“Wayfarer, there is no path, you make the path as you go.”
TREKKING IN
ECUADOR
Robert & Daisy Kunstaetter
THE MOUNTAINEERS BOOKS
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Index

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A
acclimatization 49, 60
accommodations 54
acute mountain sickness (AMS) 60
air ambulance 69, 276
air travel: to Ecuador 53; in Ecuador 57
Alao 216, 218, 228-29
alpaca 208
altitude sickness 60
Amaguaña 96, 101
Amaluza 271
Amazon 22, 29-30
Ambato 156, 158
Apuela 82-83
Atillo 195-97
Atillo, Lagunas de 195-99

B
Baeza 114
Baños 131
biological diversity 25, 29-30
bioregions: Chocó 29, 82; Tumbesian 29
boots 50-51
bulls 62
buses 57

C
Calacalí 111
camping 45: stores 286-87; stove 51
Candelaria 189, 194, 236
car rentals 57
Carihuayrazo 201
Chambo 223
Chambo, Río 184, 188
Chazo Juan 167, 172
Chimborazo 201
Chucchilán 124
climate 23-25
clothing 50
cloud forest 25-26
coast 22, 29
Colay, Laguna 196
Collanes Plain 192-93, 236
Collanes, Laguna de 193-94
communication 54
conservation 30-31: organizations 277-78
Cosanga 114
Cotacachi, Cerro 78
Cotopaxi, Volcán 126-27
Cubillín, Laguna 197-99
Cubillines 222-27
Cuenca 237
Cuicocha, Laguna 78-81
cultures 33-34
currency 36, 53

D
dehydration 59
dengue fever 61
development, sustainable 31, 36, 172-73
diarrhea 67
doctors 70
dogs 61

E
Echeandía 167, 172, 180
economy 35-36
El Altar 189-94
El Triunfo 141-42, 156, 162-63
emergency contacts 274-76
Environment, Ministry of 30, 44
equipment 50-52
exposure 59

F
fauna 25-30, 289
fees 44
fiestas 34-35
first-aid-kit 63-65
flash floods 62
flora 25-30, 289
food 54-56

G
Galápagos Islands 22
gastrointestinal illness 67
geography 21-22, 288-89
geology 22-23, 288-89
Global Positioning System (GPS) 46
Guaranda 166
guidebooks 288
guides, local 39
Guillanshapa 239

H
health 63-70, 288
highlands 21-22, 28
history: of trekking 17, 289-90; of Ecuador 31-32, 289-90
hospitals 70, 274-75
hotels 54
hypothermia 59

I
Igualata 184
immunizations 63
Inca trail 237-42
infectious disease 68
Inguisay 227
injuries 68
insects 61, 67-68
Instituto Geográfico Militar (IGM) 46, 276
insurance 50
Internet 54: sites 279
Isinliví 120

J
jungle 22, 29-30

L
Lasso 127-28
Latacunga 118
llama 208

M
Macas 138-39
Machachi 127
Magtayán, Laguna 197-99
malaria 61, 63, 68
maps: topographic 46-47, 276-77; in this book 76
meals 54
medical facilities 70, 274-75
Minsas, Laguna 152
money 36, 53
Mountain Tapir 142, 147, 163

N
Nanegalito 112
national parks and reserves 43, 289: Antisana 113; Cajas 237; Chimborazo 182, 200-02, 208; Cotacachi-Cayapas 78; Cotopaxi 126-28; Ilinizas 119; Llanganates 141-42, 156-58; Pasochoa 95-99; Podocarpus 254-56; Sangay 148, 182-83, 216-17, 222
navigation 47-48

O
Oilbird 138
Oña 243-44
orchids 25
Oriente 22, 29-30
Osogoche 195, 199
Osogoche, Lagunas de 195-99
Otavalo 77

P
pack animals 39
Palanda 264
Palitahua 149
Palora, Río 221
Papallacta 103-07
páramo 27, 164-65
Parque Metropolitano 91-94
Pasochoa 96, 100-02
passport 49
Pastaza, Río 132-36
Pelileo 183, 188
permits 44
Píllaro 156-59
Pisayambo Reservoir 159
Poaló 156, 159
population 32-33
porters 39-40
post office 54
prices 53-54
private nature reserves 43: Junín 88; Las Palmas 255-57; Los Cedros 89; Maquipucuna 107-09; Refugio El Gavilán 255, 261; Yunguillas 107-08
protected natural areas 43
provisions 54-56
Pulingue San Pablo 209, 211-12
Puyo 138-39

Q
Quilotoa, Laguna 119
Quito 90

R
rabies 62
rainforest 22, 29-30
rashes 67-68
religion 34
rescue 69, 275-76
restaurants 54
Riobamba 182-83
Rumiñahui 126

S
safety: public 58; trekking 59-62
Salinas 167-68, 172-73
Salvias 253
San Juan de Llullundongo 175
Sangay, Volcán 195
Santa Fé de Galán 185
search and rescue 69, 275-76
shelters 45-46
shopping 54-56
Shuar people 139
skin problems 67-68
snakebites 60-61, 275
snakes 29, 60-61
soroche 60
Spectacled Bear 28
Spruce, Richard 17, 180-81, 209
sunburn 60

T
tagua 26
telephone system 54: cellular 54, 69
Tena 114
thermal baths: Baños 131; El Placer 220-21; Nangulví 83;
Palitahua 149; Papallacta 103-04
Totoras 195, 199
trails 44-45
trekking: companies 37, 280-86; independent 38; infrastructure 42-46; responsible 40-42; safety 59-62
Tungurahua, Volcán 148-54, 183-88

U
Urbina 200, 202

V
vicuña 208
Vilcabamba 254
visas 49
Viscaya 141-42

W
water 65-66
weather 23-25
Whymper, Edward 17, 209-10

Y
yellow fever 61

Z
Zaruma 243-44, 253
Zumbahua 125