Tena Travel Blogs

In the morning it was time to say goodbye to our family of guides and head out rafting.  It was the 1st time for both of us, and we were put into a group of 6 others, making 2 rafts of 4 people each, plus a guide per boat.  The 2 other rafters in our boat were both American, one fairl…

One of the more interesting activities that we took part in at Jatun Sacha was the bosque (forest) walks. This involved walking through the rainforest pretty much all day, which can be hard work but is totally AWESOME. There are 4 bosque guards, whose responsibilities include looking out for signs …

Meine Reise durch und nach Ecuador! Anfang: 08.08.2007 Ende: ??? Bisher gesehen: Quito,Tena, Pichincha, Otavalo

I loved Ecuador and I am going back this winter!

What a fantasic weekend! Let me start off by saying this trip is more insane and awesome than i ever thought possible! Alli and i left Quito for Tena at around 4:30 am to catch the 5am bus to Tena. This was noe asy task because the night before, Paul, Alli and I went to the Turtle´s Head at …

I have been to many amazing places and have seen many beautiful things. There is no other place in this universe I would rather live!

I went for 6 mounts to Ecuador, to work and to learn Spanish. The first 2 months i was in Quito on a Spanish school, after that i went to Peru for 2 weeks and also to Colombia (Bogotá) for a month. After that i went back to Quito where i started to teach English to small children.

Once we'd dried out from rafting we drove to our next accomodation - a jungle lodge perched 500m above the river with stunning views over the jungle. Since we were a little tired we opted for a quiet poker night in the bar with a couple of salsa lessons thrown in. In the morning we took a boat dow…