Ecuador, 2022
The dinning was just wonderful and the grounds were so beautiful and were inhabited by peacocks
From here we visited the “Women’s Community Center and had an Andean Ritual performance for us.
The Hacienda Zuleta Estate is an amazing hotel, a 4,000 acre working farm and a living museum. . It was owned by the President of Ecuador and he hosted 2 or 3 presidents from the United States. We arrived here by hiking about 6-8 miles in total this day on beautiful jeep trails below
And we passed some small and large farms along the way hiking to Hacienda Zuleta
Arriving to their Hacienda below
The rooms were fantastic and we had fine dinning below
The Hacienda was filled with historical art work below
and it had its won church and I went in to pray and give thanks for all I have below
My room was awesome
From here we hiked over to the Condor center and to the point of an old Inca pyramid. The Condor has a wing span that can be 10 feet wide wow
The hike had visions of ecstasy below
The remains of the Inca Pyramid below
then we hiked down to Inca Pyramid and the Condor Center below
The condor center below and the manager gave a great talk about Condors. Backroads supports this center immensely and this center helps to support Condor populations
From here we rode horses or bikes back to the Hacienda for a great day of adventure
We then traveled to the Galapagos and went to two islands. The last Island San Cristobal had a great hike around Laguna de El Junco below
The group below
Hike up
the hike up to and around El Junco Lagoon below
Arriving at the top and overlook below
The hiking around and back down below
Then hiking down below
Ok our guides were incredible Sam and Borja = thank you