Authentic Ecuador

ITINERARY

1^stDay. Transfer In-Hotel

2rd Day. Quito-Antisana National Park-Papallacta

3^th Day. Hiking at waterfall in Papallacta- continue to Palora Community Amazon

4^th Day. Jungle activities

5^th Day. Palora Community Amazon – Baños (Waterfalls Route)

7^th Day. Baños activities (pax are choose of their own)

8^th Day. Activities in Salasaca community

9^th Day. Full Day Tour Cotopaxi

10^th Day. Salasaca- Llanganates National Park-Salcedo

11^th Day. Salcedo-Quilotoa Lagoon-Riobamba

12^th Day. Biking at Chimborazo- Guayaquil

13^th Day. Guayaquil-Agua Blanca-Pto. Lopez

14^th Day. Isla de la Plata Full Day Tour

15^th Day. Transfer Pto. Lopez – Guayaquil.

Included

14 nights of accommodation
Daily Breakfast
11 lunch and 5 Dinner
Tourist transportation
All transfers, sightseeing and excursions according to the program
Entrance to the places described
Isla de la Plata Tour
Biking in Chimborazo Reserve

Not Included

Meals and Drinks, not included in the program
Activities en Baños.
Tips to guide and drive
Extra expenses not included in the program
International flights
Personal expenses

Day 1

Quito, the capital of Ecuador, a World Heritage Site, welcomes us. Reception at the airport and transfer to hotel. The guide will give you recommendations and information for the tour and this great adventure.

Day 2

Breakfast. In the morning, transfer to Antisana National Park, this majestic volcano of the eastern mountain range, has an impressive landscape and wildlife in its territory. We will make a walk towards the Mica Lagoon, of great importance since it provides water to the city of Quito. Later we will enjoy a delicious lunch. Transfer to Papallacta. Accommodation.

Day 3

Breakfast. In the morning we are visit Guango Lodge that, here we are doing an interesting hike. Later transfer to Baeza, in this small town of the Amazon we will enjoy a delicious lunch. Continuing our tour we will continue to the "Eden of Amazonia" the community of Palora, constituted by the Shuar ethnic people. Arrival and welcome by the community. Accommodation and dinner in Aumantai Lodge.

Day 4

Breakfast. During this day we will do various activities together with the community, be it hikes, food preparation, visits to the attractions of the place, among others.

Day 5

Breakfast. In the morning transfer to Baños, considered as the tourist city due to its location in a valley of waterfalls and rivers next to the Tungurahua volcano. We will enjoy a delicious lunch. Then we will visit the route of the waterfalls, and we will walk to the famous "Pailón del diablo", and know the "swing of the end of the world". Accommodation.

Day 6

After breakfast, to feel the adrenaline that this city offers, we can choose different types of activities or extreme sports to practice such as rafting, kayaking, canyoning, rappel, canopy, paragliding, cycling, and many more, in the afternoon we will enjoy a delicious dinner and a party. Accommodation.

Day 7

Before breakfast, we go to Riobamba, to Casa Condor Community we will have some activities
to fulfill, the first one was to help them and know more about agriculture process. Then, we
will share time with the children of the community and teach them some extra activities, such
as: English lessons, origami, singing, dancing, the activity that you like to contribute. Overnight.

Day 7

Breakfast. Transfer to the Salasaca Community "Runa Huasi", formed by an indigenous people of ancestral Quichua language, who will welcome us. During this day we will share with the community their way of life, gastronomy, daily activities and learn from their customs and traditions.

Day 8

Breakfast. Transfer to the Cotopaxi National Park, whose name is by the Cotopaxi Volcano, unique in the planet for its almost perfect snow cone, here we will walk around the Limpiopungo Lagoon and to the first refuge, we will see the endemic flora and fauna that exists in this place. Later lunch in the area and transfer back to the Salasaca community

Day 9

In the morning transfer to the Llanganates National Park, which is one of the places in Ecuador that awaken feelings of mystery and adventure, as it is believed that the treasure of Atahualpa, King Inca are buried in this area. Here we will make a long walk through the humid forests. We will enjoy a delicious box lunch in the middle of this dream place. At the end of the afternoon transfer to Salcedo

Day 10

Breakfast. We will continue our tour to the Quilotoa lagoon, considered one of the 15 most beautiful lagoons in the world, because it is inside the crater of the Quilotoa volcano. We will walk to its interior to be able to appreciate it more closely, on return you can walking or go on donkeys or horses that the inhabitants of the area rent. Lunch. Transfer to Riobamba known as the "Sultana de los Andes" or the "Beautiful City", is a small city of colonial architecture and cobblestone streets.

Day 11

Early in the morning we will go to the Chimborazo, considered the highest mountain in Ecuador, surrounded by an immense sandy area with a rather dry wasteland, different from the rest of the reserves. Here we will start our adventure by bicycle. At the end of our transport we will be waiting to continue to Guayaquil.

Day 12

Breakfast. In the morning we will go to the community of Agua Blanca, located in the Machalilla National Park, in this community we can know the remains of the Manteña culture, admire the tropical dry forest, or benefit from the medicinal properties of its famous sulfur lagoon. Later arrived at Puerto López.

Day 13

During this day we will have the excursion to the Isla de la Plata, which is a small island known as the small Galápagos, belongs to the Machalilla National Park, this island is famous for its fauna, and while we do the tour we can see the blue-footed pigeons, of nazca, red legs, frigates and albatross. We will also have the possibility of snorkeling and in the season of July, August we will be able to see whales.