Ecuador Adventure travel
programs include multisports activities like climbing glacier
covered volcanoes, high altitude and jungle
trekking,
mountain biking and horseback riding at our Vacation Farm Finca Colibri
in the Pululahua Crater. Programs offer
whitewater rafting and enduro motor cycling
excursions of other reputable outfits. For the most energetic of you,
there are complete adventure programs, called power packs,
which combine the best of the above, for an action packed vacation.
All those tours are planned, organized and run by,
Erich
Lehenbauer, multilingual Austrian-Canadian. He accompanies you
on these trips, you are always assured that you deal with the same person from beginning to end and not like with other
outfits,  where
you deal with different people at different stages and then finally
having a tour guide you never met before. The tour vehicles used on
the trips are owned by Erich, they include a new Mercedes Benz van for 16
passengers and a 4X4 Hyundai Gallopper II. Furthermore, Erich being a
foreigner and having worked since 1995 in the travel business, he knows what visitors expect and tries accordingly
to provide you
with a pleasant travel experience. Another important distinction, his flexibility in planning and individualizing your trips
or once on the road changes are permitted. These occasionally come up
due to unforeseen
factors, like weather, illness or your personal wishes. For your
convenience his travel office is located in his Bed
& Breakfast "Parque Italia" which makes everything so much easier if
you decide to stay at his B&B hostel. It's not an
obligation on your part you easily pick your preferred hotel
establishment in Quito or elsewhere.
For the various programs, Erich employs professional guides who are
trained in their particular activity.
The mountain climbing excursions are guided by Ecuadorian professional
mountain guides, who are trained in rescue and all other aspects of mountain
climbing. They are all members and certified by ASEGUIM, Ecuador's
association of mountain guides. They carry modern
communications, like two-way radio and/or cellular telephones.
All treks are in remote
areas, therefore he employs native guides who live in those
regions and know that particular country by heart. The reason for that
is, that in adverse weather conditions like dense fog, heavy rains,
etc... they do not get lost but also provide help in
carrying equipment or taking care of the pack-horses, which are used
on some treks.
The
mountain biking expeditions are accompanied by a support vehicle,
which gets you to the starting point and picks you up at the end of the
biking.
It carries also the food, drinking water, first aid kits, all
other bike extras and for repairs spare parts and tools. The vehicle
always stays in touch with the bikers so that in case of emergency
it is there to help you and not let you be stranded for a long
time.
Enduro Motor cycling and Whitewater rafting are run by other companies
which specialize in those adventure programs and are known to offer safe
and pleasant travel experiences for you.
For most people,
the extreme cycling environment of the Andes
is best enjoyed going downhill. The Andes
create a playground of huge vertical descents
and gut-wrenching climbs at altitudes where
the snow line and the equator meet. Descents
of 10,000 ft (3,000 m) in a single day can be
obtained in several areas of the country. The
world-class descent directly down the slopes
of Cotopaxi Volcano, the technical descent
down Pichincha Volcano, and trips that take
riders from the heights of the Andes to the
Amazon Basin are all highly recommended. |
