Woman farms a field, Hacienda Zuleta, Ecuador
Room at Hacienda San Agustin de Callo, Ecuador
Girl with umbrella, Hacienda San Agustin de Callo, Ecuador
Central patio, Hacienda San Agustin de Callo, Ecuador
People with llamas, Hacienda San Agustin de Callo, Ecuador
Workers arrange flowers, Hacienda San Agustin de Callo, Ecuador
Cotopaxi volcano, Ecuador
Chuquiragua plants, Andes, Ecuador
Portraits near steps, Hacienda Zuleta, Ecuador
Wedding of Geovanny Aguilar Carlozama and Cristina Churuchumbi in Zuleta. The community is so closely tied to the Hacienda, that guests are always invited to participate in the events and fiestas that take place in the town.
Wedding procession in Zuleta, Ecuador
Hat repair shop, Ecuador
Horseback riders in Andes, Ecuador
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MT5471Imparting a splash of color, an indigenous woman farms a field at Hacienda Zuleta, an estate that was once the country home of former Ecuadorian presidents. Sprawled over 5,218 acres, the ranch includes pastureland, forests, and crop fields.  "Put anything in the ground here and it will grow," says a local. "The planting season is all year."Read more about Ecuador in "Avenue of the Volcanoes" in the April 2009 issue of National Geographic Traveler.
Photograph by Pablo Corral Vega

Ecuador Haciendas

See photos of haciendas in Ecuador in this travel photo gallery from National Geographic.

October 20, 2010

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