautiful wilds of this little explored area.

This classic trek takes you below the peaks of Antisana, Sincholagua, Ruminahui and Cotopaxi. In addition to lava flows, glaciated peaks, paramo and cloud forest, you may see the Condor.

This trek takes us over rarely visited paramo, sparsely populated with Quechua speaking farmers who raise llama. After passing through several Indigenous villages, we will be at the base of Chimborazo, Ecuador’s highest mountain.

Summit Volcan Cotopaxi Via the lesser travelled southern route. We will ensure that you have ample time to practise basic mountaineering skills, and acclimatize.

Trek along a pre-Columbian trail on this premier Andes to Amazon trek.

This stunning moor-like paramo has over 200 lakes. Hiking excursions include trout fishing, unique bird watching and rugged camping.

From Achupallas trek the Inca road to Ingaprica, Ecuador’s most important Inca ruin. Experience Andean rural life, trekking on part of the ancient Inca road which originally extended over 5,000 kilometres from Quito to Talca, Chile. We will explore the Inca ruin at the end of our trek.

Atillo to Achupallas is far off the beaten track. This spectacular area, rarely visited by outsiders, has beautiful lakes, alpine peaks and opportunities for bird watching and exploring.

*Extend this hike by continuing along the Inca road to Ecuador’s most important Inca site; Ingapirca.