Hiking at Chimborazo Volcano

After Cuenca we went to Riobamba. The perfect basecamp for hiking tours to Chimborazo Volcano. It’s the closest point on earth to heaven, due to his location close to the equator and the ellipse form of the earth. If you’re measuring from the core of the earth, Chimborazo is even higher than Mount Everest.
The first two days we spent in Riobamba just hanging around because I was fighting with a little cold. Lucky for us on Monday when we went to Chimborazo we had the most perfect weather. Clear all day. By Car we drove to the Carrel Refugio a little cabin for those you want to climb the summit. It’s on 5.000 altitude. From there we startet our 15km hike. First to the next refugio and the Condor Cocha lagoon at 5.100m. The next stop was Templo Machay Cave before we went all the way down to Chimborazo lodge. The altitude was hard to handle, every step was super exhausting but totally worth it.
The landscape was absolut insane and besides wild Vicuñas (Part of the Llama Family) we met a Ecuadorian shepherd with his Alpacas.

Back in Riobamba we went immediately to bed after a pizza and a hot shower. 😅🏔Læs mere