ITINERARY

DAY 1 

Day of arrival

Transfer from the Mariscal Sucre Airport in Quito to your hotel in the old town.

DAY 2

Quito City tour (B; L)

Day tour visiting the Colonial Old town of Quito, a local grocery market and the Teleferico view point.

Visits to:

• Local food market “Iñaquito”.
• Teleferico Cable car.
• San Francisco church.
• La compañía de Jesus church.
• Basilica Church.
• Lunch in a local restaurant.

DAY 3

Enjoy of the culture in Otavalo (B; L)

We leave Quito and drive north for about 2 hours toward the Town of Otavalo. Today’s activities will be:

• A Rose Farm
• Weavings in a local work shop.
• Lunch in a traditional restaurant.
• Visit to Mario`s House a local farmer and his family, here we'll learn about medicinal plants and how local people lives.

DAY 4

Cuicocha Lagoon and Otavalo Market - Cotopaxi (B; L)

In the morning we'll visit the impressive crater of the Cotacachi volcano and the Otavalo crafts market, after lunch and in our way to Cotopaxi we'll stop at the equator line to learn about the center of the earth.

• Hike at Cotacachi Lagoon (1 hour, 30 Minutes)
• Otavalo Market
• Lunch by the San Pablo lake
• Quitsato Equator Line
• Night at Hacienda Santa Ana in the Cotopaxi area.

DAY 5

Local School - Cotopaxi National Park - Baños (B; L)

One of our main commitments is to work with the local community and to make the activity of tourism a tool of development for local areas. Thats the main reason why we focus our support on the small school of Santa Ana del Pedregal.

• Visit to the local school and share with the children and people of the village.
• Activities in the Cotopaxi National park: hike around the Limpio Pungo Lagoon.
• Lunch at San Agustin del Callo, colonial hacienda.
• Night at Hotel La floresta in Baños City.   

DAY 6

Route of the Waterfalls - Riobamba (B; L)

Driving east direction from baños we'll find several waterfalls that feeds the great Pastaza river, on the way we can stop and enjoy of all of them.

• Tungurahua Volcano look out point
• Swing to the end of the world.
• Driving by the waterfalls route, hike down to see the Pailón del Diablo fall.
• Lunch in Miramelindo restaurant.
• Night at Hacienda Abraspungo in Riobamba City.

DAY 7

Devil`s nose train ride - Inca Ruins - Cuenca (B; L)

The devil´s nose ride is one of the most amazing engineering constructions of a rail way, really worth visiting.

• Devil´s nose train ride.
• Ingapirca “Inca - Cañari” Ruins
• Lunch on the way
• Night at Hotel Santa Lucía/ San Juan in Cuenca City.

DAY 8

Cuenca City tour - Panama hats factory (B; L)

Panama hats are authentic Ecuadorian woven hats made locally in the City of Cuenca as well as in Montecristi by the pacific coast.

• Walking tour in the historical center of cuenca where we'll visit the Parque Calderon, the Old and New Cathedral church, the plaza of flowers and the Central bank museum.
• Lunch in town
• Panama Hat factory.
• Night at Hotel Santa Lucía/ San Juan in Cuenca City.

DAY 9

Cajas National Park - Cacao farm - Guayaquil (B; L)

After leaving the beautiful city of Cuenca, we'll head out in direction to the city of Guayaquil, on the way down to the coast we'll enjoy of the amazing landscapes of the Andes and the transformation to tropical forest as we descent.

• Visit to the Toreadora Lagoon in the Cajas National Park
• Learn about the process to make chocolate from the Cocoa plantation, the process of fermentation and the final product tasting.
• Lunch at the Cocoa plantation.
• Arrival to Guayaquil, walk at the waterfront Malecón 2000.
• Night in Guayaquil City

DAY 10

Transfer from the Hotel to the Airport - Galapagos (B; L)

The Galapagos Islands are home of Giant Tortoises that gave the name to the islands.

• Visit a local farm in the Highlands where giant tortoises live in the wild
• lunch
• visit of the Darwin Science Center

Accommodation: Hotel Fiesta u Hotel Villa Laguna

DAY 11

North Seymour (B; L)  

One of the best wildlife spots of Galapagos, you will find land iguanas, sea lions colonies of blue footed bobbies and frigate birds.

• SnorkeL, you can swim with the sea lions, spot a big quantity of colorful fishes or maybe see a harmless shark.  
• Hiking in the Island
• Lunch on board

Accommodation: Hotel Fiesta u Hotel Villa Laguna

DAY 12 

Santa Cruz Transfer to Isabela (B; L)

Isabela is one of the most diverse islands where we can enjoy of the wildlife of the archipelago.

• Bay tour to the Tintoreras Islet, short walking tour to see marine iguanas and penguins.
• Snorkel

Accommodation: Casa Marita Hotel / ISAMAR HOTEL

DAY 13 

Túneles day trip (B; L)

The collapsed lava tunnels formations are one of the most spectacular place for snorkel in the islands, a boat ride of about 40 minutes will take us there from Puerto Villamil.

• Snorkel: Manta rays, white tipped shark, sea lions tortoises and more.

Accommodation: Casa Marita Hotel / ISAMAR HOTEL

Day 14

Isabela - Santa Cruz (B; L)

Once back in the island of Santa Cruz, and after dropping our luggage at the hotel, we'll start our walk to Tortuga bay

• Walk to tortuga bay (1 hour aprox): enjoy of the beach in a relax area admiring the natural wonder of the landscapes of the Galapagos Islands.

Accommodation: Hotel Fiesta or Hotel Villa Laguna

DAY 15

Transfer out (B)

Flight out GPS – Quito

END OF THE PROGRAM