Oyacachi Hot Springs
- Location
- Papallacta, Ecuador
- Water type
- calcium-rich
- Temperature
- 35 °C
- pH
- 7
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
High in the Ecuadorian Andes near Papallacta — a region renowned across South America as one of the continent's finest thermal destinations — Oyacachi Hot Springs invites visitors to soak in calcium-rich waters at 35 °C. The neutral pH of 7.0 and the clean mineral profile reflect the high-altitude volcanic geology that defines this stretch of the eastern Cordillera, where the air is thin and crisp at over 3,000 metres above sea level.
Oyacachi sits within the Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve, framing every soak in a panorama of páramo grassland and cloud forest. The calcium-rich waters feel smooth and nourishing against the skin, a welcome contrast to the bracing Andean mountain air. Local Kichwa communities have long regarded these springs as central to the territory's identity, and the resort draws visitors eager to combine thermal bathing with the extraordinary highland wilderness surrounding it.