Category: Ecuador for Investors

Where to stay in the Quilotoa Loop?

Hotel Quilotoa: This simple yet clean hotel is my pick right across from Condor Matzi with rooms starting around $10 per person.

 

 

What to do in the Quilotoa Loop?

– Hike the Quilotoa loop.

– Visit Tigua, a village full of painters and artists.

– Try the Andean local market at Zumbahua.

– Canoe the world-famous, emerald-green crater lake of Quilotoa.

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Where to stay in Machachi?

Hosteria Papagayo: Panamericana Sur Km 26. This hostel is my pick and popular with backpackers, dorm beds available, restaurant in old hacienda with pricate rooms starting around $10 per person.

 

 

What to do in Machachi?

– Hike the Ilinizas, the sixth and eigth highest peaks of Ecuador (5248m and 5126m). Guide recommended!

 

 

 

 

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Where to stay in Mindo?

Dragonfly Inn:  This hotel is my pick for budget travelers, right where you want to be within walking distance of most of the points in the town with wooden rooms. Clean, safe, simple rooms starting around $20 per person.

 

Where to eat in Mindo?

Id try El Chef, a steaf house that rivals the best in the USA.

 

What to do in Mindo?

– Take a bird watching tour with one of the many tour guides in town.

– Tubing, places on Av. Quito rent inner tubes to float down the River Mindo.

– Try Canopy with Mindo Canopy Adventure.

– Visit a Butterfly Farm like Mariposas de Mindo.

 

 

 

 

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Where to stay in Tulcan?

Hotel Unicornio: Pichinha y Sucre. This hotel is my pick for budget travelers, right where you want to be within walking distance of most of the points in the town. Clean, safe, simple rooms starting around $10 per person, also near a Chinese restaurant.

 

Where to eat in Tulcan?

Id try El Patio on Bolivar near 10 de Agosto, delicious Colombian food like the Bandeja Paisa.

 

What to do in Ibarra?

– Cross the border to Colombia.

– Visit the famous cemetary.

 

 

 

 

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Where to stay in Ibarra?

Hotel Barcelona: Flores 8-51. This hotel is my pick for budget travelers, right where you want to be within walking distance of the market and a short taxi ride to most of the points in the town. Clean, safe, simple, large rooms in an old colonial starting around $10 per person.

 

Where to eat in Ibarra?

Id try the delicious crepes in the restaurant of the Hotel La Giralda.

 

What to do in Ibarra?

– Trout fish in the nearby lakes!

– Rent a bike and bike around Yaguarcocha Lake.

-Kayak in the nearby rivers (inquire more in the tourist info center at la Esquina del Coco. )

 

 

 

 

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