Chugchilan Travel and Tourism Guide

An early morning truck took us to the Quilatoa Laguna, then we hiked over mountains and through valleys back to the hostel (about 15 km).  Photos definitely do better than words here, but our guide did say we were ¨muy rapido¨ so I think we did OK

The Rough Guide says give the Quilotoa Loop 3 days, the locals in Latacunga say just do the day trip to the Quilotoa Laguna crater and come back on the same day.  We decided to try and do the full loop in 2 days. To get to Quilotoa, we needed to get a bus from Latacunga to Zumbahua and then get a truck to drive us to the crater.  We hadn´t expected such an amazing bus journey.  On a gorgeous clear morning the route gave us clear views of Cotopaxi, our 1st view of the eve...

Yet another early start!!  Caught the 8am bus to Chugchilan ($2 for 1.5hrs).  The scenery was breath taking.  It was a clear day so you could see for miles & miles & all the volcanoes around.  Its a pitty we couldnt get any photos. We then got on the back of a truck to Laguna Quilatoa, a volcanic crater lake which was amazing.  We walked down to the rim (easy) & then back up again (bloody hard!!).  At one point I wanted to jump off the edge for an ea...

What an amazing 3 days!! It all started in Latagunga, a town that really didnt do it for me but was the gateway for great things to come. The Quilitoa loop (as its called in Lonely Planet) is basically a series of towns to the West of Latacunga and the Panamericana which are all connected by one road in a loop kind of fashion. At the halfway point is supposed to be one of the most amazing sights in Ecuador - Laguna Quilotoa, a massive lake in the middle of a volcanic crater. Anna and I plan...