la casa verde eco hostel, eco lodge, bed and breakfast about lcv

la casa verde means ‘the green house’. our aim is to live as environmentally sustainable as possible, provide comfortable eco accommodation for environmentally and socially conscious travellers to stay, relax and enjoy baños and help promote eco tourism.

we are a kiwi, aussie and a baby (one of the fairest ecuadoreans you will probably ever meet). in 2005 we set off to escape the ‘real world’ for a while and travel through south america for a year. 14 months later, we found this half built construction for sale (on the pastaza river – rio pastaza – a large tributary to the Amazon river) and decided this was it. the next year was spent working and travelling in europe and asia, then back to NZ and Aus to spend time with family and friends before making our big move to settle in ecuador.

the natural beauty and wonder, a temperate climate and an opportunity to lead ‘the simple life’ lured us to baños; a place where eco tourism and sustainability needs more attention. we want to help make changes which we hope will make positive long-term environmental and social impacts – doing our best not just doing our bit.

you can read more about our move to ecuador and the experiences, laughs, confusion and challenges faced with building an eco hostel whilst trying to master spanish, give birth to and raise a child and just live in a completely new country… at www.hostal.blog.com or on facebook