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Ecuador
Paddling Ecuador – What A Trip is About
a collaboration from Carrie Singer & Mary Mills Pictures tell so much about the trips to Ecuador, but sometimes it is nice to hear first-hand what a trip is all about. Here is a collaboration between two of our veteran Ecuador paddlers (who will be returning...
Rivers Don’t Save Themselves: Supporting River Conservation in Ecuador
Endless River Adventures has increased its support of the Ecuadorian Rivers Institute (ERI) river conservation work in Ecuador with the donation of an Ecuador whitewater kayaking trip to help bolster ERI’s Save the Jondachi Campaign. Formed in 2002, the Ecuadorian...
Start Dreaming! International trips dates for 2015
Start Dreaming about your trip to Costa Rica or Ecuador this year! The 2015 Costa Rica and 2015/early2016 Ecuador dates are available. Let us help you start planning your adventure with us. Want to know how much fun the trips are? Check out photos on our Facebook...
Jondachi River Fest 2015
This week will see the community gathering in support of protecting one of the whitewater jewels of Ecuador: the Jondachi River. The fight to save the Jondachi from a planned dam project has been going on for several years now under the leadership of Matt Terry and...
Year Round Dream Vacation Spot: Ecuador
The RioQuijos Eco-Lodge is a multi-sport escape: whtiewater rafting, bird watching, hiking, biking, horseback riding, exploring the oriente. Open year-round, the RioQuijos EcoLodge & Reserve in Ecuador is the perfect South American escape...
Costa Rica or Ecuador: How to Choose
“If you had to chose between the two, would it be Costa Rica or Ecuador?” That is a question often asked of us when someone is trying to decide where they should travel for a winter paddling trip. Our response: “Don’t choose.” One of the joys of paddling is the...
RíoQuijos EcoLodge and Reserve, Ecuador
Canton Sardinas, Quijos, Ecuador – 29 February, 2012- Endless River Adventures announces the opening of the RíoQuijos EcoLodge and Reserve alongside the Quijos River, Ecuador. The Quijos Valley was opened up to a broader population in the late 1960’s when oil was...
Kayak Ecuador 2012: Final Thoughts
The first few adjectives that come to mind about paddling in Ecuador in 2012 include: high water, amazing surfing, great boaters, Harvey, really cool side trips, the Quijos Lodge, and smiles. Lots of smiles. 15-year Ecuador guide Craig finished up a day on the Quijos...
Dia del Oriente Celebration in Ecuador
The Quijos Valley is celebrating “Dia del Oriente.” The celebration is in recognition of the day that Francisco Orellana embarked on a journey that eventually sent him down the Amazon River, February 12, 1541. Orellana was part of a group of conquistadors headed up by...
Kayaking in Ecuador: It’s all in the Details
When you are a kayaker in the southeast - probably the best year-round place to live and kayak, there is hardly time to paddle everything available to you. So why do we move shop to places like Costa Rica and Ecuador for the winter? 1. If a cold front hits home, it...
Kayaking in Ecuador: It is more than just the river time!
We always encourage our kayakers to enjoy more than just the rivers in Ecuador. It is such a fascinating country that just one week of kayaking is not enough to take it all in. A number of years ago, we headed out to do some exploring on our own, including a trip to...
Kayaking in Ecuador: Taking the Upper Mishaulli Home with You
If there is one common remark that comes out of Ecuador it usually follows a day paddling on the Upper Mishaulli. “I wish this run was in my backyard.” The Upper Mishaulli varies any where from a Class III-IV to a Class IV+ run depending on water levels. It is not...
Quijos River Ecuador: the Immensity of a Dam Project
To stand at the site of a dam construction project elicits conflicting emotions: a sense of awe at the engineering feat man undertakes; as well as an overwhelming sense of despair knowing that the ground you are standing on will one day be enough concrete and rebar to...
Kayaking in Ecuador: where las chicas sólo quieren divertirse!
Las chicas sólo quieren divertirse - translated: "girls just want to have fun." And the Girls Seven + keith did it in style for the last week of paddling of 2011 - making Ecuador their destination. Over and above six days of awesome boating, this group can claim...
The Rivers of the Oriente: Inspiring a Language in Its Poetry
So how/why did kayakers end up in the area of Ecuador they did - the area called "the Oriente?" Back it up....the country of Ecuador is a divided into three geographic regions: the Sierra, the Costa and the Oriente. The Oriente starts on the eastern slope of the...
And a Nobel Prize for saving rivers should go to…Matt Terry
If there was ever a person whose entire destiny became saving rivers, it might be Matt Terry. The founder of Ecuadorian Rivers Institute (ERI), Matt has dedicated the past 15 years to promoting environmental awareness in Ecuador—a country that struggles to balance...
If there was a Nobel Prize for Saving Rivers let it go to….Matt Terry
Matt Terry is the Executive Director of Ecuadorian Rivers Institute (ERI)--whose manifesto is "Helping to protect and conserve unique watershed resources in Ecuador." His herculean efforts have been going on for 15 years. It was a near-herculean effort to get Matt to...
Going International
Going International Sometime in your paddling, you get the bug. The bug to paddle new rivers in new places – rivers with rapids you have never seen, with put-ins and take-outs you don’t know. The bug to paddle in countries you have only dreamed of visiting, where...
High Water Season in Ecuador
It is always a wonder as to what one of your favorite paddling destinations is like in the off-season. Ecuador in off-season is similar to Ecuador in-season: it is either gorgeous and sunny, gorgeous and about to rain, or gorgeous and raining. Only difference is that...