Category: Paragliding
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After Baños, we went to Quito again to board a plane to Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. Knowing little about it we probably expected a second Medellín, but oh boy, we were wrong. In difference to Medellín and Quito, which are tugged between mountains, Bogotá lies on a spacious plain. This reflects itself in architecture…
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We are sitting in the backyard of a cute cafe, surrounded by greenery, and enjoy cappuccinos and a delicious passion fruit cheesecake. The sun is shining but it’s not too hot. We are relaxed and are looking forward to our time in the adventure town Baños and in particular flying in this spectacular landscape with…
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After our jungle trip in the Cuyabeno nature reserve, we originally planned to go directly to Baños, an adventure town with paragliding spots. On the evening before, though, we got the message that the laptop repair is finished. Since we wanted to continue writing our blog as soon as possible, we went to Quito instead.…
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We arrived in Ecuador beginning of April and went straight to Ibarra. The city is close to the Colombian border and situated in the Andean highlands, the so-called Sierra, close to the two volcanoes Imbabura (4630m) and Cotocachi (4944m). The whole Sierra consists of two mountain ranges including more than 20 volcanoes (out of a…
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When we were heading to Santa Elena (Piedechinche), we knew where to stay for a long time already, namely since our time in Costa Rica. That’s where we met Adam, a paraglider from Sweden who is working in Norway and spends half of the year in Colombia. His girlfriend Valentina is running an AirBnB in…
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Roldanillo is famous around the world as an awesome paragliding spot. The climate and terrain provide plenty of opportunities for long cross-country flights along the Cauca Valley. Easy transportation and low prices round up the package. Roldanillo was also part of the Paragliding World Cup 2011, 2012, 2017, and 2022 which boosted its popularity so…
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The ones of you who follow us on Polarsteps can probably already guess what this post is about. After lots of fun paragliding, a small mistake during landing was enough to ground Katy for at least a few weeks. Before we get to that, though, let me introduce you to the lovely little mountain town…
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On our blog, we don’t only want to share our travel experiences but also collect information that can be useful for other paragliding pilots traveling in Central and South America. We can obviously only cover the sites we have seen, so this is far from a complete guide. We still hope it is useful for…
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In comparison to Dominical, which was a nice little surfer town with charm, we encountered Jacó as a huge, noisy, party-surfer town with one hotel and shop after the other. We only stayed one night until we boarded a night bus to Panamà the next evening. We made good use of our one day in…
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Our next flying spot is said to be the cradle of paragliding in Costa Rica. That’s where Jean-Claude emigrated to from Switzerland in 1999. Over the years he built up a paragliding paradise with a vast takeoff, restaurant, viewing area, top-landing space, etc. From the launch, you overlook the bay of Caldera, a small village,…
