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Contact:
Segundo Manuel Calapiña
Coordinator
Km 27 antigua carretera García Moreno,
Comunidad Pulinguí
Ecuador
Phone: +593/91-527-728
Fax: +593/32-606-0774
caminosdenieve@yahoo.es
www.cordtuch.org.ec
Recommended by:
Fundación EcoCiencia, Ecuador
info@ecociencia.org
www.ecociencia.org
Type of accommodation:
Bed & breakfast, lodge, inn
Campsite
Features:
Hot water
Private bathroom
Restaurant
Television
Year founded: 2005
Number of employees: 13
Percent of employees who are local residents: 100%
Number of rooms: 5
Type of destination:
Farm, ranch (rural)
Historic site
Indigenous community
Mountain
Able to accommodate:
Families / children
Seniors
Singles
Volunteers
Description of the area:
The Pulinguí Community Center and its Razu Ñan Community Tourism Operation that is comprised of 250 Runa Kichwa Puruha families, is northwest of the city of Riobamba at Km 18 on the old road to García Moreno, within the buffer zone of the Chimborazo Reserve for Faunal Production. Temperatures average 41ºF at night and 59ºF during the day, at an altitude of 10,498 fasl.
The main attraction of the zone is Chimborazo Peak, at 20,702 fasl the largest mountain in Ecuador, one of the 20 largest of South America and catalogued as the highest peak on land. The community maintains a living culture based on its age-old cultural traditions. For example, you can appreciate the icecutters of Chimborazo, people who harvest ice from the volcano to sell in the city of Riobamba and use it to prepare the famous “rompenucas” or “jawbreakers” that are sold in the city’s markets.
What to take?
Personal documents for the registration of clients
Protector solar
Sunglasses
Camera
Overcoat
Shoes for trekking
Hat and gloves
What not to take?
Alcoholic beverages
Sound equipment
Firearms and weapons
Available activities:
Adventure, sports
Biking
Canopy exploration
Eco/nature/wildlife
Educational, research, volunteering
Horseback riding
Mountain climbing
Spiritual/religious
Tours
Visits to conservation projects
Walking/hiking
How to get there:
There are no limitations to access; the gravel road is accessible year-round to the “Razu Ñan” Community Tourism Operation.
Making a difference:
The Razu Ñan Community Tourism Operation is a locally managed organization that employs community inhabitants as guides, cooks, porters, maintenance personnel, and more. There are also related tourism activities such as the women’s organization that makes articles of clothing, gloves, hats, socks, bags, and scarves to sell to visitors; a youth group for music and dance that revitalizes the culture of the villages; and a farmer’s association that sells local produce.
The income generated by this activity is used to pay the workers and the surplus is put into a fund for reinvestment in scholarships for education, health, an emergency fund, and projects to improve quality of life for the community.
One of the most important activities is environmental stewardship and conservation, with native plant reforestation programs in the community parcels and the recycling of solid wastes to create a healthy environment for the people of the community.
General rates:
$$$ ($50-$100)
Date this information was provided: July, 2009
