This is a wonderful welcoming mountainside retreat near to Otavalo, Ecuador. It is a couple of hours from Quito, the capital of Ecuador, but is a million miles away in terms of ambience.
We stayed only one night, so there were many experiences that were on offer that we had to miss. We were however made to feel very welcome by Betty and by her manager, Jorges (spelling?), a Cuban playwright who is a great, friendly guy, but still quite new in the job.
Amazingly I was persuaded to go riding on one of the lovely horses they keep in the centre. There is plenty for everyone to do as you can see from the very complete website. Betty is a very capable and focussed woman and I am sure works very hard behind the scenes to make sure that guests have a great time.
The best thing for me is that there is communal eating, and you are properly introduced to the other guests. There is no choice of food though, so if you are fussy about eating this can be a slight problem. Actually I am sure they would have produced some very plain food, but we forgot to check about this.
The establishment is more than just a tourist facility: see
the page on the Casa Mojanda Foundation.
