QUITO - CITY TOUR - OTAVALO - QUITO
(4 Days, Your choice of days.)
We offer roundtrip transfers, a city tour, and Otavalo market tours, as well as three night’s hotel stay at the hotel of your choice. This tour program includes breakfast daily.
Day 1. Quito:
Upon arrival to Quito’s Mariscal Sucre Airport, you will be greeted by our helpful guide. The guide will serve as a translator, help with luggage, and assist with the car transfer to your hotel.
Once at your hotel you may have dinner if so desired, or consider just settling in for you stay in Quito.
Day 2. Quito City Tour:
After an early morning breakfast, the tour will depart tow
ards the city center of downtown Quito, or Centro Histórico, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978.
We will start with a panoramic view of Alameda Park and the Basilica, followed by a walk down the street of the Seven Crosses. The trip will continue with a walking tour, starting at Independence Square. From here, we will visit the presidential palace, the main cathedral, the gold-plated La Compañía Church, San Francisco Church and San Francisco Plaza.
Around midday the tour will head north to the equator for a trip to the monument at the Middle of the World. You may choose to visit either the Ethnographic or the Inti Ñan Museums, both located near the site of the monument.
After seeing these incredible sites, the tour will head back to Quito, where you can return to your hotel for an optional dinner.
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Day 3. Otavalo:
Enjoy breakfast before we depart Quito early in the morning for this tour. Heading north to the town of Calderon, less than 20 minutes from the city, we will see how baked bread products, specifically dough figures, are made.
We will continue northbound on the Pan-American Highway, passing the town of Tabacundo, where we can catch a view of the beautiful rose plantations on both sides of the road. We will make a short stop at the scenic lookout point at Miralago to see the Imbabura Volcano and San Pablo Lake, which lies at the volcano’s foothills.
Near midday we will arrive at the world-famous Otavalo artisan market
. Here we will visit the textile market located at the “Plaza of Ponchos”; this is one of the most famous markets in South America. You will find all kinds of handcrafts including tapestries made on the Spanish weaving loom as well as the indigenous backstrap loom. You will enjoy some free time for bargaining and buying with the friendly otavaleños.
Before heading back, we will have an optional lunch at the rim of San Pablo Lake. On the journey to Quito we will stop by the local village of Cayambe where we can try the traditional bread and cheese biscuits (bizcochos) specific to this area.
We will arrive to Quito in the mid-afternoon and drop you at your hotel for an optional dinner and free evening.
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Day 4. Quito:
After a light breakfast, our guides will transfer your party to the airport and assist with departure formalities.
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ding south towards Cotopaxi National Park. On the way we will pass by different villages such as Sangolquí, Aloag and Machachi. Continuing south on the Pan-American highway to the city of Ambato, we will visit the town of Latacunga and its authentic indigenous market (Tuesdays and Saturdays only).
representative species is the Chuquiragua (also known as the mountaineer’s flower) wild horses, deers, llamas, and more. While there, you can visit Limpiopungo Lake, located near Rumiñahui volcano (149.96 meters), or go hiking to observe the birds. We can also visit the ruins of Incas del Pucara de Salitre , set on Cotopaxi’s mountainside. An early afternoon picnic lunch will be served before we continue our way to Riobamba, where we will take a walking tour of Sucre Park to visit the curious monument of Neptune (the god of the seas). We will also visit Pedro Vicente Maldonado School and the Central Plaza, where the cathedral, municipal palace and governor’s house are all located. Early in the evening we will settle in for dinner and the night’s accommodations, both optional. 
re on Ecuador’s famous “Devil’s Nose” train. About a four hour ride, we will return to Alausi in the early afternoon. Our bus will be waiting to take us to Ingapirca and tour members are more than welcome to pack a box lunch to enjoy along the journey.
of Cuenca, considered by many the most beautiful in all of Ecuador. Our walk will include a visit to the flower market, the cathedral, Calderon Park, the church of La Merced and its convent, among other attractions.
g, fishing, bird-watching, viewing flora and fauna, and more. We can visit the Interpretation Center placed in La Toreadora Lake (the biggest and the most important in the whole complex). Here we will see pictures and interpretations of the park.
We will start with a panoramic view of Alameda Park and the Basilica, followed by a walk down the street of the Seven Crosses. The trip will continue with a walking tour, starting at Independence Square. From here, we will visit the presidential palace, the main cathedral, the gold-plated La Compañía Church, San Francisco Church and San Francisco Plaza. 