Starts/Ends: Quito 

Off the beaten path Andes Tour 

Condor & Birdwatching, light hiking, lava flows , Antisana volcano, paramo, lagoon and amazing views  

Private tour

Condors, hummingbirds, volcanos (Antisana), lagoon hike, lava trail hike and amazing view of the paramo ecosystem.

Explore the heart of the Andes,  with the king of the mountains,  amazing condors  in the middle of unforgettable  Andean landscapes.

Starts any day

Pick up/ drop off  at the airport or hotel in Quito. 

Tour Description:

DAY 1 

One hour drive from Quito that will take you through the countryside. These amazing tour will let you get deep in to the mountains close to Quito.  We will drive through an enormous lava flow of the Antisana Volcano, and arrive to a beautiful view point were we will find condors and condors nests.  We will arrive  early in the morning when there  is more chance of watching condors. At this amazing place we will find also different species of hummingbirds and have nice breakfast while watching the birds.  We will spent in the place for around 3 hours .

After the condor watching, we will drive for 30 minutes  through  an amazing  reserve  in the Antisana volcano . While driving in these road we will see wild deer in the amazing  páramo. If the conditions are good we will see the spectacular Antisana volcano the fourth highest mountain in Ecuador. We will arrive to a big lagoon where we can do a small hike  next to it. If you are brave enough, you can get a  cold water swim in the lagoon. Here we can also se some andean ducks, condors and hummingbirds.  In  the hike we will have a nice box lunch  before heading back to the condors place.

After the light hike , we will go directly to a cozy farm house to spend the rest of the afternoon, light the fire and enjoy the sunset with an amazing view from another lagoon and condors arriving to their nests for spending the night.

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DAY 2 

We will start the day with a good breakfast with the amazing view of Cotopaxi and sound of all the birds in the area.  

After that we will go to another hike, in day 2 we will visit 4 different waterfalls . The hike will start at Santa Rita Ecological Reserve , first we will do a hike about 4 km to visit a nice waterfall called Margarita and go back to the reserve walking through a nice trail called la Letra that  goes deep inside the native forest.  At our arrival to the reserve we will eat a  box lunch next to the river at the restaurant. After lunch the hike will continue to 3 amazing waterfalls, the hike will be around 2.5 km . We will se Santa Anita waterfall with 12 meters high , La Chorrera with 20 meters high and La Encantada. We will return to the reserve to  go back to Quito.

The drive back to the drop off will take around 1 hour and 30 minutes.

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