Quilotoa Cotopaxi

Woke early – blue skies! Crossed the one and only road in the village to the rim of the crater and there below was the turquoise jewel-like Quilatoa lagoon with massive walls cocooning it and a few clouds above reflecting off the water below – a grand sight. Mist was already forming and Swita and I had a long hike ahead so after a quick …

Another sunny day! We have been lucky so far weather wise. Had a hearty breakfast and made enquires with the owner re the bus. He said it had left at 3 ....... 3am that is! Oh ****. I couldn't believe it, when they said 3 o’clock the previous night I hadn’t considered the possibility it was 3 am. Her Majesty Princess Swita was not best …

What stark contrast is the volcanic Andes of Ecuador from the volcanic Islands of Galapagos! One small country, one great change in geological landscape.

It was sad to leave the Galapagos, memories of the sunny cool days by the sea, the tasty and clean street food by the locals (amazing chicken soup!), the eternally happy dive guides we …

Last year when I planned my trip to Ecuador I decided that one of the things I wanted to do when I was there was to complete the Quilotoa Loop. Quilotoa itself is a spectacular crater lake situated high in the Andes south of Quito. The lake itself is an amazing sight and well worth the trip. There aren't too many others like it anywhere in the …

The two hundred kilometer Quilotoa Loop is one of the most spectacular journeys in Ecuador.Travelling by bus, pickup and on foot through the high Andes, we completed it in three days. Setting off from our base camp at Hotel Central in Latacunga, we caught a bus to Zumbahua. Squashing up to make room on our two person seat for a woman in the full …

At 8am sharp, we were picked up for our 2-day tour to Cotopaxi and Quilotoa.  We had 2 tour guides, Carlos and Nelson.  It turned out to be a private tour for just the two of us!  We all piled into a Russian 4x4, a Lada Niva, and headed ...

... en daarna weer lekker bij de open haard met een boek. De laatste dag gaan we mountainbiken. We doen een route rond de Cotopaxi. Na elke bocht is het uitzicht weer waanzinnig. Het weer werkt ook erg mee, want het is helder en zonnig weer. Na de ...

After our time in Quito,  we headed to Latacunga, 2 hours south of Quito in the Cotopaxi Department.  Down through the "avenue of volcanoes" we saw the huge, perfectly conical snow-capped peak of Cotopaxi, the highest active volcano in the ...

... hours, help clear up Tom´s leaky sick bucket, feel sick, all go to bed knackered. Thursday, planned - head up Cotopaxi at 1am, conquer the volcano about 8am. Say "yipee i climbed a 5800m high volcano", take pics, head ...

K snidani jsme konecne meli vajicka, takze posilneni a dobre najedeni jsme vyrazili busem do narodniho parku Cotopaxi. Nadseni z vyletu na Lagunu Quilotoa jsme necekali nic min, nez neco extra a toho jsme se taky dockali. Autobus nas vyhodil u odbocky do ...

... om op donderdag samen met twee andere stellen naar de markt te gaan in Saquisili en daarna door te rijden naar het kratermeer van Quilotoa...deze stonden toch al op ons lijstje om te bezoeken...en dus konden we op deze manier de kosten van een taxi delen ...

... cycle. They drive there was breath taking, with every inch of the hills utilised to grow crops causing a patchwork effect. Quilotoa is a small village in the mountains which is famed for the amount of indigenous people living in the area and also ...

... 'cevantes, nous nous rendons à Latacunga pour y rester 3 jours. En effet, la ville se situe à proximité de Cotopaxi, la Laguna de Quilotoa et Saquisili. Nos destinations pour les 3 prochains jours. Première excursion: Cotopaxi et le parc national. ...

... one tourist agency we wanted to give a try to Gulliver's too. We booked two group tours, one to volcano Cotopaxi and the other to Quilotoa region. The morning started at Plaza Foch and we headed towards Cotopaxi volcano with a little bus. Cotopaxi is ...

... mucho menos frio que en el volcan colombiano. Por la noche nos quedamos a dormir en la hosteria Papagayo, y al dia siguiente hicimos la excursion al Quilotoa. La hosteria es bonita, aunque el servicio no esta a la altura del precio que pagas. ...