Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this CampgroundLuna Runtun Banos
Spa and waterfalls
One of the treats towards myself at the end of my trip was spending three days in a luxury Spa in Baņos. I had several treatments during my stay, all helping to relax or to fell more "beautiful". I also took a tour following the "Ruta de Cascades" the route of the waterfalls of which the last one was a steep downhill walk and of course uphill again …
Mountainside heaven
A couple days after arriving in Guayaquil, we were instructed to head to a new base in the Amazon basin called Shell. Yes, it is named after the oil company; they were here looking for oil many years back and have since abandoned the area. Now, Shell is an actual town and the airport is well kept and busy.
We arrived in Shell amidst a …
The Road to Baños
The first day of my first vacation in the country of Ecuador didn't get off to the most auspicious of starts. When I was fuelling up the rental car in preparation for departure, I discovered the alarm system had the most unfortunate feature of securing and arming itself after two minutes. Of course, the keys were inside at the time. One call to …
Relajación en la Sombra del Volcán
The week I relaxed at Luna Runtun passed in a quick blur. At first, it seemed like it would be tough to fill the time with enough things to do, but the hours did go by rapidly in the end.
October 24 and 25, the first two days after my arrival, were sit-in-the-hammock, look at the view, breathe-the-air days. Literally, all I did was sit on …
Feeling social
Around noon today, Greg showed up at the hotel with our pilot from Vancouver, Mark, in tow. They had been staying in a town called Puyo the entire time I've been here, with the Aztec, watching the skies over the Amazon. One cloudy morning, they called me up and came to keep me company. We had lunch at the hotel and then toured around in my car for …


