Mindo, Ecuador

My favorite place in Ecuador that we visited was hands down our lodge in Mindo.  It was seemingly in the middle of the cloud forest, completely apart from everything. You literally had to sit on a man made pully platform to cross over a river just to get to it.  There wasn't a bridge.  It had 6 cabins for guests and one huge open lodge with hammocks, couches, chess, books, tables and an open kitchen where they made all the meals from their local organic garden.  The food was clearly amazing as was the serenity of staying in nature.  The kids loved it.

So many amazing kinds of plants and insects!

Our nature walk through the cloud forest.

This girl can't get enough!

The entrance to our lodge.  Note the river below.

Peeking out the window of our cabin.

Inside our cabin - it was a very cool layout.  Here is the bathroom.

The front room of the cabin.

The front of our cabin.

The main lodge.

Sadie loved all the fruits for breakfast.

Rebel.

Being twins at the butterfly farm.

Wait, what's on his head?

These are all cocoons.  Super awesome.

Sadie trying to hold a butterfly.

Back at our lodge, time for a little swim in the natural pools made from the river!

 

Last lunch of amazing organic veggies and juices.