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Things to do in Chimborazo Province, Ecuador: The Best Mountains
Chimborazo (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃimboˈɾaso]) is a province in the central Ecuadorian Andes. It is a home to a section of Sangay National Park. The capital is Riobamba. The province contains Chimborazo (6,267 m), Ecuador's highest mountain.
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1. Cerro Punay
2. El Altar
3. Mount Chimborazo
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4.5 based on 109 reviews
Located in the Sierra region of central Ecuador, this mountain’s summit is at 20,799 feet (6,310 meters), offering a challenging climb for experienced mountaineers.
Reviewed By 957julianeb - New Milford, United States
The approach to Chimborazo is spectacular: rolling high slope vistas via moderately-trafficked paved highway with lots of graceful vicuña to marvel at and photograph. At the stone entrance gate, small tourist center and restrooms, the 8-kilometer curvy road to the first Refugio parking lot where you begin the climb, is gravel, uncomfortably ribbed by the plower. My husband and I are well over 70 (76 and 79 !), reasonably fit, and, well, determined. So we decided to try and get to the second Refugio at 16,000 feet. The parking lot at the first Refugio was 15,000 feet, so we were looking at a 1,000-foot climb. What got us there? Plenty of hydration, hiking sticks for me, a kind young Ecuadorean woman who gave us sugar candies to suck for energy and told us to walk very slowly, hyperventilating the whole way up, watching entire friendly Ecuadorean families with small children walk up with us, the fathers often carrying toddlers, resting every 50-100 steps while catching our breath--and a couple of Excedrin to stave off high altitude headaches! We never saw the summit--it was rainy and cloudy, but walking up with so many others who greeted us made the walk seem somehow festive, like we were all in it together! Fun? Not exactly. But really worthwhile for the scenery. And the joy of coming down.
4. Avenida De Los Volcanes
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4.5 based on 14 reviews
Located south of Quito along the Pan American Highway is a series of mountain ranges and valleys that weave in and around a number of high volcanic peaks including Cotopaxi, Llinizia, Chimborazo and Tungurahua.
