The first city in the world to be declared a World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 1978 offers to its visitors magnificent squares, churches and plazas dating from the XVI century to nowadays. We’ll drive you to the historical district, to admire the exceptional charisma of the Main Square or Plaza Grande and its’ surrounding  [ Read More ]

The first city in the world to be declared a World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 1978 offers to its visitors magnificent squares, churches and plazas dating from the XVI century to nowadays. We’ll drive you to the historical district, to admire the exceptional charisma of the Main Square or Plaza Grande and its’ surrounding  [ Read More ]

Ecuador owes its name to the latitude 0º 00’ 00” better known in the world as the Equator, locally known as the Middle of the World, where a monument marks this site in the memory of locals and visitors. Here you can literally jump from the northern to southern hemisphere of the planet. This tour  [ Read More ]

Explore into the heart of historical Quito, the first city in the world to be declared a World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 1978 and offers to its visitors, magnificent squares, churches and plazas. We’ll drive you to the historical district, to admire the exceptional charisma of the Main Square or Plaza Grande and its’  [ Read More ]

  Visit the archaeology exhibit of the Ecuadorian National Museum, displaying one of the richest selections of  pre-Hispanic Ecuadorian civilizations’ evidence, dated from thirteen thousand years ago…the very origin of modern Ecuadorian cultural richness and ethnic diversity. A “must do” to understand Ecuador from its roots. Continue to the historical district of this very first  [ Read More ]

Visit the archaeology exhibit of the Ecuadorian National Museum, displaying one of the richest selections of  pre-Hispanic Ecuadorian civilizations’ evidence, dated from thirteen thousand years ago…the very origin of modern Ecuadorian cultural richness and ethnic diversity. A “must do”, to understand Ecuador from its roots. Continue to the Archaeological Park of Rumipamba where you’ll feel  [ Read More ]

Towards the historical area of Quito, we’ll visit the Interactive Museum of Water: YAKU, where kids will learn about the cycle of water and preservation in the funniest most didactical way. Don’t forget to bring some dry clothes to change . Afterwards, we’ll have a panoramic tour of the historical district. We’ll continue to the  [ Read More ]

  We’ll start this day heading northwards to the town of Calderón to visit the famous bread-dough handicrafts workshop. Through changing landscapes we’ll arrive to a sightseeing point over the San Pablo Lake that welcomes us to the Imbabura Province. We’ll continue to the city of Otavalo where you’ll have time to stroll through the  [ Read More ]

DAY 1 We’ll start this day heading northwards to the town of Calderón to visit the famous bread-dough handicrafts workshop. Through changing landscapes we’ll arrive to a sightseeing point over the San Pablo Lake that welcomes us to the Imbabura Province. We’ll continue to the city of Otavalo where you’ll have time to stroll through  [ Read More ]

Besides the handicrafts that have made Otavalo famous, the area is extremely rich in nature and culture. Enjoy a different day on this famous region. We’ll leave Quito towards the Archaeological Complex of Cochasquí where will learn about the culture and knowledge of the ones that inhabited this area before the arrival of the Incas  [ Read More ]

On the entrance to the Amazon Basin on a cool climate area above 3000 m of altitude we find the natural hot springs of Papallacta that have their origin on the heart of the Antisana Volcano. The water temperatures fluctuate between 36 and 42 C. And they are considered to alleviate various illnesses such as  [ Read More ]

This day starts heading westwards into the lush cloud forest of the external slopes of the Western Northern Andes. Weather permitting we’ll get a chance for a magnificent view of the Pululahua Crater. We’ll have an interesting stop at the Pahuma Reserve to enjoy a fairly easy hike through the magnificent private collection of native  [ Read More ]

Start the day heading westwards from Quito into the lush cloud forest of the external slopes of the Andes. We’ll arrive to the Archaeological Complex of Tulipe where we’ll learn about the ancestral Yumbos a very interesting pre-inca community dedicated to exchange products, culture and knowledge between the Andes and the Coastal lower lands region  [ Read More ]

We’ll start our way driving southeast of Quito through the valleys that once provided the city with fresh corn and vegetables and that throughout the years have become the new residential areas and satellites of Ecuador’s Capital city. Thanks to a well paved road we’ll arrive to the slopes of this magnificent glacier covered volcano  [ Read More ]

Its perfect conic shape might be appreciated and inviting at Quito’s horizon. Experience the beauty of one of the highlights in the legendary “Avenue of Volcanoes”, as Alexander Von Humboldt rightly named this part of the Ecuadorian Andes. We’ll take the Pan-American Highway southwards amid a series of small villages, grazing lands and farming fields  [ Read More ]

DAY 1 QUITO-SAQUISILI MARKET-BAÑOS Leave Quito early in the morning to the famous indigenous market of Saquisilí, a magnificent muster of the abundance of agricultural products and ethnic richness of Ecuador. Continue to the town of Baños de Agua Santa for lunch. In the afternoon visit the Route of Waterfalls and do an optional hike  [ Read More ]

DAY 1 QUITO-BAÑOS DE AGUA SANTA After breakfast we’ll start our way through the so called “Avenue of Volcanoes”. We’ll stop at the Salasca indigenous handicraft market before we continue down on the eastern slopes of the Andes through the waterfalls route in the gateways to the Amazon Basin. A cable car adventure and a  [ Read More ]