Barefoot Expeditions will have a big presence at the biggest tourism event in Ecuador. This year the FITE (Feria Internacional de Turismo) takes place in Guayaquil. We will be collaborating with Vertical, a company based in Guayaquil that promotes adventure sports.
We are going to run a fam trip for folks that would be interested in [...]
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Last weekend we decided to get away from Quito, a city perched in the Andes mountains, and head down to the Ecuadorian Pacific Coast. We headed down to Guayaquil (the biggest city in Ecuador) to explore and see what kind of new adventure activities we can get involved with. To be quite honest, we’ve not [...]
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About 10 years ago when I started rock climbing, there was one big store for climbing gear with 2 or 3 offices in Quito, and a couple of travel agencies that were used to sell climbing gear as well. The big store was used to have gear that would expire in the shop windows, [...]
21Aug2008 |
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I remember the summer in Quito when I was little. June, July and August were perfect months to fly kites in the sky because it was windy and dry, our faces were sun burnt and we had dry red cheeks, the grass in the parks was yellow and dry because of weeks and weeks [...]
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Thanks to Ilona for this post about the Olympics
All the sport-loving people do have a exciting time during the Olympics. It’s great to see the athletes, who trained for so many years, competing in their events.
Today was the final of the Kayak Slalom for men. The slalom events require the paddlers to negotiate 20 to [...]
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The rafting guides from Barefoot Expeditions are always exploring new options for whitewater rafting and kayaking in Ecuador. This weekend Diego Altamirano -from Quito- and Gregorio Andi -from Tena- (both were in the Ecuadorian Team in the last world rafting championships in Korea) met their friends from Ibarra and together explored the Mira [...]
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Last weekend some friends from the Polytechnic Climbing Club (CAP) and myself took a group of ten tourism students and their teacher to make an attempt to summit Cotopaxi. It was great to see the students very excited about their first time climbing an ice mountain. I am sure that many of them [...]
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Most of the commercial whitewater sports (rafting, kayaking) activities in Ecuador are held in the rivers close to the cities of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Baños or Tena. But the Second National Slalom & Down River Kayak Championships held in Bucay, in the Chimbo river was a good opportunity to explore new [...]
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Once again Barefoot Expeditions is organizing a rafting trip with the South American Explorers Clubhouse in Quito. It will be in the Toachi & Blanco rivers, in the western side on fhe Andes, on the way to the coast. It is a class III (big volume water) river. Feel free to contact us through this [...]
22Jul2008 |
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Climbing a mountain starts as a dream for many of us. Some people train hard and some others just think is a good chance to spend a couple of free days. But that first mountain can change your life, that first climb decides (consciously or unconsciously) whether you love it or you hate [...]
17Jul2008 |
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I believe that when one travels one does it with a purpose that involves taking the risk of going somewhere new, exotic, “dangerous”. This experience in turn will help you learn and gain more perspective. The time you have to experience new places is limited and the options that are being offered by travel companies [...]
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The Second National Slalom & Down River Kayak Championships (Ecuador chapter) organized by the “Federacion Ecuatoriana de Canotaje” will be held in Bucay, Guayas, Ecuador on July 19th, 2008. The chosen river is the Chimbo, a class III river. It is not a commercial river, so not many people know how to run it [...]
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On January 10th, 2005, at 19:00 four Ecuadorians reached the summit of mount Aconcagua. Jose Andrade tells Ecuador Adventures how this was one of his best and most memorable mountaineering experiences. Jose has been a guest blogger before for Ecuador Adventures. Enjoy!
Aun recuerdo el 12 de enero del 2005… Sentado en Plaza Argentina a los [...]
9Jul2008 |
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Last weekend I took my cousins (7 and 11 years old) to camp at the Ilinizas Ecological Reserve. I am happy that their parents trust me and just let them go with me for 2 full days. The kids were so excited since it was the first time they were camping outdoors.
We drove 2 [...]
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Wazzzzuuuupppp my friends,, ya nos vemos en noviembre para ir a bajarnos todos esos rios mas abajito hacia la costa, ...
quien dijo caminante no hay camino es antonio machado poeta español, no serrat.. 
Traveling with a purpose makes a big difference. Traveling becomes not just a fun thing -which it absolutely is- ...
I would like to thank Barefoot Expeditions for taking the kids to the river. It was a great experience and ...
Visited less than 2 weeks ago and had a blast! Were on mission with team from florida and this was ...
wow! found this site thru michael pollock's solostream site..it's getting to be a social network all of it's own.
Ecuador looks ...
Congratulations Carolina! #29 in your category is really good! 
Mucha suerte en la competencia! 
Dear Ivan Vallejo,
You achieved a splendid feat being that rare 7th person to have climbed all the 14 8000ers of ...