Vilcabamba

Excellent and inexpensive veggie almuerzo.

North American and Ecuadorian home-style cooking from scratch with unique ambiance and exceptional views of Mandango and the Valley of Longevity. Some Raw options as the new owners are health minded. They have thrown out the microwaves, aluminum, msg, flouride salt and brought in stainless steel and Vita Mix and Blend Tec blenders! Many ingredients are grown on site in small gardens including local herbs in the Garden of the Elders. Water here is pumped from their own well to insure a great experience inside and outside of your body. A good variety of vegetarian options are available. Featuring Ecuadorian beers, Argentinian and Chilean wines, herbal teas, horchata, local coffee, including simple espresso (European style). Pizza, homemade whole grain breads, cinnamon rolls, banana bread, fresh soups, and the best hamburgers in Southern Ecuador (as voted by Jeff, a local gringo)! This is one Ecuadorian kitchen that you can "inspect" as it is out in the open (nothing to hide here). Several salads on the menu that will delight your eyes and your taste buds as well. Experience this Oasis in the Andes just like Mike Adams the Health Ranger of NaturalNewsdotcom.

A popular hang-out. Wednesday nights there is an informal poker game amongst the ex-pats who live here. Weekend nights a band usually plays.

A friendly place to hang out and meet people. Gavin the Kiwi is often here and has many drunken stories to tell.

Wide variety of beverages available in the restaurant or beside the pool and fountains set in this beautiful garden setting . From herbal teas, local coffee, and espresso to fresh fruit juices, local beers, imported wines, and liquors, refreshment is experienced at Madre Tierra.

Simply the best spot in Vilacabamba, whether you are looking a place to relax for a few weeks during your travels; a retreat in paradise; a place to land, find your feet and get good advice while considering the possibility of settling here; or simply a few days adventure with the best trekking, birding, scenery and access to the Podocarpus National Park in Vilcabamba. Visit waterfalls in Ecuador's most biodiverse cloud forest, lakes in the alpine paramo and our unique Tree Canopy Adventure. Reasonable monthly rates are offered

Probably the best value hotel in town. Nice modern rooms with cable TV and private hot water bathrooms, swimming pool and breakfast included, for only $8 (single) per night!

Beautiful, lush vegetation. At an elevation of 1500 m (5000 feet), a short distance south of the equator, the consistent Spring-like climate here is conducive to growing delicious organic fruits and vegetables year round. Many of the ingredients in Madre Tierra's lobby restaurant are harvested from gardens on site or just down the road. The kitchen does not use aluminum cookware, microwave ovens, fluoride salt and MSG. Free lobby internet and $4 per day WiFi in most rooms.

This is a protected forest area that can be visited for a walk during the day, and that also offer limited eco-lodging and camping possibilities. The entrance of the reserve is at a 15-minute walk from the village square (ask for directions). Run by a family of Argentinian biologists, this is a place for true lovers of nature. The camping area is 10 minutes away from the main entrance, by a forest path near the river: remember your torch. They also offer the opportunity of volunteering if you're really interested in getting to know better this magical place; in that case you would help them 4 hours per day and would get a 20% discount on the price of the lodge or camping.

Offers locally made souvenirs, recycled paper books and upcycled hand bags and purses in fabric, organic shade-grown coffee, granola, marmalades, beauty products like propolis cream, natural soaps, horse mane gloves, clay, ballon balls, hand-made cards, postcards, mail service, stamps.