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 EcuaRoads: Roads through Ecuador; from the coast to the Andes to the Amazon rainforest:
Quito - Baños - Puyo - Misahualli - Papallacta - Quito
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WHAT TO SEE
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Quito
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Baños
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Salasaca
market in the way, between Ambato and Baños.
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Baños
a place to relax and soak in the hot baths! Dancing at Bambus;
Eat at El Higueron; Stay at Hotel Isla de Baños.
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Baños
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Misahualli
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Visit
the Zoo in Baños. La Cascada de la Virgen is quite impresive.
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Sit on the right hand side of the vehicle.
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Misahualli
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Papallacta
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Misahualli
is in the middle of the Jungle.
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You
won't see many animals in the jungle, but just soaking in the
environment is worth it!!
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Papallacta
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Quito
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The
Papallacta thermal baths, high in the mountains before descending
to Quito, is the best in South America. Judge for yourself!
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Try
eating Trout, cheap and tasty. If you're lucky you'll get
a glipse of the glacier-peaked Antisana while soaking your worries
away.
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Quito - Baños - Macas - Sucua - Cuenca
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WHAT TO SEE
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NOTES
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DAY
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Quito
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Baños
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Salasaca
market in the way, between Ambato and Baños.
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Baños
a place to relax and soak in the hot baths! Dancing at Bambus;
Eat at El Higueron; Stay at Hotel Isla de Baños.
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DAY
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Baños
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Sucua
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Visit
the Zoo in Baños. La Cascada de la Virgen is quite impresive.
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Before
Sucua you will stop in Macas, a nice place to spend a half day
visiting the centre and main church.
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Sucua
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Cuenca
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It
will take you 8 hours trip to reach Cuenca, we recommend you go
during the day, passing through the Ecuadorian jungle.
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An
Amazing trip that you will never forget, not very many forigners
make this unique trip!
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From
Cuenca you can either go back to Quito (Route 4)
or just continue to the south following the routes 7,
8 (leading to Peru's border),
9, 10
or 11.
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Cuenca - Loja - Vilcabamba - Macara
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WHAT TO SEE
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Cuenca
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Vilcabamba
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Stop
and see the Saraguros indiginous ancestral village on the way.
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You
will pass through Loja, not much to see but easy bus link to Vilcabamba.
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Vilcabamba
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Macara
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Vilcabamba
is a nice place to relax, go horse riding and walking. Podocarpus
National Park, lots of lakes. |
Easy
and nice way to go into Peru.
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From
Macara you can cross to Peru.
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Cuenca - Machala - Puyango - Macara
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WHAT TO SEE
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NOTES
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DAY
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Cuenca
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Machala
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Once
in Machala you must go to the nice Jambeli beach, 45 minutes from
Machala by boat.
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Sit
on the left side of the vehicle, the canyon that takes you to
the lowlands is breath-taking!
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Machala
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Puyango
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Puyango
one of Ecuador's best-kept secrets; one of the biggest petrified
forest in the world. Take a tent with you. |
Trip
will take 2 hours top and the ride is like going back through
the past.
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Puyango |
Macara |
Try
to go on the old road to Macara passing throught Alamor. |
This
part of Ecuador is rarely visited, and is undoubtedly the best part
of southern Ecuador. |
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From
Macara you can cross into Peru.
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Our routes:
Quito - Otavalo - Ibarra - San Lorenzo - Atacames - Quito
Quito - Puerto Lopez - Montañita - Guayaquil - Quito
Quito - Puerto Lopez - Montañita - Guayaquil - Guaranda (Salinas) - Quito
Quito - Puerto Lopez - Montañita - Guayaquil - Cuenca - Ingapirca - Alausi - Riobamba - Quito
Quito - Baños - Puyo - Misahualli - Papallacta - Quito
Quito - Baños - Macas - Sucua - Cuenca
Cuenca - Loja - Vilcabamba - Macara
Cuenca - Machala - Puyango - Macara
Cuenca - Machala - Zaruma - Loja - Vilcabamba - Cuenca
Cuenca - Machala - Puyango - Zaruma - Loja - Vilcabamba - Cuenca
Cuenca - Machala - Puyango - Loja - Vilcabamba - Cuenca
Quito - Latacunga - Quilotoa - Chugchilan - Lasso - Quito
Quito - Ambato - Chimborazo Refugio - Riobamba - Baños - Quito
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