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Gorgeous Mindo Cloud Forest Full Day Tour
Joined 2024
A beautiful, mountainous two hour ride down, down, down to the northwest of Quito until we reach the cloud forest at 4,000 ft. altitude, leaving the concrete city and immersing into the luscious, green forest where 600 species of birds, profusions of hummingbirds, butterflies, orchids, coffee plantations and world's best chocolate making are the main attractions.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Your hotel
- Anywhere you are staying in the Metropolitan district of Quito and Airport area.
Equator mark
Brief stop for pictures on the real, not the fake as most people are taken to, Equator line, opportunity to put your feet in both hemispheres at the same time.
Mindo
Once in Mindo, we’ll go to see butterflies.
Nature in Mindo
Drive up the mountain and take a cable car over the cloud forest to the other side of a ravine to walk to a gorgeous waterfall for a hike or if you feel adventurous, go zip lining instead.
Lunch Time
If you feel like it, we can take a break for lunch, or go to the next attraction.
Garden Visit
In the afternoon, we can visit an orchid garden, and/or a chocolate making process.
Mindo - Quito
En route to Mindo and on return from Mindo we can stop at different hummingbird locations.
Ending Point
Same hotel or Quito airport.
Want to personalize this tour?
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Inclusions & Exclusions
* Vivian as guide
* Private transportation in a 4 doors KIA SUV
* Tour guide's lunch
* Parking, gasoline and tolls
Prices per person.
* Lunch ($8 to $20)
* Entrance fees:
Butterfly farm ($8,50)
Hike ($5)
Zip lining (from $10 to $20)
Orchid garden ($4)
Chocolate factory ($10)
Hummingbird locations ($5 each)
Incidentals and personal expenses.
Tips
Tour Important Information
* Mindo is located at 4,000 ft altitude; so, it is warmer than Quito and humid. Mosquito repellent and sun block might be needed, as well as a raincoat, hat and sunglasses.
* During the dry season (June through September) the bird activity slows down, but it is still possible to see different species of hummingbirds.
* The order of the itinerary varies depending on weather.
Ask Vivian about Thursdays.
Important message from the supplier
I'm available on Thursdays only from 11am to 2pm.
For more than 3 people, I can customize any tour with a bigger vehicle.
I can offer you multiple day tours.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
Joined 2024
About Tour Guide Vivian V.
Hi, I’m Vivian and would love to tour you. I am the 4th licensed guide in Ecuador history, 54 years old and have toured for 32 years well over 8,000 travelers with nothing but highest reviews, over 4,000 positive comments letters on file. I am Ecuador’s longest serving, licensed guide and a commercially trained and licensed safe driver, never an accident, never a client hurt on tour. I am one of four elected, unpaid officers running our National Tour Guide Association. I tour all of Ecuador with specialties in and around the Quito, Mindo, Otavalo, Cotopaxi, Quilotoa, Banos areas as well as the Amazon. I used to be a tour leader for the Galapagos. I tour from one to fifty clients. I can change/adjust your tours right “on the fly” as we go along, am that flexible; my tours are not set in concrete. I am a U.S. Citizen as well as native Ecuadorian, part Andes indian. The guide you choose will be the difference in your day and trip. I have a happy disposition and many say I was like being with a, highly knowledgeable on Ecuador, friend. See on this site my excellent standard tours; I also can make Custom Tours for you. My average response time to letters is less than three hours, often immediate if not out on tour.
$235/ per group