A Review of Ecuador’s Best Cloud Forest Lodges by Kat Dougal on 7th March, 2025 Finding Ecuador’s best cloud forest lodges Ecuador’s cloud forest is a magnet for those searching for wildlife, bird watching and the elusive spectacled bear. Ecuador is blessed with many sustainable eco-lodges nestled in the misty cloud forests. These lodges are fantastic bases for exploring the cloud forest’s flora and fauna. Each lodge often has specific …
Travel Review of Mindo Cloud Forest Lodge, Ecuador by Tom Shearman on 29th November, 2024 Where is Mindo Cloud Forest? The town of Mindo lies in the cloud forest north of Quito. It is a small, relaxed place that boasts a range of cafes and restaurants. More importantly, it lies in one of Ecuador’s most beautiful cloud forest areas. Mindo Cloud Forest Adventure We asked Andean Trails’ Kat about …
Finding Five Species of Toucans in Mindo Cloud Forest, Ecuador by Tom Shearman on 25th March, 2024 See the five Toucans in Mindo, Ecuador. “With luck, you’ll spot all five Toucans in Mindo’s cloud forest in the next 72 hours.” My guide’s optimism felt as fragile and light as the mosses wisping around a nearby lichenous Ocotea tree. Still, it was 05.30, and the morning light was bringing clarity to an increasingly …
Travel Guide: Things To Do in Salento, Colombia by Tom Shearman on 12th January, 2023 Some of the world’s finest coffee comes from picturesque Salento, a colourful town of 7,000 souls nestled among Colombia’s verdant Andes. Growing coffee beans led UNESCO to bestow World Heritage Site status to the Salento coffee triangle for its contribution to the ‘Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia.’ And while this delicious brew is undoubtedly one …
Animal Wildlife Guide for Bolivia’s Madidi National Park by Tom Shearman on 22nd December, 2022 The steamy Amazon rainforest is the world’s most incredible living laboratory, a biodiversity hotspot and home to thousands of unique species. Land-locked Bolivia is home to unique and varied Amazonian wildlife. Just over half of the country is rainforest, with two-thirds considered primary rainforest. Bolivia’s most important jungle area is Madidi National Park, where jaguars, …
Ecuador Cloud Forest – Santa Lucia by Tom Shearman on 24th August, 2016 Ecuador Cloud Forest – Santa Lucia Andean Trails’ Tom regales us with an account of his recent trip to Santa Lucia Lodge in the Ecuadorean cloud forest not far from the capital Quito. He writes: “Looks like a young male tarantula, they can get quite aggressive,”. The big black and purple spider before us …
Ecuador Cloud Forest Travel Advice by Tom Shearman on 4th November, 2013 Cloud forest travel advice The fourth and penultimate part of a brilliant and in-depth blog from Andean Trails’ travellers Jane and Greg Windsor, now in the cloud forest, as part of four fantastic weeks in glorious Ecuador. We are in the Ecuador Cloud Forest today, having visited the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Galapagos Islands and Quito, with horse riding to follow and we have photos …
