In the morning, I will pick you up from your hotel.

-We will go to the Old Town to visit Plaza Grande

-Churches like La Compañia de Jesús, San Francisco and la Basílica gothic church

-Later, We continue to the Panecillo Hill, it is a viewpoint to look at the city OR when We finish the Old Town, the plan is to go to the Cable Car "Teleférico" where it is possible to see all Quito because you will be in 4,200 meters over sea level.

-In the afternoon, we will be in the Middle of the World visiting the monument to the Equator line and Intiñan Museum.

-Back to the hotel

Driving for around 2 hours we will get to Mindo.

On the way, If you like We can stop in Los Armadillos garden to watch birds in the place you can get some coffee or drink. If you have another garden in your mine We can skip this.

Getting to Mindo, We will go straight to the forest to walk and see Nambillo waterfall.

To cross between mountains We have to get in a rustic Cable car. On the way back, If you like adrenaline Zipline(optional) is a good choice.

If you want to see hundreds of butterflies it is the place. It is the place where the paradise is REAL.

Tubbing (optional),

At the half of the day, if you are hungry We can enjoy good food, places where you will enjoy your meal.

We will leave the area around 4 pm and get to Quito at 6 pm.

Lunch

Sanctuary of the birds

Chocolate Factory

Back to Quito

Pick up: from your hotel

Driving for around 2 hours we will stop at San Pablo lake viewpoint. It is time to take pictures. Next stop, Otavalo Market, it is the shopping time. This market is open from Monday to Sunday but the day when the market is really big is on Saturday.

Cotacachi Leather Town, it is a place to buy products made of leather with high quality. If you wish to buy products made in Alpaca wool, you should visit the Gallery. Andean house music is a very interesting place to see many Andean instruments which are played by local musicians.

Back to Quito

This day the adventure will take us to the highest active volcano in Ecuador. We can walk to get to the refuge located at 4,864 meters above sea level. It takes 40 minutes from the parking lot. If you want to be 5,000 meters above sea level just let me know and We will go there.

There is a lake where we could take pictures. There is a path to walk around the lake, it takes 40 minutes or 1 hour.

If you like to do horseback riding just tell me because we should skip the trip to the refuge.

The overnight would be in a hotel around the area because next day we will go to Quilotoa Volcano or We could stay around Quilotoa Volcano.

Driving for 2 hours from Cotopaxi volcano We will go straight to Quilotoa volcano. Getting there, We can walk down to the lake, it takes 40 minutes going down and 1 hour coming up. There is another walking going around the crater of the volcano, it could take 6 hours or maybe we can do just 2 hours trip.

At the end of the day, We will drive toward Baños de Agua Santa. Once there, if there is time, We could go to visit the house of the tree.

Overnight in Baños.

Starting early, the first place to visit would be Pailon del Diablo waterfall. There is a short walk to get to the point.

While We return to Baños town, We will stop to admire more waterfalls. If you want to feel adrenalin you can Zipline, it is one of the main sports in the area.

Lunchtime and then we start our trip to Riobamba. We have to drive around one hour and a half to get there.

If you like we can drive to get to the highest mountain in Ecuador. On the way, it is possible to see vicuñas, llamas and alpacas.

Weather can affect the experience because clouds can hide the summit of the volcano.

We can rest that night in Ingapika, knowing that We need to drive around 4 hours and 30 minutes from Riobamba to Ingapika town.

In the morning, We will visit the Inka ruins.

Later, We will drive to get to Cuenca, on the way We can turn to visit Gualaceo, it is a town where we find the famous MAKANA.

At the end of the day, we will get to Cuenca.

Overnight in Cuenca.

Cuenca is a wonderful city with many places to see such as markets, squares, rivers and workshops.

We will have time to visit Homero Ortega workshop to see minute-by-minute the elaboration of the famous Panama Hat.

The last day, We will drive from Cuenca to Guayaquil. On the way, We will stop to look at many many lakes.

The experience will go on when we drive from the mountains to the low land. Changes in the weather and temperature will be present in all of our driving.

Getting to Guayaquil, My suggestion is to walk in the town.

End of my service.