by sophie | Jun 11, 2020 | Blog Articles, Traveler's stories
Marie Lokreim is also known as Bomkanari on Instagram. She is a world traveler. She grew up living in Norway and decided to book a ticket to Thailand on a whim. Since that time, she has been to many more places and she just experienced Ecuador with Ecuatraveling What...
by sophie | May 10, 2019 | Blog Articles, Traveler's stories
My experience in the Jungle with Nicky Lodge My name is Mel and I am originally from Ecuador. However, I have lived my whole life in Europe (Spain and UK). Now that I am back in Ecuador to get to know the culture and country, visiting the Amazon was a must-do! The...
by sophie | Feb 22, 2018 | Blog Articles, Traveler's stories
Otavalo market & Quilotoa After a week of working, I was sent on 2 day tours which Ecuatraveling sells. First, the Otavalo Market Day Tour. Otavalo market is only 2 hours of the tour. Firstly, you go to El Mitad del Mundo (the middle of the earth) to literally...
by sophie | Apr 15, 2016 | Blog Articles, Traveler's stories
During your trip to the Cuyabeno jungle you have the opportunity to meet the Kichwa community. One of the Jungle communities in the Cuyabeno reserve. The Kichwa indigenous community is the most populous ethnic group in the Ecuadorian Amazon region and the primary...
by sophie | Jul 14, 2015 | Blog Articles, Traveler's stories
After quite a few hours of driving, the bus finally dropped us off on the side of the road. There wasn’t much around – a little store, a school, a few houses… We then ventured onto a path leading towards the heart of the jungle. We were feeling kind of disappointed as...
by sophie | Jul 11, 2015 | Blog Articles, Traveler's stories
When we decided to go the Mitad del Mundo it was with a bit of apprehension because we knew that just the village itself (that isn’t really located on the equatorial line), would probably be disappointing. So we also aimed for the Pululahua volcano. And off we went!...