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Coca-Cayambe Trek

In addition to trekking days 2 and 3 of the trek from our Ecuador Adventure tour, we visited the town of Cotacachi with the rep of an ngo who is considering starting an ecotourism project there.

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Brian's Cayambe-Coca Trek

I went to: Ecuador, Cayambe-Coca Trek Day 2: Parcacocha

Entrance to the Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve in Ecuador
Entrance to the Cayambe Coca Ecological ...
Just two hours from Quito and not a house in sight
Just two hours from Quito and not a ...
Entroute from Quito, east towards the Amazon
Entroute from Quito, east towards the ...
Breathtaking views on our way to Oyacachi
Breathtaking views on our way to ...
Heres the van we use on many of our Ecuador tours.
Heres the van we use on many of our ...
Our intrepid travelers - Marcelo, me, Jascivan, and Hamilton
Our intrepid travelers - Marcelo, me, ...
Descending from the paramo to the verdent valley of Oyacachi
Descending from the paramo to the ...
Dense jungle, called cloudforest, covers the mountains.
Dense jungle, called cloudforest, ...
Village of Oyacachi, Ecuador
Village of Oyacachi, Ecuador
Oyacachi is interested in promoting rural tourism.
Oyacachi is interested in promoting ...
Hotsprings of Oyacachi - built by CARE International
Hotsprings of Oyacachi - built by CARE ...
Grass is growing out of the grass roof
Grass is growing out of the grass roof
Recent missionaries brought a new church & new architecture
Recent missionaries brought a new ...
A common site when traveling from the Andes to the Amazon
A common site when traveling from the ...
Clouds linger over the mountain jungle
Clouds linger over the mountain jungle
The start of our trek!
The start of our trek!
Valley floor was marshy with huge clumps of moss
Valley floor was marshy with huge ...
This was a land o lakes
This was a land o lakes
Hiking out of the wettest part of the trek
Hiking out of the wettest part of the ...
The photo doesnt do justice to the colors of flora
The photo doesnt do justice to the ...
Another lake greets trekkers to this park in Ecuador
Another lake greets trekkers to this ...
A bizzare plant that the locals refer to as a wild onion
A bizzare plant that the locals refer ...
Marcelo smiling for the folks back in the office
Marcelo smiling for the folks back in ...
The Cayambe-Coca is a treasured trekking area
The Cayambe-Coca is a treasured ...