Teleferico Quito

Well it was cloudy and raining all morning so it wasn’t until lunch time that we took the cable car up the nearby volcano. This took us from 3,117m to 3,945m in 18 minutes. We did feel quite breathless at the top.

Rather than trying a hike this late in the day we walked around birding looking for the endemic Ecuadorean Hillstar a small hummingbird restricted to the high Andes of Ecuador. We found it along with 4 other new birds. It was nice to be birding by ourselves and relying on our own skills.

Once the cloud cleared we enjoyed views of the city a 1,000m below us. Tonight we leave for Peru.Read more