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Ecuador – Day 8 – Rest Day at La Rinconada Campsite, in Cotopaxi National Park

Thursday, November 27th, 2014

La Rinconada Campsite
La Rinconada Campsite in Cotopaxi National Park

Tilden and Cotopaxi
Tilden Admiring Cotopaxi

From the Swiss Lodge, we drove 45 minutes to the La Rinconada Campsite in Cotopaxi National Park. We have left everything at the hotel except a sleeping bag, change of clothes, and our mountaineering gear which we need for climbing Cotopaxi. Dressed in our mountaineering garb, Rafael drives us to the campsite. It rained the entire drive.

La Rinconada has a huge open space where people can pitch tents, a covered picnic table area, and a bunkhouse with a mess hall. The bunkhouse has ~6 bunks, which are 3 beds high, and also some mattresses for the floor. So, at full capacity, there is probably room for up to 25 people. There were two bathrooms, but one did not have a sink and no shower facilities (that I could see). (more…)