::. Kinkajou Tour

Overview || In brief || Day-By-Day || Notes || Photo Gallery

|| Overview

Starting from High lands to Galapagos Islands, this trip will be a magnificent experience of travel in Ecuador. First, we visit Cotopaxi National Park and also the relax town of Banos, where we will have the chance to participate in adventurers activities or enjoy the time and relax. Then, two hours from Banos is Riobamba, highest peak in Ecuador. Amazingly, from the top point-of-view of the world can be seen in this city. Later, before arriving to Cuenca, the third important city in the country, we visit the Incas Ruins, most important archeological site in Ecuador. After that, continuing to Guayaquil, business capital city on the coast, to rest over the night before taking off to Galapagos Islands

 

|| In Brief

The cities / places included in this trip

1M, City Tour – Equator Line
2T, Cotopaxi National Park – Banos
3W, Banos (Rafting, Biking, Horse Riding, Shopping etc)
4T Banos – Chimborazo Flora and Fauna Reserve
5F, Train Riobamba – Alausi – Ingapirca (Incas Ruins)
6S, Cuenca City Tour
7S, Cuenca – Guayaquil
8M, Guayaqui – Galapagos Plane Baltra, Santa Cruz
9T, Floreana
10W, Española
11T, Santa Fé, Islas Plazas
12F, North Seymour, Baltra Galapagos - Quito
 

|| Day-By-Day

The day by day description highlights the basic activities

Monday, Day 1 Quito City Tour, after breakfast we will go visits the old town in Quito which in 1979, UNESCO declared Quito’s a historical world heritage site. The first city in the world to receive the accolade, we will visit some museums colonial churches and more then after the city tour. We go to the middle of the world. Ecuador is named for the Equator which passes through it about 45 minutes North West from Quito.

Tuesday, Day 2: Cotopaxi. We will leave early in the morning Quito to go To Cotopaxi National Park the highest active volcano in the world which is 5,897m (19,342 ft) and located in the Central highlands of Ecuador with more than 33,393 hectare (82,714 acres). It depends the weather conditions to have the possibility to see wild life, we will go by car to the Cotopaxi National Park Car park thus we will star to walk to the refuge 300m (984 ft) which is over the snow line of the Andes 4800 (15,744 ft). Our tour leader is going to show us the glaciers and drink a hot coffee in the refuge and the Cotopaxi glaciers. Afer this trip we will go to Banos.

Wednesday, Day 3: Banos is a small town with 18000 people in the middle between highlands and Jungle; also it is the best place to relax or to do adventure activities like water rafting, mountain bike, trekking etc. The leader will tell you all advice about the activities and how much it is each one. Night time a good fun en Banos.

Thursday, Day 4: we will go to Riobamba early in the morning and we will go to visit the Chimborazo mountain which is 6,310m (20,696 ft) and later in the afternoon we will get the tickets for the train next day.

Friday, Day 5: we will take an Andean train the best place to take pictures of the Andes from Riobamba to Alausi . After the train we will go down to Cuenca, we will go to visit the Incas Ruins of Ingapirca the most important archeological site in Ecuador.

Saturday, Day 6: Cuenca city tour.

Sunday, Day 7: From Cuenca to Guayaquil.

Monday, Day 8: Fly to Galapagos - Baltra, Santa Cruz.

Tuesday, Day 9: Floreana.

Wednesday, Day 10: Española.

Thursday, Day 11: Santa Fé, Islas Plazas.

Friday, Day 12:  North Seymour, Baltra, then fly to Quito.

 

Notes

We provide more than basic needs to all our clients to help you relax and enjoy your new adventure.  Discovering new places become easier knowing that you have to worry less about what you need.

Tour price includes:

þ Private Transportation.

þ All Entrance Fees in Continental Area.

þ All accommodations throughout.

þ All Breakfast.

þ Galapagos Flight Ticket.

þ Galapagos all meals.

þ Galapagos Tourists Superior Yacht.

þ Bilingual Tour Guide.

 

Tour price does not include:

S Flight ticket from you home country.

S Galapagos Entrance Fee $ 100

S Extras Lunch and Dinners.

S Drinks throughout Transfers.

S International Airport tax.

S Tips.

 

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