Ecuador Tierra Viva Travel Company
(http://www.ecuador-tierra...) offers an 8 day tourthrough the provinces of loja and zamora chinchipe, passing through two different geographical regions of ecuador highland or andes region and amazonian basin region, two different ecosystems lower montane rain forest on the eastern slopes of the andes and dry shrub forest and two different native cultures saraguro and shuar. also, you'll engage in community tourism, ethnic tourism and nature tourism and in activities such as camping, hiking and nature interpretation.
Orquideario Paphinia
Some 2 km away from town is a greenhouse which is actually developing a great collection of over 3000 native plants including orchids and aroids, as well as living samples of useful timber trees, medicinal plants, edible native plants and many other ornamental plants and shrubs.