How much does it cost to hire a guide while hiking in Ecuador?

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yrbk

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I'm a broke 18 year old on a gap year, and I really want to end my fantastic year by traveling Ecuador for 4-6 weeks next Juneish. The hiking and backpacking sounds fantastic, I was most interested in going through the rain forest and then up the mountain.

When I was in India, it cost me $20 a day (for 5 days) for a backpacking guide, porter, all my food/tent/water. Is it the same in Ecuador? I've heard you can do it for nickels, but how safe is it to hire a local instead of through a travel agency? Would it be cheaper to go with other people? All my friends are stuck in college, but maybe I could find some fellow hiking-lovers on travelmate.com or something...

I'm completely willing to rough it, if that's a question.
 
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PaulA

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DUDE!!!!!!!!!

I have no idea what the answer to your question is but..

I was born and raised in Ecuador.

I love it.

Although some places are real bad like near the northern coast and stuff I still love it.

Good luck exploring my home country.

I should warn you tho...

DO NOT leave anything lying around or they WILL STEAL it.

Ecuador isnt what it used to be.

I still love it tho


Once again good luck
 
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