Cotopaxi Tour

DEPARTURES

EVERYDAY

Without minimum of passengers

HOUR

At 07H05

From Bulevar Naciones Unidas Stop

RATES FROM

60 USD ADULTS

13 to 64 years old. National and International passengers.

40 USD SPECIAL

Children up to 12 years old, Seniors 65 years old or older, and people with disabilities (Valid ID required)

Within the Cotopaxi National Park is the active Cotopaxi volcano, an elevation of 5,897 meters above sea level located in the Cordillera de Los Andes and an exceptional variety of flora and fauna species. In our tour we will visit:

Visit the Cotopaxi National Park

Limpiopungo Lagoon

Interpretation Center Mariscal Sucre

Hike to Refuge Jose Rivas at 4864 masl

Lunch at the hacienda (included)

PICK UP

07H05– Boulevar Naciones Unidas

Shyris Ave. & Naciones Unidas Ave.

How to get

07H25 – La Mariscal / Plaza Foch

Reina Victoria St. between Calama & Mariscal Foch. Stop #3 Quito Tour Bus

How to get

07H50– El Quinde Visitors Center

Venezuela St. & Espejo. Plaza Grande.

How to get

ITINERARY

Visit the Cotopaxi National Park. The active Cotopaxi Volcano has a 19,642.39 feet above sea level elevation located in the Andes, and it has an exceptional variety of species of fauna and flora. The Limpiopungo Lagoon is located in the slops of the volcano where we will stay for a moment to enjoy the landscape and take beautiful pictures of the volcano and the lagoon.

Beginning of the tour

08h00

From the Quinde Visitors Center

Breakfast at the hacienda

Included

Visit to Cotopaxi National Park

On the border of the province of Pichincha, there is the Cotopaxi National Park, an ecological reserve that combines the landscape of the Andean páramo, volcanic soil and the lagoon that emerge from the snow-capped mountains.

Limpiopungo Lagoon

Interpretation Center Mariscal Sucre

All information about the Cotopaxi National Park is available at the Interpretation Center, or better known as the Park Museum. The Center has showrooms, a souvenir shop and a coffee shop. It is located inside Mariscal Sucre Station (or Control Caspi entrance).

Hike To Refuge José Rivas (4864 masl)

Since the 70s, this refuge has been a welcoming place for professional mountaineers and amateurs coming to visit the Cotopaxi Volcano. This place is located on the slopes of the volcano and an hour's walk from the parking lot.

Lunch at the hacienda

Included

Different types of menu, there is also a vegetarian option.

Return

End of the Tour

19h00 aprox.

Important Information

Cotopaxi National Park

The imposing Cotopaxi, one of the highest active volcanoes in the world, dominates the landscape of the protected area, which also includes two smaller volcanoes close by; Morurco (4,880 m) and Rumiñahui (4,722 m). Cotopaxi is located in an area called “Avenida de los Volcanes”(Avenue of the Volcanoes), named by German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt in 1802 referring to volcanoes of the central and northern Ecuadorian highlands. The predominant ecosystem in the park is moorland, with its own unique flora and fauna. Vegetation is principally scrub and small, low shrubs.