ADVENTURE TOURS

 

BAÑOS

Time: 3Days/2Nights

Located at 2 ½ hours from Quito and with a lot of attractions in the route.
Baños is a small city under the Tungurahua volcano and in the front door to the Ecuadorian jungle, reason for which there’s  great amount of animals and typical plants of the zone can be seen. There are 2 variations of this tour:

Day 01: Depart from Quito in south direction through the Volcanoes Avenue, we take a brief technical stop in Salcedo to taste cream flavors ice creams and continued the route. Lunch in Baños, City tour visiting the viewpoint of Runtun and Ines Maria waterfall.  Return to the hotel.

Day 02: Breakfast, depart to the jungle, mainly to El Puyo city where we will visit “OMAERE” a  private protected forest that is managed by the SHUAR indigenous culture.

Día 03: Breakfast. Visit the "Ornithological Center San Martin.
Return to Quito.

It includes:

·         Private transport and Naturalistic Bilingual Guide

·         Lodging

·         Detailed visits

Not include:

·         Values no specified in the program

·         Tips

BELLAVISTA  CLOUD FOREST
                                                                     

Time: 8 Hours

Is a hidden humid forest in western slopes of the Ecuadorian mountainous area in the southern border of the region of Choco that’s why it is the center of greater biodiversity animal and vegetable of the Andean countries like: great amount of ferns, bromelias, several species of specially hummingbirds, insects and mammals among others. A Cloud forest Lodge, that offers a comfortable environment for relaxing, bird watching, and hiking on an extensive trail system owned and maintained by Bellavista.

Tour: Depart from Quito (7:30 A.M), with nor-western direction of Quito, crossing the valley and monument to half of the World. We visit the viewpoint the crater of the Pululahua, after almost 1 1/2 hours we arrive at Bellavista, where we enjoy walking in its footpaths.

Lunch and return to Quito

It Includes:

      ·          Transport and Guides

•         Lunch

Does not include:

·             Non Specified Values

·             Tips.

CUICOCHA TREK

Time: 8 Hours

Cuicocha, the young crater of the Cotacachi Volcano, in its interior an extensive lake and in it’s middle three small barren islands that plug the lava conduit.

Tour: An early depart from Quito (07:30 A.M.) taking the north Pan-American highway.
We will arrive at Otavalo then Cotacachi and next to the Cuicocha lake near approximately the 10:00AM where we will get ready for a long walk 5 hours around the crater; Box Lunch.
Return to Quito in the evening.

It includes:

·                         Transport and Bilingual Guides

·                          Box Lunch

Does not include:

·                         Entrance Fees

·                         Values and details non specified

·                         Tips

MINDO

Time: Full Day

Mindo Day is a hidden humid forest in western slopes of the Ecuadorian mountainous area; it is the center of greater biodiversity: great amount of ferns, bromelias, several species of birds, insects, mammals among others, in addition, several places of great attractive landscaping.

Tour: Depart from Quito at 8:00 A.M taking north west direction and taking an small technical stop in the viewpoint of the Pululahua.

After 2 hour we will visits the Orchids Farm, Butterflies farm and the Mindo Nambillo waterfall.

Lunch in the Mindo Aquarium Restaurant  and return to Quito in the evening.

It includes:

·                         Transport and Bilingual Guides

·                         Specified details

Does not include:

·                         Extra entrances and/or drinks

·                         Values non specified

·                         Tips

COTOPAXI NATIONAL PARK

Time: Full Day

The Cotopaxi National Park, besides being the second biggest attraction in Ecuador after Galapagos, is a common volcanic place of the Ecuadorian mountainous area with it’s ,main attraction: the Cotopaxi volcano and other attractions like lakes in the surroundings, indigenous forts, and all the wonder of this area. The great extension of the Cotopaxi Park is cover of extensive Andean paramo like small valleys product of last Rumiñahui and Cotopaxi volcanoes; besides, was a cultural place where the Shyris and the Incas lived reason why several pucaras can be admired.

Tour: Exit of Quito by the Avenue of Volcanoes towards the South, we cross through the valley of the Chillos and explain several about the attractions in the way until arriving at Machachi where we turned aside towards the North entrance of the Park.
First we will  visits Lake of Limpiopungo, Pucara the Salitre and Lake of Santo Domingo where we made a small Picnic that will be our Box Lunch.

Ascent to refuge 15840 ft and visits glaciers. Return to Quito in the evening.

It includes:

·                         Bilingual Naturalist guides

·                         Transport 4 x 4

·                         Value of the Refuge

·                         Detailed visits

It does not include:

·                         Entrance fees
·                         Values non specified

·                         Tips.

• CUICOCHA TREK                1 DAY

Carry Lunch Box
Cuicocha, the young crater of Cotacachi, inside has a large lagoon and in the middle of it three islands.

Exit / Quito: 07:00 AM
Cotacachi: 09:30 AM
Cuicocha: 10:00 AM
Box Lunch: 4:00 p.m.
Quito: 6:00 p.m.
Not include: entrance fee.

• TREK PAPALLACTA     1 Day

          

Note: Carry Lunch Box
Besides being a hot spring resort, Papallacta has always beign the perfect holiday spot, we will visit 82 small lakes most of these nameless for 4 ½ hours approximately in moderate hike ..

Exit / Quito: 06:30 AM
Paramo de la Virgen: 09:00 AM
Walk 5 hours
Quito Arrival: 6:00 p.m.
Note: Does not include entrance to the Virgin moorland.

• QUILOTOA TREK
2 Days

Note: Carry Lunch Box
The Ilinizas Ecological Reserve has many attractions: the volcano Quilotoa volcano is one of them, in this 6 hours trek, along the boiler down to the Toachi valley and climb to Chugchilan.

Day 1:
Exit / Quito
Arrival Quilotoa
Home Treek The Quilotoa
Chughchilan

Day 2:

Indigenous Zumbahua market

Quito