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T9 QUILOTOA
Quilotoa is a small crater lake located 1 hour west of Latacunga on the road to the coast.
There start also the Toachi canyon, a steep river valley cutting
its way through to the Pacific coast. Both are located high in the Andes and offers
beautiful scenery and great back-country hiking. This region is also populated by many Indians, still living and farming in the old
traditional ways of their forefathers.
T9a: 2 Days / 1 Night
Day 1 After leaving
Quito we drive south on the Pan-American Highway till we reach after 2 hours the
turn-off towards Sigchos. After another 2 hours on a mountainous road we
arrive in Chugchilan, a small village high in the Western Cordillera. In
the afternoon we hike around in the region which is comprised mostly of
the Toachi valley and offers beautiful views. We spend the night in
town.
Day 2 Early
in the morning we get up and drive to Quilotoa where we arrive after 1
hour. After enjoying the first look into this impressive crater lake, we
descend on a small path down to the bottom of the volcano and to the
lake shore. We spend some time down there and then return to the crater
rim after a 1 hour climb. We continue on by jeep to Zumbahua, a small
town half hour south of Quilotoa. From that town it is a 4 hour drive
back to Quito, where we arrive late afternoon.
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4 - 10 persons |
| Price per person USD 245.- |
T9b:
3 Days / 2 Nights
Day 1 After leaving
Quito we drive south on the Pan-American Highway till we reach after 2 hours the
turn-off towards Sigchos. After another 2 hours on a mountainous road we
arrive in Chugchilan, a small village high in the Western Cordillera. In
the afternoon we hike around in the region which is comprised mostly of
the Toachi valley and offers beautiful views. We spend the night in
town.
Day 2 Early
in the morning we get up and hike up to Quilotoa crater lake, where we arrive after
a 5
hour uphill hike. After enjoying the first look into this impressive
crater lake, we descend on a small path down to the bottom of the
volcano and to the lake shore. We spend some time down there and then
return to the crater rim after a 1 hour climb. We spend the next night
in the small village of the same name.
Day 3 Today we trek around this beautiful
crater lake, which takes around 6 hours. The trek follows the crater rim
and gives us great views into the caldera and the adjacent Toachi valley
with its many deep gullies and farming areas. After lunch we return
to Quito by way of Zumbahua.
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4 - 10 persons |
| Price per person USD 355.- |
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PICTURES
T1 Condor
T2 Altar
T3 Chimborazo
T4 Camino del Inca
T5 El Reventador
T6 Sangay
T7 Sumaco
T8 Pichinchas
T9 Quilotoa
T1O El Corazon
T11 Imbabura
T12 Pasochoa
T13 Andes-Trek
T14 Amazon-Trek
Trekking
T15 Alpamayo
T16 Alpamayo - Pisco
T17 Cordillera Blanca
T18 Huayhuash
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