QUILOTOA TOURS-Crater Lake

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If you’ve ever wanted to try an eco-tour, this is the year to get up and get out. Never has there been a better opportunity to see nature up-close and personal while also giving something back to the communities you visit. This is not a “Best Of” list -- there are far too many wonderful places for that -- but simply a listing of ecotourist operations that are making outstanding efforts to leave a smaller footprint and ensure

QUILOTOA

This is a turquoise colored lagoon formed in a collapsed volcanic caldera. Its summit at 3,850 m. above the sea level. Awalk take you down to the water in about 30 minutes-allow an hour to climb back up or you can hire a mule. From Quito to Latacunga 89km. (55 miles), south of Quito and from Latacunga to the west of Ecuador one hour drive to Quilotoa crater. If you want to see the most picturesque andean scenery, and a the same time a look to the andean communities; in the country, these are best options.

Taking the same road that drives to Pujilí (south of Quito), you will arrive to the village and lagoon of Quilotoa, in the mountain range of Chugchilán. Their waters are so strong in minerals that it stops ichthylogical and ornithological life form. From the rim of this lagoon you will descend half hour approximately in order to arrive to the banks of the lagoon and see this impressive landscape, you can see the bottom of a emerald color.
People from Quilotoa are authentic ambassadors of the Andean life. This the tour for those who want to enjoy of Andean scenery and a glimpse of the indigenous people in living on the Andes.