Best of Ecuador: Haciendas, Volcanos and the Jungle
Ecuador provided a great getaway to experience historic haciendas, beautiful volcanoes with sweeping vistas and natural rain forest jungle in the Amazon Basin. All of this was experienced during a 10 day trip in November 2008.
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2 November 2008 |
Fly from Los Angeles to Quito, Ecuador, via plane change in Miami; transfer to Otavalo (Hacienda Cusin) |
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2 |
Explore Hacienda Cusin and visit village of Laguna de San Pablo |
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3 |
Day trip to Otavalo market |
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4 |
Travel south to Hacienda San Agustin de Callo; stop at the equator en route and tour the site |
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5 |
Day trip to Parque Nacional Cotopaxi; drive through park with guide and hike around a lake |
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6 |
Fly from Quito to Coca and a two hour boat trip to Sacha Lodge on the Rio Napo River; night hike with our guide |
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7 |
Lower Rio Napo: Morning hike and visit to three canopy towers and wildlife viewing; afternoon hike through swamp and views of monkeys |
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8 |
Early morning parrot clay lick viewing in the Lower Rio Napo; late afternoon canoe trip, tree canopy visit and wildlife viewing |
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9 |
Boat trip back to Coca and flight to Quito; afternoon walk around Old Town portion of the city |
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11 November 2008 |
Fly from Quito to Los Angeles, via plane change in Miami |
We took 700 pictures and 2 1/2 hours of High Definition Video. The following videos summarize portions of our trip.
Episode 1 - Cotopaxi
Cotopaxi is the name of a near-perfect volcano near the Hacienda where we stayed. We saw wild horse, deer and birds while in the National Park.
Episodes 2-6
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