Yuracfaccha Guard Station | Checkpoint

Ecuador

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about 1 month ago
Altitude:
3791.3 masl
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tyler7099

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Guard station with gate that needs to be opened to pass onward to Papallacta. To drive the road to Papallacta you need to first visit the town of Oyachachi to purchase a permissions document. The document can be purchased at the tourism office down by the termales entrance. We were charged $2 for permission.

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I tried taking this road South to North from Papallacta hot springs to Oyacachi. Unfortunately the guard at the National Park booth gave me a hard no. She said from this direction vehicles are not allowed to enter at all. From the Oyacachi direction she said cars can enter with the permit, but motorcycles are prohibited. Huge bummer because the weather was perfect and I was really looking forward to this ride. Might be because too many people have suck in? She said motorcycles are too big of an environmental impact. If you do try it, make sure it’s from the Oyacachi direction. The road itself looked like a fine gravel road.

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Permission slip from town is now $5. Just stop here and they will open the gate for you. Very friendly 'guards'. Road is in decent shape fine for any vehicle.

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yes you need a permission here from oyacachi tourist office (at the entrance to the termas) for 2$.
driving from oyacachi to the next point on ioverlander (cayambe-coca p. n.) it were 43 km (incluiding detour to lake salva faccha) and took as 3hours with our 2x4 sprinter camper van. beautiful landscape! ask if the road is transitable for your vehicle - it was snowing 2days ago...

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Guard station with gate that needs to be opened to pass onward to Papallacta. To drive the road to Papallacta you need to first visit the town of Oyachachi to purchase a permissions document. The document can be purchased at the tourism office down by the termales entrance. We were charged $2 for permission.

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