Hiking in Vilcabamba Ecuador

15/05/2024

Usefull information about altitude sickness for those who want to travel to Ecuador :-)

Can you prevent altitude sickness in Ecuador? No, but here we will give tips to recognize and mitigate the consequenses.

18/04/2024

If you want to be in the center and at the top of the world at the same time, then climbing one of the volcanoes in Ecuador should be high on your bucket list!

With our climbing tours Ecuador we offer a wide variation of mountain climbing and volcano climbing in Ecuador, including Cotopaxi and Chimborazo

22/02/2024

Worried about treveling to Ecuador? Don't, read here why it ist still safe to travel to and through Ecuador :-)

06/02/2022

Steep ascent towards the top of la Montaña Guaranga :-)

There are different routes to climb to the top of the Guaranga Mountain, all of them are steep, but worth the effort! Only when it rains, or recently has bee...

27/01/2022

2022 is the year of the mountains and the lower Andean mountains surrounding Vilcabamba are a great place to hike :-)
And Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia are great countries to explore and climb mountains :-)

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14/01/2022

Hiking through lush jungle on our way to the Collanuma waterfall outside San Pedro de Vilcabamba, Ecuador :-)

We were very lucky with the sun light that cause these spectacular views in the jungle :-)

09/01/2022

Check out this steep ascent of the Guaranga Mountain.
The trail starts from the river at the Rumi Wilco nature reserve, who also did a good job marking the trail to the top :-)

The view down, while climbing up the Guaranga Mountain. Cerro Guaranga is the 'sister mountain' of the famous Mandango in Vilcabamba, Loja, Ecuador.The steep...

13/12/2021

It takes a full day to hike to and from the Collanuma Waterfall, but this view and the nature along the way, make it well wort the effort :-) :-)

After a few hours of hiking we made it to our destination, La Cascada Colanuma! Look how beautiful this waterfall is :-)

23/11/2021

A good example about hiking in a sustainable way in Norway :-)

The so called Sherpa Stairs in Norway are a great example of hiking trails that are sustainable for everyone involved!

21/11/2021

Welcome to one of the steep ridgelines on the Mandango Mountain :-)

Check out the most narrow part of the spectacular Mandango Ridgeline Hike in Vilcabamba, Loja, Ecuador.Thanks to Maria for the video!

12/11/2021

Would you dare to cross this ridgeline?

This rugged ridgeline is part of the Izhcayluma Loop hiking trail and get each year a little narrower... As you can see this part of the trail is not for peo...

09/11/2021

Check out this beautiful short video of our Sunset Hike on the Mandango Mountain :-)
Thanks to María :-)

Check out this spectaculair Sunset and the rise of the Super Moon from the top of the sacred Mandango Mountain. We were very lucky to see both a spectaculair...