Latacunga
Good to know
- Best time to go
- June to September for trekking weather; late September for Mama Negra
- Budget
- $
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
A workaday highland city repeatedly rebuilt after Cotopaxi eruptions, best known as the jumping-off point for the Quilotoa Loop trekking circuit. Each September its Mama Negra festival floods the streets with costumed dancers, and the local specialty chugchucara makes a hearty pre-hike meal.
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