Mindo Cloud Forest Day Tours - PRIVATE - Richard Hernandez

4.8 (113 reviews) Quito, Ecuador
Duration9h - 11h
Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before
TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish
Group sizeUp to 10 travelers
Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

We do offer:
Richard Hernandez as your TOUR PROVIDER (arranged)
SHARED tour and can be customized
Toyota 4Runner as ground transportation
enjoy the nature wonders at your own pace.
pick up and drop off from/to Quito.
natural history,
birding for beginners to amateur level,
botanizing in its natural habitat,
nature hikes from Easy to moderate-difficult level,
sustainable and local support.
Street Dog affection:)
OR WE CAN EVEN CUSTOMIZE THE TOUR FOR YOU.

What's included

  • Binoculars
  • Licensed Naturalist English speaking guide
  • Spotting bird scope
  • Ground transportation
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Entrance fee - to private bird reserves or bird hides
  • Tips
  • pick up/drop offs out of Quito city or hotels near the airport.

What to expect

  1. Milpe Bird Sanctuary
    2h · Admission ticket not included
    Birding
    Street Dog Affection:)
    Hiking
    Botanizing
    Photography
    Local food
  2. 1h · Admission ticket not included
    A professional licensed guided will take to discover the nature wonders of the cloud forest. Discovering waterfalls, water cascades, endemic birds like toucans, tanagers and hummingbirds. Taste the local food, enjoy of the beautiful subtropical weather like.
    To book with a professional expert is a different way of discovering and learning about people and nature. Fluent English spoken.
  3. El Pahuma Orchid Reserve
    2h · Admission ticket not included
    A licensed naturalist guide with fluent Spanish/English spoken.
    Discovering the nature wonders while hiking through easy or moderate hiking trails. Orchids, bromeliads, tree ferns, heliconias, reptiles, amphibians, trees, bioregulators, in general all the explanations from an local expert naturalist guide, his name is Richard Hernandez.
  4. Tandayapa
    30m
    Excellent place for hiking and birding paradise.
    Local place for trying an exotic local food (under request:)
  5. Nanegalito
    Pass by
    Charming little town where we do pass by without stopping. People on weekends come from the mountains to listen the service in the town and buy their suppliers.
  6. Mindo
    1h
    A charming town, local political parish.
    We may stop here for lunch or any other attraction like: butterfly garden, water tubing, zip line,coffee or chocolate tour (under request):
  7. Mitad Del Mundo
    30m · Admission ticket not included
    A short stop by the Inty Ñan museum or Mitad del Mundo to visit the Equator line on the way back from the cloud forest.
  8. Pedro Vicente Maldonado
    1h
    We will get to visit the most economically prosperous county in the area. As an option for having lunch. Lunch is not included in the tour price.

Meeting and pickup

Pickup details

We pick up at 7:15 AM from any hotel or address WITHIN Quito city.
HOTELS OUT of Quito or NEAR the airport has an additional fee which you pay to Guide directly.

Additional information

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Our tour is a PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, people interested in other than ECO TOURISM, NATURE, BIOLOGY, or ECOLOGY, we firmly reject them.
  • Open minded to learn local flora, fauna, birds.
  • Affection for Street Dogs

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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