Reserva Ecológica Los Illinizas

This is a very nice day trip
Excellent for acclimating to the altitude, if you are planning in climbing the Cotopaxi out Chimborazo, since this is already an above 5 thousand meters mountain

Nature in Ecuador is fantastic! Like in a movie Avatar: only levitating rocks are left, but mountains often really are vertical.
A lot of cascades in a period of March. Outside this month everything is not so attractive because of less water. Recommended month of visit is only one a year - March.
Monkeys, parrots, other birds and fantastic sounds of tropics during the night are waiting for you.

Beautiful area, you need to go to El Chaupi and then to the entrance of the Ilinizas reserve by car then a few minutes from there you arrive to la Virgen where you can leave your car to start trekking all the way uphill by a pretty straight route to the Ilinizas refuge, at the end geta pretty steep, we did about 7 hours going up and down, having lunch and stopping to take many pictures.

Iliniza it's a very beautiful place.
You can do different hikes in Iliniza Norte or iliniza sur.
I did the Iliniza norte hike which was hard, the weather was windy and cold. It's better if you go with a guide.

A great view and hiking experience.

Challenging uphill hike. Base camp is at 4700m and there's lodging available at the refuge. Hot drinks and snacks are available for purchase. If no one is there you can prepare yourself and leave cash. The peaks are 5000+ meters. You can climb the North Peak with a helmet and hiking boots. The south peak can be climbed with a guide and climbing gear. There is also a small lake about a 20 minute walk from the refuge.

A very nice place to do some hiking and mountaineering. You need proper equipment

The weather was perfect till we arrive to the refuge, then it changed drastically and we have to descend really fast. The trek up was beautiful but the descend was wild and beautiful

A beautiful place

Wonderful hiking possibilities. You can reach te hut by yourself but if you are not experienced it is recommended you to hire a guide to climb the mountains, in particular Illiniza Sur peak

Great adventure. If your thinking about going up the north peak. Do it!

There is a exoerience of plants and mountains that the human didn't damage yet, it's so beautiful.....

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High altitude mountain walking with serious snow and ice climbing available.

Beautiful scenery 😍 an old volcano now a beautiful lake

it is really good for those who like hiking and mountain climbing

Beautiful landscapes, and awesome trekking & trail running

Beautiful nature and landscapes

Fun area to explore!

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