Polylepis Lodge Experience

A tour of a different place and recommended to visit, the Polylepis Lodge is an attractive TuríStico in Ecuador that must be known

in this installment, we will talk about cóMo lives the experience in this máGico place, Tips on qué CLOTHING AND Dónde isá Located the Polylepis Lodge that offers us a different tourism, In a natural environment úNico in Ecuador.

Post written by Sil
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With photos of Sil and Nicolás

Altitude

3.185 meters.

Locationón

It is located in the ECOL reserveóGica el Áfail, a 36 kilómeters from Ibarra and 184 kilómeters north of Quito.

Equipment

Warm clothing, thick jacket, thick sweater/jacket, rashóNo. of excursionón (if it is impossible waterproof), high stockings, shoes for trekking, tall rubber boots, water poncho, winter hat and gloves, Sunglasses, sunscreen, money (CR cards are acceptedédito and désmall).

time and route

A route to Tulc is takenán through Ibarra, from Quito it takes approximately 4 hours by car. As I recommendedón, the car has to be tall, since to get to the Lodge an alternate road of land uphill is taken that in Días rainy can be Difícyl to ascend.

Arriving, the car remains parked at the entrance of the lodge, around several áPolylepis trees. These átrees are fácylally identified by its trunks with brown layersé reddish. It is átree is found a lot in P climatesábouquet and height.

Día 1

you walk some 7 meters to a large house where the reception isón. To enter, The atmosphere becomes a place CáLido with a big fireplace, heater in different áReas and a mini museum of pre-colonial artifacts found in this area.

You want to stay all Díto bed on one of the sofaás, watching the world go by through the large windows of this living room or while away the time playing extra-large jenga.

It is advisable to arrive a little before 10.00 am since for the 10:30 Am The first excursionón begins. He changes his shoes for rubber boots (free and available in all sizes) to follow a natural path, Come in áPolylepis trees, and forests húMedos until you reach a lagoon.

The grounds are dirt if the weather is dry, But if it rains, lodazals can be made and it is ahí When rubber boots help enough, since there are sections that the boots can sink to a little before the knee.

polylepis lodge experiencia — It rains a lot in this area, so the mud forces the use of wellies.

Our route includedó persistent rain, And it was ahí where the water poncho will haveíA very well come, the walk takes approximately 2 hours, one out and one back.

Polylepis Lodge caminata — This is the environment and landscape during the walk.

We walk through muddy land, Until a second point that was a beautiful waterfall in the middle of the Pábranch.

We continue uphill and we reach a panor point of viewámonkey, in the middle of nature that I had never seen so close to appreciate a beautiful natural picture, with fog but around a lot of nature, Where the air is breathed fáCilmente and más that the peace of the place.

polylepis lodge oceta — The oet plantsá They fill the landscape.

The descent of the mountñAt the beginning and for the return to the Lodge, We pass againñBelow by places full of mud, You have to go down with a lot of caoución until you reach a plain.

the ground is wet, But our boots sinkíAn in water at every step, the guía nos recomendó Go on before putting all the weight since some are water eyes.

When suddenly, startedó once más to change the scenario to a polylepis forest and we enter the initial route of the tour to lead usíOn the back of the Lodge.

Polypis Lodge receptionón — Hereí You can dry your clothes or rest for a while next to the fire.

We enter to áBad of receptionsón, and habían stratuméGolically ignites the fireplace, Help usó to dry all the adventurers that areáwe baked for the rain of the excursionón. Ahí The boy offered usó a té of a P plantáRamo that servedó To encourage us afterés of so much fríO.

At dinner's time, The restaurant is a kind of house near Receción, with a cozy atmosphere, all the wooden tables and two large stoves that heat the place. The food is típica from kingsón, being the dad, its traditional basis.

polylepis lodge food — baked trout, great.

Afterés of dinner around 7:00 pm, The excursion beginsóN of the night, which lasts más de 30 round trip minutes. The torchlight tour & the goblins.

A path is taken within the Polylepis forest, And when you reach a áSpecífico the guíAt the beginning of a folcl storyórich of the area that takes place in that place in the forest. the story is about love, obsessionón and suspense with the recommendationóFinal n to sleep with well closed doors, just in case you get an unexpected visitor at night.

Polylepis Lodge night walk leprechaun story — Torches to see deep in the night.

when returning, There is the opción to return to the reception areaón to relax and watch TV or return directly to the CABAña. Upon our return to the CABAña, THE JACUZZI HABíhas been filled with p waterábranch, yellowish and slightly cloudy water, But at the ideal temperature to be able to rest the long trajín of día.

The beds have polar fabric blanketséctricas that we had alreadyíAn left connecting así Upon entering the bed, There was no coldío húMedo that sneaks into clothes in that climate.

Día 2

in our experience, we only spent one night at the lodge, So in the mañNext Ana, we went out to breakfast at the restaurant, once más with a selectionón of bread, eggs cooked to taste, café and fresh juice.

We started our return to Quito, But we certainly stay with a very pleasant sensationón of having known something different, in a very relaxing environment, with fresh air, great customer service, excellent food and we will surely be back soon.