Welcome!

Hostal Llullu Llama was once a traditional farmhouse and is now converted in a romantic mountain hostal high up in the Andes of Ecuador.

We offer you great views, free tea/coffee and water all day, a very relaxing atmosphere and much more!

Our location in the Andes means that you have great hiking possibilities, we provide free hiking maps, or we can organize a multiple day tour for you. 

Furthermore we have hot showers, a woodstove, prepare 3 course meals, a healthy breakfast and run the hostal in an environment friendly way.

Our environment offers visits to indigenous 
markets and communities, hidden valley trails,
lots of flowers, humming birds and silence!

Come and see it for your self!

Who are we?

Hostal Llullu Llama is owned by Jean Brown, who is part owner of Safari tours in Quito, has lived in Ecuador for more than 30 years and knows more than anybody else about this beautiful country!

The hostal is run by Katrien de Jong and Jose Luis Buñay. Katrien left home country Holland 3 years ago and has been working in Ecuador ever since. She started working as a tourleader, has run a Spanish school and now lives together with Jose Luis in Isinlivi.

Jose Luis has worked as a guide for years. He started guiding at the Incaruines of Ingapirca and since a few years he has been working as a guide for Safari. Jose Luis also runs the guided tours from Isinlivi to all around the Quilotoa area. He speaks very well English, Quichoa, a little Dutch and of course Spanish.

Environment friendly

Living in such a beautiful part of the world asks for respect and care. We do our best to be as environment friendly as possible, also because the town has no sewer system or garbage collection, and we don't want to dump our waste on the neighbours. And we try to let the community - our neighbours - profit of our being here.

What we do:
- We have a composting toilet.
- In the toilet we have a greenhouse that is heated by a water filled bottle wall.
- We have our own waste water filter system.
- We burn paper waste, re-use organic waste and bring plastic to the dump.
- We restored the house using local materials or waste materials.
- We buy our produce locally as much as possible.
- We burn non-native Eucalyptus instead of local not replanted forest trees.
- We encourage visitors to buy their own lunch in the local shops.
- We encourage you to hire horses and guides locally.
- We grow some of our own vegetables in our ecological garden.