City: Ecuador
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Things to do in Ecuador, Ecuador: The Best Caverns & Caves
Coordinates: 2°00′S 77°30′W / 2.000°S 77.500°W / -2.000; -77.500
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1. Toglo Cave
2. Gruta de la Paz
3. Cavernas Templo De Ceremonia
4. El Gran Canon
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 3 reviews
It is a walk to reach a canyon at the mouth of the Jondachi and Nachiyacu rivers. Here you can appreciate the landscape of the Amazon jungle and bathe in the natural pools that are formed in the canyon. In this place there is a cave, where a small waterfall falls inside; You can enter here to make a jump of approximately 8 meters to a natural pool.
5. Jumandi Caves
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 117 reviews
Reviewed By 33arsenk
Beautiful cave system, the second largest in Ecuador, run by local Quechua community. The entrance fee is only 5,5 USD and it's totally worth it. Beware that actual entrance is not through the main complex run by municipality (with pools, toboggans, restaurants etc) but 200m further towards Quito, through the community. Be ready to get wet, so bring the clothes and the shoes/boots (although you can rent it there for small fee). The tour is guided by the local guide. The cave is quite wide and it has only a couple of meters of narrow passage, but not too narrow. There are a couple of small waterfalls and pools inside, so you can take a bath. :) We saw a lot of animals (which surprised me): bats, spiders, fish, shrimps and one very strange animal that resembles a huge spider, but is actually something like scorpion without the tail. The tour lasted around 45-60 min and after that we were invated to drink wayusa, energetic drink made from the local tree with the same name. We were told about local customs and traditions and in the end we bought some nice handcrafts and natural medicine to support the local economy. It was great experience that I would like to repeat and I sincerely recommend it to everyone.
6. Lava Tunnel
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 308 reviews
Reviewed By RoblynTravels - Maryland, United States
After my family and I toured the Reserva El Chato Ranch, our tour guide took us on a hike through the reserve’s lava tunnel. It was chilly inside the amazing tunnel to see how nature was formed. My husband, two young adult daughters, and I enjoyed our tour.
7. Tunel de Lava Bellavista
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4.0 based on 16 reviews
Reviewed By duhoz - Beroun, Czech Republic
It is very easy, especially if you are solo traveler, to take a local bus at Baltra Av, for 0,25$/10-15 minutes which stops just in front of the lava tunnels entrance, The tunnels are one of the longest in South America but you are allowed to walk just around 1 KM. You pay entrance fee is $3.50 / children $1.75, where you can pick up also a torch if you do not have one and are given some basic info with broken English. And directed to the entrance via steep descent on wooden flight of stairs. Do not worry, you do not need crawl a in other lava tunnels. Some parts are lit. It is possible to do it in 15-20 minutes even with taking of pictures. The tunnels cool you down .
8. Cascadas Islom
If you are a lover of nature tourism, experiential tourism, cultural tourism; then the proposal of waterfalls "Islom" will make you live an unforgettable and enriching experience in the jungle. In this place you will recharge yourself with new energies. Refreshing waterfalls and ancestral symbols will help you connect with nature and identify with our Kichwa culture.
9. Gruta De Los Tayos
Gruta of the tayos is a place of tourist interest and restaurant, in this place you can make excursions to this natural place similar to a cave, but by its characteristics it is a natural tunnel 30 meters high by 60 long where you can observe the oildbirds and the cock of the rock.
