INTI CHAKIÑAN TOURS

Inti Chakiñan, or the Sun Trail, is a long-distance hiking route transecting the history, culture, and ecosystems of the world´s most bio-diverse country: Ecuador.

The trail takes hikers through some of the world's most beautiful scenery and diverse ecosystems while creating local employment and funding community development initiatives in rural communities.

Starting at 4200 meters just below the glacier of the towering Volcán Cayambe, the trail passes through the ancestral lands of the Kayambi, Otavalo, and Caranqui peoples as well as glaciated alpine landscapes, páramo, agricultural land, high alpine lake country, and virgin cloud forest, ending at sub-tropical hot springs at 1500 meters.

Groups have three options when organizing their trip:

» Treks
» Cultural & Ecological Tours
» Combo Tours

Treks - ¤ Mundo Kayambi   ¤ Andes to Cloud Forest

Inti Chakiñan (The Sun Trail) is divided into two sections which can be hiked separately or combined into one trek with an Otavalo Artesenal Weekend linking them.

Hikers can elect to carry day packs while horse or car support transports their heavy gear each day.

Depending on the section of the trail, hiker's camp, sleep in eco-cabins and hotels, or stay with local families.

One must be in very good physical condition to complete these long-distance treks.

Cultural and Ecological Tours- ¤ Mundo Kayambi Cultural & Ecological   ¤ Andes to Cloud Forest Cultural & Ecological


The Inti Chakiñan Project also offers two less physically demanding Cultural and Ecological Tours in the same four communities. These tours emphasize day-hikes, CASA Interamericana's alternative development projects, sustainable agriculture, and community issues in the same beautiful natural settings.

The two Cultural and Ecological Tours can be done separately or combined into a single tour with an Otavalo Artesenal Weekend linking them.


Combination Tours

Groups can also combine one of the Trekking Tours and one of the Cultural & Ecological Tours, with an Otavalo Artesenal Weekend linking them.