4 or 5-Day Tour Cuenca,Alausi,Baños,Quilotoa,Cotopaxi and Quito

Day 1: Cuenca -Ingapirca- Alausi Village - Riobamba

1. Ingapirca Archaeological Complex
   3h · Admission ticket included
   07:00am- After breakfast the tour guide will pick you up to travel 1:30 hours to the north to visit Ingapirca complex considered the most important and best preserved archaeological complex of Ecuador, here the tour guide will explain many things about the Cañari and Inca cultures.
2. Alausi
   3h
   After Ingapirca you will travel to Alausi, there you will have a walking city tour around the village , the train station. During your trip from Cuenca you will enjoy beautiful Andean landscapes and some stops for phoptography specially from the Devils Nose mountain viewpoint.
3. Laguna de Colta
   2h · Admission ticket included
   After this you will have time for lunch and then you will travel to Riobamba, on the road you´ll visit Balbanera Church (oldest church in Ecuador) and Colta Lagoon. You´ll stay overnight in an estate close to Riobamba.
4. Riobamba
   1h
   After visiting Colta and Balbanera church you will travel 45 minutes more to reach Riobamba city to rest and stay overnight.

Day 2: Riobamba - Chimborazo-Salasaca- Baños de Agua Santa

1. Banos
   3h
   08:00am-After breakfast you will travel 1 hour to visit the highest snow capped mountain of Ecuador its name is Chimborazo, here you will have a nice hike from 4800masl to 5000masl. Of course if you prefer something easier you can do only part of the trail.
2. Salasaca Mercado Artesanal
   2h
   After Chimborazo you will travel 2 hours to visit an small but nice and colorfull indigenous market of the Salasaca people.
   You will see many differente accesories made by hand. You will spend only 20 minutes in this market.
3. Banos de Agua Santa
   3h · Admission ticket included
   Finally you will go to the charming city of Baños to enjoy the famous “Av. De las Cascadas”, after visiting the waterfall of Pailon del Diablo, you´ll ride on a cable car and enjoy the adrenalin that offers this place, then you will go until viewpoint called Casa del Arbol and optional you´ll take the “Swing at the end of the world”, then you will return to Baños to rest and use the facilities from the hotel or if you prefer you can take a massage (optional and extra charge).
   Overnight in Baños de Agua Santa

Day 3: Baños - Pujilí - Tigua - Quilotoa

1. Pujili
   3h
   After breakfast You´ll go to Pujili town, once there you'll visit their nice central park , then you´ll visit Tigua is a small community, most of the people here farm the mountain slopes and valleys, herding sheep and llamas and growing their crops, it´s a good option for you know the lifestyle of Andean communities.
2. Quilotoa
   3h
   Finally, you will go to Quilotoa Lake, for many the most beautiful place in Ecuador, here you will walk to the bottom of the lake and for the return you can rent a horse to ascend. ($ 10 extra charge). However if you prefer something easier you can walk a part of the trail around the rim of the crater.
   
   Then You will travel to Latacunga to rest in your assigned hotel
3. Latacunga
   2h
   After visiting Quilotoa you will travel 1:30 hours to Latacunga city to stay overnight.

Day 4: Latacunga-Tanicuchi-Cotopaxi - Quito

1. Tanicuchi
   2h
   After breakfast you will visit a nice rose plantation to know how the local people works to export the roses to different parts of the world. According to the experts Ecuador has the nicests roses in the world.
2. Cotopaxi National Park
   3h
   After your first stop you will visit the Cotopaxi National Park, you will walk around the Limpiopungo Lake and if the weather is clear you will have time to enjoy the scenery of one of the highest volcanoes of Ecuador and one of the most active in the world.
3. Quito
   2h
   After visiting Cotopaxi and getting lunch you will travel 2 hours to Quito, and end of services.

Day 5: Mindo Cloud Forest and Mitad del Mundo

1. Mindo
   4h
   Only for people that choosed the 5 DAYS TOUR OPTION,
   Early in the morning you will travel 2 hours from Quito to Mindo to visit a butterfly farm also you will practice a bit of Birdwatching , you will see many species of hummingbirds and other species of birds.
   And also in this tour you will have an excellent chocolate tour, dont forget that Ecuador has the best cacao plants in the world.
2. Mitad Del Mundo
   3h · Admission ticket included
   After visiting Mindo you will travel 1:30 hours back to Quito and you will have the chance to visit one of the most famous places in all Ecuador, La Mitad del Mundo , in this place you will be at the same time in the both hemispheres and also you will visit a very interesting museum about the original cultures of Ecuador.
3. Quito
   2m
   Finally after this beautiful tour the tour guide will drop you of in your hotel in Quito or if you need he can drop you of in Quito´s airport.

Pickup details

Pick up in your hotel or apartment

• 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
• Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
• If you are staying in a place different than a hotel, the guide will pick you up from the nearest hotel to your address(please let us know the name of the hotel)
• Passport name, number,date of birth, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
• We need your name's hotel or apartment address