Day 1: Starts the Adventure

Throughout this first day, we will find all the travellers at the hostel of the city of Quito. It will be important to take this first day with calm to go acclimatising to the altitude.

Day 2: In the middle of the world

Luego de un delicioso desayuno, disfrutaremos de la hermosa ciudad de Quito mediante un caminatour. Durante el recorrido por el casco antiguo, conoceremos los lugares más importantes de la capital ecuatoriana. A quienes les interese, les recomendamos visitar en su tiempo libre el Complejo Mitad del Mundo, para conocer el punto en el que se unen los dos hemisferios y dónde podrán ver demostraciones didácticas de los fenómenos que se manifiestan en la zona equinoccial.

Day 3: Between Volcanoes and Lakes

On our third day of adventure, we will leave very early in the morning in the direction of the Cotopaxi National Park where you will find one of the highest active volcanoes in the world. Once in the park, in addition to the skirts of the volcano, you can visit the museum that's there and get to know the Limpiopungo lake, where we see the traces left by the ancient volcanic eruptions of Cotopaxi. Then embark on our journey heading southwest towards the volcano Quilotoa. After a short walk, we arrive at a viewpoint, from where we will have an impressive panoramic view of the Lagoon of Quilotoa, one of the lakes of volcanic origin most beautiful in the world. Its crystal clear waters, making it one of the most impressive landscapes of Ecuador.

Day 4: Heading to the amazon jungle

On this day we will go to Tena, a city that is located in the amazon region of Ecuador, near the Napo river that will give you a soundtrack natural, with the rapids aquatic, birds and monkeys that you will hear from our accommodation. Tena has a great diversity of attractions not only natural but also cultural to discover and enjoy together in the next few days. 

Day 5: exploring the ecuadorian Amazon

On our fifth day of adventure, navigate the river Napo river to explore and enjoy the diversity of landscapes. We will have the opportunity to learn about the flora and fauna that we meet along the way in addition to visiting a local family Kichwa will show us his cocoa farm and teach us how to make chocolate. Continuing our canoe trip, our next stop will be at a rescue center for wild animals, where we can learn most of the important work that they performed. We will also visit the island of the monkeys in addition to another local family in the area to learn about weapons, tools and traps indigenous. After lunch, we will arrive at Uchuculin where we make a short hike to get to our accommodation where we will rest and prepare for more days of adventure.

Day 6: Deep in the Amazon

We'll start the day with a delicious breakfast before embarking on a walk of three hours going through this paradise jungle. We arrive at a viewpoint that will give you a beautiful panoramic view of the jungle and the river Napo. In the afternoon, we will visit the famous “Path of dreams”, an ancient path that was used by ancient civilizations to travel from one community to another. We will return to our accommodation for dinner, enjoy a campfire and unwind after a day full of emotions.

Día 7: Rumbo a la capital de la aventura

After breakfast, we will drive to the Waterfalls Pimpilala, whose name is due to the large amount of butterflies that are in the area, as “Pimpilala” means “butterfly” in the indigenous language Kichwa. Enjoy the place and a refreshing bath before to go back and start our journey to Bath, a city that is home to the great Volcano Tungurahua and which owes its name to its importance for geothermal energy, the abundance of hot springs, waterfalls and natural centers of spa. 

Day 8: In the hammock at the End of the World

Empezaremos nuestro octavo día de viaje en Baños… temprano nos iremos hasta La Casa del Árbol o mejor conocida como la hamaca del Fin del Mundo. Allí disfrutaremos del famoso Vuelo del Cóndor donde tendremos una vista panorámica inigualable de la Amazonía ecuatoriana. Por la tarde, tendremos tiempo libre antes de dirigirnos a Montañita.  

Día 9: En camino a Montañita

Comenzaremos el día disfrutando de un delicioso desayuno y luego tendremos tiempo libre antes de emprender nuestro viaje hacia Montañita.

Día 10:  Disfrutando de Montañita

Luego de nuestro rico desayuno, tendremos el día libre para recorrer Montañita, una aldea muy conocida por surfistas debido a sus hermosas playas con fuerte oleaje y ambiente bohemio, donde puedes unir el día con la noche con mucha diversión o también realizar diferentes actividades, como tomar clases de surf, o parapente.

Día 11:  Montañita a gusto

Tendremos el día libre para disfrutarlo como queramos. Te recomendamos conocer el Parque Nacional Machalilla donde podrás realizar un recorrido por medio del bosque que te llevará a la playa Los Frailes. Además de disfrutar de esta paradisíaca playa podrás observar desde un lugar privilegiado la destacada playa de arenas oscuras y de origen volcánico La Tortuguita. Sin dudas, hay un sinfin de actividades pero la que no te puede faltar al finalizar el día es salir a disfrutar de la bohemia noche de Montañita.

Día 12:  Rumbo a la pequeña Galápagos

In the morning we will leave in the direction of Puerto López and there we will begin the adventure to the Island of the Silver or also known as the Small Galapagos. We will do snorkeling, enjoying contact unparalleled with nature. We can clearly observe the dazzling marine life: turtles, colorful fish and corals, in addition to spot a lot of birds. At the end of the day, we return to the hostel and enjoy the town of Montañita.

Día 13:  Volviendo a Quito

After breakfast we will have the day free to enjoy the way that we like, we can go Montañita, buy a souvenir, or simply to have a rest. In the late afternoon we will embark on our return to Quito. 

Día 14:  Regresar al lugar de origen

Porque lo lindo de volver de viaje es (re)conocernos en lo aprendido. Siempre es importante regresar al lugar de origen para compartir las vivencias, las fotos y las experiencias que hayamos encarnado a lo largo de nuestra estadía.

During this day we will be saying goodbye to the group and embark on the return journey to our countries of origin.