Colorful Ecuador

ITINERARY

1^stDay. Arrival Quito

2^nd Day. Quito City Tour- Middle of The World-Mindo

3^rd Day. Mindo-Otavalo

4^th Day. Otavalo-Papallacta

5^th Day. Papallacta-Palora

6^th Day. Palora Activities

7^th Day. Palora-Riobamba

8^th Day. Riombamba-Delvi´S Nose Train-Cuenca

9^th Day. Cuenca City Tour

10^th Day. Cuenca-Cajas National Park-Guayaquil

11^th Day. Transfer Out- Extension to Isla de La Plata or Galapagos

Included

• 10 Nights of Accommodation and breakfast
• 3 Lunch and 2 dinners
• Private tourist transport
• All transfers and visits according to the program
• National guide in English
• Entrances to the places described in the program

Not Included

• Meals, drinks and extras not mentioned in the program.
• Tips
• Additional tours
• Expenses
• International flights

1st DAY. ARRIVAL QUITO. (-/-/-)

Individual arrival to Quito and transfer to the hotel. Overnight: Hotel Quito.

2nd DAY. QUITO CITY TOUR- MIDDLE OF THE WORLD-MINDO (B / - / -)

Breakfast. In the morning you will visit the old town of Quito where you can see the old buildings as houses and churches, later you go to Mindo a small town located in the cloud forest, on the way you visit the INTIÑAN museum, an interactive museum located at the equator line. Overnight in Mindo.

3er DAY MINDO-OTAVALO (B / - / -)

Breakfast. In the morning you will have a walking in the cloud forest where you can watch different species of birds as hummingbirds, tanagers, etc.; after the lunch you go to Otavalo, a nice town located in the highlands. Overnight in Otavalo

4th DAY OTAVALO-PAPALLACTA (B / - / -)

Breakfast. In the morning you will visit the most famous and colored market of south America called “Ponchos Market”, after that you drive to Cuichocha crater-lake where you enjoy a beautiful landscape, after lunch you will drive to Papallacta a town very famous for its hots springs where you have time for relax. Overnight Termas de Papallacta.

5th DAY. PAPALLACTA-PALORA (B / L / D)

Breakfast. In the morning you drive to Santa Rita community, where the farmers farm the national cacao, the best specie to make the best Dark Chocolate of Ecuador, here you will have the visit to this farm and you will make your chocolate for yourself, after the lunch you drive to Palora, a nice county in the Amazon. Overnight in Palora

6th DAY. PALORA ACTIVITIES (B / L / D)

Breakfast. In the morning you will have a walking in the jungle to see the vegetation and some animal of this ecosystem, also you have the visit of SHUAR culture where you feel the traditions and costumes of this one, in the afternoon you will visit the pitahaya (dragon fruit) farm, in the evening you will have the farewell by Shuar Culture. Overnight in Palora

7th DAY. PALORA-RIOBAMBA (B / - / -)

Breakfast. In the morning you will drive to Riobamba city, the capital of the Chimborazo province, on the road you have a visit to Atillo’s lagoon, located in the Sangay National Park, where you enjoy a new ecosystem call “Páramos” (grassland), looking the vegetation and fauna of it. Overnight in Riobamba.

8th DAY. RIOMBAMBA-DELVI´S NOSE TRAIN-CUENCA (B / L / -)

Breakfast. Today you drive to Alausi town where you take the tour on train call Devil´s nose, so this part of the rail way is one most the difficult of the world, after of this awesome tour, you drive to Cuenca, but first you have a visit to Ingapirca, which actually are ruins by Incas culture. Overnight in Cuenca.

9th DAY. CUENCA CITY TOUR (B / - / -)

Breakfast. In the morning you have a city tour in the old town of Cuenca where you’ll see the architecture of this one, also you visit the most famous factory of Panama’s Hat where you learn the history and the process to manufacturing the most beautiful and famous hats native of Ecuador, in the afternoon you have a free time for explore the city yourself. Overnight in Cuenca

10th DAY. CUENCA-CAJAS NATIONAL PARK-GUAYAQUIL (B / - / -)

Breakfast. Today you’ll drive to Guayaquil city, the largest city of Ecuador; but first on the road you have the visit The Cajas National Park located at 50 min from Cuenca, where you enjoy a different landscape so this Park is of glacier origin; when you arrive to Guayaquil you have a city tour where you go to Malecón 2000 and Las Peñas neighborhood. Overnight in Guayaquil. End of services