Cloud forest hotels
Maquipucuna EcoLodge & Reserve
Maquipucuna EcoLodge & Reserve, just two hours from Quito, spans 14,000 acres of Ecuador’s Chocó Andino Biosphere Reserve. It offers rustic cabins, farm-to-table dining, Andean Bear safaris, and expert-led birding tours. Dedicated to conservation, it supports local communities, reforestation, and eco-tourism, ensuring a sustainable and immersive cloud forest experience
El Monte Sustainable Lodge
El Monte Sustainable Lodge is nestled in Mindo’s lush cloud forest, offering an immersive nature retreat. Stay in riverside cabañas with handcrafted furniture. Excursions include birdwatching, hiking, ziplining, and waterfall visits. Located on a private reserve, the lodge supports local guides and low-impact tourism.
Bellavista Hotel
A certified eco-lodge set in a 55-hectare reserve and a dream come true for any nature lover or bird-watcher. Well off the beaten track, on the fringe of Mindo Cloud Forest Reserve northwest of Quito.
Guango lodge
Guango is only one hour’s drive from the airport. Set in lush greenery and teeming with bird species. This is a birdwatcher’s paradise where over a dozen species of hummingbird are common. An ideal place to stop if overlanding to the Amazon headwaters.
Sachatamia Hotel
A privately-owned ecological reserve close to Quito covering 300 acres of mountain cloud forest
San Isidro Lodge
Cabañas San Isidro Lodge and Cloud Forest Reserve is a 2 hour drive from Quito airport. San Isidro is at an altitude of about 2,000m. Wonderful cuisine, cooking classes, primary forest trails, mammal watching, birding and archaeology are some of the activities on offer.
Mashpi Lodge
A super modern lodge resembling a cocoon floating in the trees. Absolute luxury amis pristine forest
Septimo Paraiso Hotel
A top-notch lodge set deep into the cloud forest with just 22 rooms and hot water pumped from their own springs
Wildsumaco
Wildsumaco, is quite simply, is a beautiful place with great birds. The reserve encompasses habitats from road to grasslands to primary forest. Due to its location on the Equator, the steep Andean Foothills, and the proximity of the Amazon, the area holds one of the richest avifaunas in the world.