Quechua isn’t one language. It’s a family of closely related languages spoken by somewhere between 8 and 10 million people across the Andes, stretching from…
Cotopaxi National Park gets most of the attention when people talk about high-altitude hiking in Ecuador. Fair enough. The volcano is iconic, the refuges are…
Cotopaxi National Park pulls in thousands of trekkers every year, and honestly, it’s easy to see why. That perfect cone, the raw high-altitude páramo, the…
In 2022, I watched a travel blogger walk through a Saraguro weaving cooperative just off Simón Bolívar street, phone held high in video mode, capturing…
When travelers think of hiking in Ecuador, Cotopaxi National Park dominates the conversation. The iconic glaciated cone, the approach to the José Rivas refuge, and…
Cotopaxi National Park pulls in thousands of trekkers every year, all drawn to that perfect, glacier-dusted cone. But if you’re like me—someone who’d rather trade…
Cotopaxi National Park is the heavyweight of Ecuadorian trekking—no question. Its glaciated cone, framed against the Andean sky, pulls in thousands of boots every year.…