Ecuador – trip report
I’m just back from a 3 weeks trip in Ecuador including a full week kayaking with Jim Forbes and our guide Abraham Herrera (
www.boofsessions.com). A all include trip for 960US (food, transportation, hostel and kayak included)
I realy like to paddle with Jim and that guide and feel safe with the selected rivers and level that he choose for us. He know the river, the acces and could estimate the level after a rain…..
Depending of your skill and your taste for adventure, you could do it different way. Just go and meet local or others paddlers from Canada and USA or have a guide. There is so many paddlers there, that most of the Taxi are small 4 doors truck.
In Baeza: You could just go at Gina's Hostel and Restaurant and meet paddlers from Canada our USA. There is around 4 hostel, we stayed at Rodrigo's Hostel
In Tena: The Welcome break Hostel is the meeting spot but have been told not to sleep there
You will find a lot of information in the Guide produced by the Small World Adventure cie or on the internet site of our river guide
http://www.ecuadorkayaking.com/guidebook.htmlwww.boofsessions.comHere the list of river that we had explored
(as ref, the St-Regis, USA gradient of 55 feets per mile)
Rio Quijos, Baeza to Borja III/IV, 5km, 75 fpm (did it twice)
Rio Cosanga, upper section, Class III-IV 8km, 90 fpm
Rio Jondachi, Lower Jondachi-Hollin section class III-IV, 70fpm
Rio Jatunyacu, Class III BIG WATER FUN. 30 km, 25 fpm(did it twice)
Rio Misahualli, Class -III/IV+, 4 km, 130 fpm (did it twice)
A lot of fun, continuous creeking not that easy.
Daniel
