MOUNTAIN BIKING HIGH LEVEL   top • Route: Purgatorio • Distance from the Trail: 58 km • Duration of the Trail: 9 hours • Technical Level: high • Maximum Height: 2,940 meters • Minimum Height: 1,550 meters    One extreme route across the senses; technical and steep descents, chaquiñanes and endless slopesCross the crater Pululahua to exit to San Antonio of Pichincha bordering the river basin Guayllabamba. • Route: Infiernillo • Distance from the Trail: 56 km • Duration of the Trail: 8 hours • Technical Level: high • Maximum Height: 3,050 meters • Minimum Height: 1,550 meters This is one of the classic routes within the crater Pululahua, which enjoy long and technical descents accompanied by a climate increasingly warm up to the White River in the area of Infiernillo. Finally tested your resistance to leave the crater in a rise of 1000 m gap. • Route: Alluriquín - Union of Toachi • Distance from the Trail: 40 km • Duration of the Trail: 6 hours • Technical Level: Medium • Maximum Height: 1,700 Meters • Minimum Height: 750 Meters This route starts at 750 meters at Alluriquín with a slope that will test your endurance reaching 1,700 meters above sea level near Naranjito, a small compound in the middle of the sub tropical rainforest. From here begin a steep descent with some stretches of costs through various precincts until the Toachi Union. • Route: Otavalo - Tabacundo • Distance from the Trail: 37 km • Duration of the Trail: 6 hours • Technical Level: low • Maximum Height: 4,000 meters • Minimum Height: 2,650 meters The route begins in Otavalo a long and demanding stretch of stone to reach the Nudo de Mojanda to 4,000 meters above sea level. We turn next to their lagoons surrounded by beautiful mountains to start an exciting until Tabacundo located at 2,900 meters above sea level. • Route: Lagoon Cuicocha • Duration of the Trail: 4 hours • Level: low • Maximum Height: 3,480 meters • Minimum Height: 3,080 meters The route runs around the rim of the caldera that is home to the ancient Laguna Cuicocha and volcanic domes Yerovi and Wolf at the foot of the breast Cotacachi. • Route: Pichincha Guagua - Las Palmas • Duration of the Trail: 6 hours • Level: low • Maximum Height: 4.790 meters • Minimum Height: 2,753 meters The road rises toward the rim of the crater of the volcano Guagua Pichincha in 4700 meters, and then descend between rocks and pajonal to enter into an Andean forest that will lead us to the house of Hacienda Las Palmas to 2700 meters.     home | about us | ecuador | tours | galapagos yacht cruises | gallery | contact us   camping | comunity | galapagos | amazon | Darwin's Bicentenary | news | Links   Galamountain Address: Juan León Mera N24-220 y Lizardo García - Quito - Ecuador Phone: (593-2) 2502-318 Fax: (593-2) 2238-312 Skype: galamountain1 E-mail: galamountain@gmail.com | Copyrights reserved to Galamountain tour Cia Ltda.     Perfil de Galamountain Ecuador Crea tu insignia

Formed by volcanic eruptions over millions of years, they are located a very remote 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador. These islands remain shockingly unspoilt and are where Charles Darwin invented the theory of evolution after studying the islands' many different species of Finches. Thus, the islands remain of high scientific importance. e fact they are located so far from the coast and weren't inhabited by humans until 150 years ago, has helped the hundreds of species of animals develop over 1000's of years without the slightest fear of human beings.This fearless wildlife is unmistakably one of the biggest reasons to visit as truly no where else on the planet will one encounter animals in their original, natural, wild habitat that are absolutely not bothered in the least by the presence of humans. In fact, in the case of land iguana, you have to be careful not to step on them because many just refuse to move!The species found on Galapagos are often endemic, meaning they cannot be found anywhere else in the world. Some of these include land tortoises, the Galapagos Penguin (the 2nd smallest in the world), land and marine iguanas, Darwin Finches, the famous Blue-footed Booby and it's cousin the Red-footed Booby.harks (Galapagos shark, white tipped shark and the extremely rare and fascinating Hammerhead, among others). For birds, a small sample include Frigates and its similar cousin the Cormorant, Flamingos, Pelicans, the enormous Albatross. The water is of course crystal clear and the snorkeling and diving there is among the best in the world (ask any expert!).