Just 2 hours from Quito, Las Gralarias Guest House is a small lodge situated on the equator at an elevation of 6000 feet/2000 meters elevation. The lodge, located within the famous birding site Reserva Las Gralarias, provides first-class comfort and service while serving as a model for conservation and restoration of the Andean cloud forest habitat and its avifauna. (From their Website) Gralaria is the genus name for Antpitta, a reclusive, hard-to-see bird found in the Reserve.