Trekking in Ecuador offer these trekking tours between 2-7 days through the Andean highlands (open Andean grasslands of South America on 2.500-4.500 m height) with overnight stays in tents. During these trekking tours you can admire the wonderful sceneries with a variety of the Andean flora and fauna and the possibility exists to even see some condors drifting by.
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On this day you reach your destination, Piñán. Here you will visit the community and enjoy from the magnificent scenery of this lake, which is one of the largest, most beautiful, and still pretty unknown to the Ecuadorians.
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After breakfast you go to a place called to the Inca ruins El Pucará del Salitre which was in former time a strategic military fortress from the Inca Empire. This fort was used to monitor the incañanes or roads, that led to the Amazon rainforest and to the Latacunga valley. Following this Inca road, you will head to the campsite through the paramo.
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The Cerro Golondrinas Cloud forest Conservation Project, in the western slopes of the Andes Mountains, is working to create a 25,000 hectare reserve in which the natural environment can be respected while providing a sustainable living for local people.
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The Altar Volcano is an extinct volcano and after it had an immense eruption centuries ago it has now the shape of a horseshoe. The volcano is open on one side and its very sharp peaks reach high up into the sky - a truly amazing scenery!
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The Podocarpus National Park is located in the South of Ecuador and stretches over three provinces - Loja, Zamora and Morona Santiago - and two main regions; the Andean highlands and the Amazon Basin. The park can be clearly divided into five life zones, each rich in biodiversity and characterised by different flora and fauna.
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Most of the highest peaks of the famous Avenue of the Volcanoes will be viewed within the next five days. This is a relatively easy going and scenery trek; it helps as training and acclimatization for all of the classic climbs such as Cayambe, Cotopaxi, and Chimborazo among others.
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Most of the highest peaks of the famous Avenue of the Volcanoes will be viewed within the next five days. This is a relatively easy going and scenery trek; it helps as training and acclimatization for all of the classic climbs such as Cayambe, Cotopaxi, and Chimborazo among others.
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In the morning you will go to the Hacienda Santa Rita where you will get a short riding lesson and then you will start off to the Pasochoa Volcano where you will spend the first day. This trekking will take us to the famous Chimborazo Volcano, the highest pick of Ecuador, wich is covered of snow, very know by the people who like to climb, it will be an unforgettable expperince.
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In the morning you will walk towards the trapiche San Ignacio, where you will learn the old and new techniques for grinding cane. After lunch you will continue the path towards Salinas de Ibarra where you will take a ride through history in the old train to Ibarra.
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This trek takes you to one of the most scenic and spectacular routes of the eastern cordillera. You will walk through thick Polylepis Andean forests; you will cross high passes, come across high moorlands and lava lakes. You will be amazed by the impressive view of the snow-capped volcano Antisana.
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The Abraspungo region is located in the south of the country, and embraces some of the most beautiful, and in case of the Tungurahua, most active volcanoes in Ecuador.
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Ingapirca is a town in Cañar Province, Ecuador and the name of an Incan ruin site just outside the town itself, it sports 240 square kilometers and a population of approximately 14,000 inhabitants, out of whom 2,000 are living in the parish center and the other populace is spread all around the countryside.
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