Our program is an 8-day journey that will take you from Quito down Volcano Avenue. Your adventure begins by passing through The Cotopaxi, Quilotoa, and Chimborazo. After that, we’ll make our way down to the Jungle, passing through Baños de Agua Santa en route to Misahualli, the gateway to the Amazon Jungle. Finally, we’ll return to Quito, stopping at the must-see Papallacta Hot Springs along the way.

DURATION

8 Days – 7 Nights

HIGHLIGHTS 

Cotopaxi, Pan-American Highway, Quilotoa, Baños de Agua Santa, Tena, Misahualli, Papallacta.

HOTELS

Cuello de Luna, Mama Hilda, Mountain Lodge, Isla de Baños, if there is no availability, we change to a similar hotel class.

WEAR

Clothes for very cold and very warm, including a waterproof jacket, Comfortable athletic clothing, hiking boots, hat, jacket, sunscreen, swimsuit, sandals, and insect repellent.

COST

$ 1,460 per person, departures from 2 people.

INCLUDED

Accommodations

Guided excursions In the Jungle and the Mountains

Private Transportation to and from Quito

Breakfast and box lunch or snacks during the tours

NOT INCLUDED

Meals not mentioned in the itinerary, personal expenses

Personal Insurance

1

Cotopaxi - Refuge

Visit the Cotopaxi National Park, Limpiopungo Lake and trek to the refuge and the Glacier of the Cotopaxi. The Cotopaxi is one of the most dangerous and highest active volcanoes in the world, Night at a Mountain Lodge

cotoapaxiday1

2

Quilotoa - Chugchilan

Drive to the Quilotoa and trek down to the lake of the Crater, On the shores of the lake you can rent kayak to paddle and to come back you can rent horses as well, it’s a pretty steep walk back.

Quilotoa

3

Chugchilan - Insilivi

Today we make a short trek from Insilivi, down to the valley of the Toachi River where we stay at a very cozy mountain lodge.

Toachi Valley

4

Chimborazo - Mountain Lodge

Drive Back to the Pan-American highway to go to South to The Chimborazo visit the Chimborazo mountain refuge and spend a night at the skirts of the mountain, The top of the Chimborazo is the closest point to the sun on earth.

Chimborazo

5

Baños

Drive to Baños, that is a very colorful touristic town at the entrance of the Amazon, here we are going to do a city tour and visit the treehouse  that is a seismology station and the first place where you can detect an eruption of the Tungurahua that every time since a while reactivate giving an amazing spectacle, then visit and the Cross where there is an amazing viewpoint of the town of Baños and back to the city for the hot springs or a drink in town or a relaxing massage after all of that activity.

Baños has many activities that you can do, is full of adventures so today you can choose to do rafting, canopy, trek or just relax in the hot springs, plea ask to our Barefoot Pathfinders to Tailor a trip for you to info@barefootexpeditions.com

6

Misahualli - Jungle Lodge

  Today in the morning after an amazing breakfast we head to the east passing through the cloud forest into the jungle, on the way we are going to visit the road of the waterfalls along the valley of the Pastaza River with an amazing scenic view on the way to go to our next destination in the jungle, Misahualli was the first town in the jungle where you could access by car and is perfect for a jungle experience, check-in at the Jungle Lodge at the shores of the Napo River, Visit Misahualli and the Native Quichua community of Shiripuno.

Misahualli Monkey

7

Cloud forest Bird Reserve & Papallacta Hot Springs

In the way back to the highlands we will climb bye a scenic route of the last Andean slopes to a beautiful hotel with natural hot springs.

Papallacta

8

Quito - Airport

Last day head back to Quito or drop-off at the airport to keep going to your next destination, we can connect this trip with a Galapagos island Hopping  tour.

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