A few days in Mashpi

Mashpi is an eco-lodge located in the heart of a 3,000-acre private reserve in the Ecuadorian Chocó-Andean cloud forest, approximately 60 miles (100 km) or 3–4 hours northwest of Quito. The first 1.5 hrs of the drive is paved surface, passing through a number of very small communities; the next 1/2 hr was one hairpin turn after another that seriously tested any motion-sickness potential; the last segment (~1.5 hrs) was not only unpaved, but entirely on roughly carved, deeply-pitted dirt/mud paths. Through this we just held on until we arrived.
We had a nice introductory afternoon walk that introduced us to the variety of wildlife in the Mashpi area.Read more