25/7 Cotopaxi

For our final day in Cotopaxi we were treated to a delicious pancake breakfast before heading off on the Pasochoa Summit Hike. Pasochoa is another extinct volcano near the Secret Garden hostel, reaching 4,200m in elevation. We had a great group for this hike, mostly those who arrived on the same day which was nice. We also had 3 of the resident dogs join us and make us feel incredibly unfit by running circles around us 😅 We were lucky enough to spot 2 more Andean Condors towards the peak which was very exciting! We headed back down and enjoyed our final lunch together, admired Cotopaxi which had finally decided to make an appearance after 2 days of almost complete cloud cover, and headed off to our next stop - Quilotoa. We arrived at our hostel, Hosteria Chukirawa, just before sundown and enjoyed a beautiful sunset from the comfort of our fireplace-heated room.Read more