Our weekend trip was to Maquipucuna (in the cloud forrest) north of Quito and toward the Pacific. It's about a 2 to 3 hour bus ride. We first went to Mindo Ecuador and ate at Caskaffesu - good food, and the rooms for rent looked nice. I hope to return one day.
Then we went to Hostería Mariposas de Mindo - butterfly farm. We took a tour and walked inside a greenhouse like structure containing 1000s of butterflies that they are raising. Once they mature enough, they set them off in the wild. |
| Open air dinning (left) Resort rooms (right) |
Then on to Maquipucuna where we hiked to a cascades waterfall and got in the water, then to a fast flowing stream. The next day we went bird watching at 6:15 a.m. We saw flycatchers, coo coos, tanagers, woodpeckers, and more. While at Maquipucuna, I talked with faculty from University of Georgia who were there to do biology and entomology work. They had 15 to 20 students too.
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