Cotopaxi and Quilotoa Tour: 2 days, 1 night

Pickups

We begin the adventure after finishing the pick ups from the 3 main areas: Carolina, Plaza Foch, Plaza Grande

Stop at Machachi

You can buy some snacks, use the restrooms and use the ATM

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

In the lagoon we can observe different species of birds and native plants

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). We recommend you to recharge your energies with a coca tea.

Hike To Refuge José Rivas

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

Typical lunch

We will make a stop to enjoy the typical food of the area, we recommend the chicken soup, the locro and the roasted lamb. There are also vegetarian options. (Lunch not included)

Night in Cotopaxi

Drop off at Cotopaxi Hotel, you can book with us your hotel in Cotopaxi

Visit an Andean familiy

Visit a family and learn about life in the countryside, and you'll also learn about raising guinea pigs and their importance to Andean communities.

Hike and Visit to Laguna de Quilotoa

The crater of the inactive volcano forms a bowl that collects the blue-green waters of the lagoon. Its color is due to the accumulation of sulfur. According to legend, this was the setting for a battle between the gods Quilotoa, who lived on the surface, and Toachi, who dwelled beneath the lake, driven by the envy that the first god's ability to reflect the color of the sky inspired in the other.

Lunch

Visit a crafts workshop in the Community of Tigua

Color is the protagonist of the stories that narrate the crafts of Tigua, works that are manufactured by the community of the same name. These paintings bear geometric and figurative forms, typical of the pre-Columbian and colonial times respectively

Toachi Canyon Lookout

The Toachi River Canyon covers almost 30 kilometers in length with a drop of 100 meters, offers an unusual Andean landscape as a result of the eruptions of the Quilotoa volcano

Return to Quito

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