Cotacachi

It is located between Otavalo and Ibarra in the province of Imbabura. This little city earns a living from leather and wool crafts.

Most of the leather chackets and shoes- of a very high quality- are from Cotacachi, and every year people organized fashions shows. A big part of what is produce is exported to the United States.

Wanting to have an economic development- Cotacachi started the business of exporting flowers and products made of milk.
One touristic place is Cuicocha lake. This is a lake in side a volcanoes crater. When I went there, scared by the comments of my cousin, I didn’t go by boat to the lake.

The landscape its really amazing, inside the crater its the lake, and in the middle of it you can find an Island. There are lots of animals and a big variety of plants. There also you can find souvenirs and enjoy of the traditional food as frittata, yapingachos and corn.