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Cotopaxi aerial view

Cotopaxi, Ecuador

South of Quito, the Avenue of the Volcanoes runs past the snow-capped cone of Cotopaxi, one of the highest active volcanoes on Earth at 5,897 metres. The surrounding páramo and the Latacunga valley hold historic haciendas turned into intimate country hotels, with Inca stonework, colonial chapels and wood fires, a base for riding, hiking and the Quilotoa crater lake.

Hacienda San Agustín de Callo

A small hacienda hotel built over Inca walls at the foot of Cotopaxi, with ten rooms warmed by fireplaces, a dining room framed by imperial stonework and rides, hikes and volcano excursions.

Hacienda La Ciénega

A hacienda founded in 1695 near Lasso, surrounded by century-old trees, with its own chapel, original antique furniture, fireplace rooms and traditional Ecuadorian cooking, thirty kilometres from Cotopaxi.

Hacienda Hato Verde

A historic hacienda at the foot of Cotopaxi near Mulaló, with a main house from 1877, nine fireplace rooms, candlelit three-course dinners, yoga, massages and rides across the volcano's lower slopes.

Hacienda El Porvenir

A working highland hacienda by the northern entrance of Cotopaxi National Park, run by Tierra del Volcán, with horse rides alongside Andean chagras, mountain biking, hiking and the APU Mountain Spa.

Hacienda Los Mortiños

A country house on the El Pedregal plain, 1.5 km from the northern entrance of Cotopaxi National Park, with mountain-view rooms, an Ecuadorian restaurant and horse rides toward the volcano.