Get lost!
Get lost!
Ecuador seen from the trail and the road. We cover the Andes around Quito with clear, first-hand notes on altitude, logistics, and what the guidebooks miss.
Find practical guides to hikes like Pasochoa, planning tips for Quilotoa, acclimatization advice, route ideas, and observations from real trips.
Traveling with a dog outside the European Union is always a notch trickier than traveling within Schengen. Add South America and you enter a world of different veterinary rules, extra paperwork, and often murkier information. Good preparation is essential. The …
Our very first experience with altitude in the Andes came sooner than we would have liked: a trip to Quilotoa Lagoon in Ecuador. We set out the very next day after arriving in Quito. In hindsight, not our best idea. …
During our time in Ecuador we packed in a bit of everything—travel days, waterfalls, beaches, short outings, and plenty of local culture. But a proper mountain trek kept slipping through our fingers. So the day before our flight home, we …
Say “Andes,” and most people picture extreme heights, snow and thin air. The reality is far more complex. The Andes aren’t a single, uniform massif—their elevation, character and visual impact change dramatically from north to south. And, more intriguingly, how …