Papallacta, Ecuador Travel Blogs

Lucky to be in Papallacta and Mitad del Mundo
Aug 5, 2006 (15 photos)

... hijacked by guerillas, we couldn't wait to soak up some rays at the beach. Quantifiable Summary Hostal Viajero (Papallacta, Ecuador): 1 night, $5.50/person including breakfast, very cold. Papallacta Hot Baths: $6/person, excellent baths, better views ...

Papallacta
Dec 3, 2007 (10 photos)

On our way toward Lago Agrio and the Cuyabeno Faunistic Reserve. A few stops and sights along the way...

The Southern Hemisphere
Jul 17, 2005 (13 photos)

... connections with the drivers, perhaps an underground bus Mafia? There was absolutely nothing tranquil about this particular journey to Papallacta. Similar to Asia, South Americans do not share the same sense of personal space that we have grown up with, ...

Hot Springs, and all that jazz ....
Aug 23, 2009

23 August 2009 Hostal Costura, Papallacta, Ecuador (18 usd) The heater is on Pifo - Papallacta (45 kms) Today was nothing short of tortuous, for me anyway. My body has spent the last 2 days rejecting food so this morning (not having had to ...

The Best Trout You've Ever Tasted
Dec 19, 1998

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Hot thermal springs, hmmmmmmmmm
Sep 15, 2009 (5 photos)

On the way back to Quito from the jungle we stopped at Pappallacta for a couple of days which has some nice hot springs on the top of a mountain. Nice way to break up the bus journey! Our hotel had a real log fire in the room which was rather nice.

Papallacta
Nov 10, 2007 (9 photos)

Dawna´s Ipod, bottled water and advil were all stolen from her day pack on our bus journey to Papallacta.  Gotta keep the bags on your lap I guess.  Nothing is ever safe here. Oh well, those things could be replaced.  Don´t know why they ...

Pallacta hot springs
Oct 9, 2006 (3 photos)

Today I went to some beautiful hot springs with Briony, Elise and Cath - three Australians. We had a gorgeous time relaxing in the many different pools. The only downside was our bus getting a puncture on our way home and then our lunatic trying to make ...

Sara.. and the fugitive healers.
Jun 18, 2009

We awoke early to leave Quito in search of Papallacta and the hot springs.We were on the bus for 8am and I was chuffed to be sat looking out the wondow at all the wonderful sights again. Ecuador is so much like Peru and brought back all my fond memories of ...

Evening visit to Papallacta
Jul 11, 2008 (3 photos)

The school organised an evening trip to Papallacta, a small town perched 3200m up the side of a mountain where they have some wonderful thermal baths.  After the bath experience at Baños I was a little sceptical but decided I may as well go.  It ...

Termas de Papallacta hot springs hotel
Dec 20, 2004 (6 photos)

Awesome little hotel in the mountains, with a hot spring pool right outside the door of the rustic rooms, as well as a park of about 20 baths of various temperatures across the street.

To the Thermal Baths of Papallacta
Dec 3, 2008 (2 photos)

... thermal baths. While we are not staying at the hotel {$120/night and up} we are down the hill at Hosteria La Pampas de Papallacta {$20/night}. It has its own 3 little thermal pools which we wasted no time in testing out! Dont get jealous, my muscles are ...

Spa Day
Dec 1, 2007

After a breakfast at the Swissotel, we set out on an adventure and spa day. Whether due to elevation, or eating eggs for breakfast, I got very, very car sick...or bus sick as the case may be. I thought I was being very clever to take 2 Gravol (same as ...

Las Termas de Papallacta
Sep 19, 2004

... was my first glimpse of the beautiful Ecuadorian Andean scenery. Today we took a bus 2 hours southeast of Quito to Las Termas de Papallacta or natural hot spring pools high in the Andes. For the first time I could feel the altitude as we hiked up the road ...

Papallacta: Rest, Relaxation, Health And Ecoturism
Mar 30, 2007

... to us, to taste these wonderful gastronomy of Ecuador. We continued our Tour, in the direction of the Amazonian Jungle of Ecuador, since Papallacta is the entrance to this zone. We pass through other towns like Pifo, Yaruqui and Checa, each one with a ...

Warm Springs
Apr 19, 2006

Went to the warm springs for a break from Quito which was nice. Being up in the cold mountains in scenic settings and sitting around in hot water was just really nice.

Bike Tour and Hot Springs
Jun 29, 2007 (6 photos)

Our last day of the trip was spent with Perry on a bike ride to the Papallacta hot springs outside of Quito.  No one else signed up, so it was just the three of us, the guide and his son.  The ride started out at about 13,500ft and it was really ...

Birthday at the thermal pools
Jun 7, 2005

Another truck drive brought us to Papallacta, Ecuadors famous thermal pools. We were only here for one night and it was my 29th birthday. The evening was spent at the thermal pools where we managed to sneak in some alcohol past security cunningly ...

Hike and thermal baths in Papallacta
Dec 3, 2008 (8 photos)

Todaz we set off early for a hike up the hill. Its quite high here {3300m} so I got to practice my breathing at 3800m! On our way back down we went to the hotel's thermal pools. We counted/tried out 12 of them including the river! We even ended up at the ...

Problem Solving in Papallacta
Sep 22, 2009 (4 photos)

Last weekend I went to a little town called Papallacta in the Andes Mountains with my friends Annie and Gina.   ...

best place ever
Jul 5, 2002

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Papallacta
Oct 5, 2006

... sum up my trip and will hopefully get to download my photos over the weekend. But enough on that for now, I must tell you about Papallacta and the thermal baths. It is a two hour bus ride northeast of Quito. Once you arrive you have to walk upill for ...