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From Quito : 2-Day Mindo Private Excursion with Lodging

1. From Quito : 2-Day Mindo Private Excursion with Lodging

Discover the evergreen wilderness and spectacular natural diversity of the Andes’ western slope. Day 1: Depart Quito in the early morning and visit El Pahuma Orchid Reserve for a 1-hour hike to the waterfalls. Stop off at the Alambi Reserve to take photos inside the hummingbird garden. Enjoy lunch in Mindo, and take advantage of free time in the afternoon to explore the city on your own. Spend the night at a hotel in Mindo. Day 2: Wake up to a relaxing breakfast at the hotel before you start your day. Choose from a variety of activities to participate in at your own expense, including river tubing, ziplining, rappelling, or visiting the butterfly farm. Return to Quito at the end of the day.

From Quito: Antisana and Condor Watching Guided Day Trip

2. From Quito: Antisana and Condor Watching Guided Day Trip

Antisana is a stratovolcano of the northern Andes of Ecuador. It is the fourth highest volcano of the country (5.753 m - 18,874 ft), and is located 60 kilometers southeast from Quito. It is a perfect volcanic cone, compound by two volcanic cones; the oldest one was eroded by an old glacier. Your tour guide will pick you up at 7:00 a.m. from your hotel in Quito, and then we will drive you straight through the eastern mountain range, until the village of Pintag, where you start to drive uphill way to the Ecological Reserve! At 3.810 meters (12,500 ft), you have big opportunities to spot very interesting fauna, like eagles, carunculated caracaras, white tail deer, foxes, and of course the majestic Andean Condor, considered the biggest flying bird of the world and one of the rarest species that probably had survived since the age of the mega beasts (10.000 years approx.)! You will take a hike through the Andean slopes until the Mica Lake (4.050 m - 13,287 ft), product of the end of the last ice age; in order to have a better view of the volcano and to watch beautiful water birds like Andean lapwings, Andean gulls, Andean coots, Andean ducks, and black-faces ibis, that curiously live in Patagonia and only in the Antisana Volcano in Ecuador! After your fantastic experience in the best condor's territory in Ecuador, you will drive again back downhill way to the Isco canyon, where the cliffs where condors nest are! Enjoying more views of these spectacular birds, we will have a traditional and tasty lunch at a local restaurant. You will be back in your hotel approximately at 4:00 p.m.

Antisana Volcano Private Tour: Condors & Andean birds Wat

3. Antisana Volcano Private Tour: Condors & Andean birds Wat

Drive to visit the Antisana Volcano (19500 ft), the most impressive Andean mount near Quito and sanctuary of wild Andean condor and other birds. Drive along the foothills of the volcano in order to reach a small village. From there drive up to reach the entrance of Hacienda Antisana. On this part of the road you can visualize the magnificent basaltic gorge of the Antisana Volcano. Driving into the hacienda and visiting the wetlands, see some species of paramo (tundra plants at 12000 ft.) Here you stop to watch interesting Andean birds like the Caranculated Caracara and Black Headed Ibis.  You also have the chance to see Andean rabbits (Silvilagus Brasiliensis) and white tail deer (Oidecoileus Virginianus). You can hike there and see the glacier of Antisana. Then drive up to the Micacocha Lake where you have the chance to watch Andean gulls and speckled teals, typical birds of the Andean water systems.  Enjoy a little hike through the marvelous Andean areas to observe and recognize the Andean important flora species like the cushion plant, ranunculo plants, gentians, and others. If you are lucky, and if the weather conditions are good, you will see Andean Condor. In the afternoon, drive back to Quito.

From Quito: Mindo Trekking & Wildlife Guided Day Trip

4. From Quito: Mindo Trekking & Wildlife Guided Day Trip

Pick from your 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, At the place you can get some of coffee or drink. If your 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 will ride a rustic Cable car. If you want to see hundreds of butterflies , It is the place where the paradise is REAL. At the half of the day, if you are hungry We can enjoy good food, places where you will enjoy your meal. Yumbos chocolate factory is the last place to be visited. It is a great experience because you will see the fruit, taste some of chocolates and locals fruits. We will leave the area around 4 pm and get to Quito at 6 pm.

Cotopaxi &Quilotoa & Baños de Agua Santa Guided Tour

5. Cotopaxi &Quilotoa & Baños de Agua Santa Guided Tour

Day 1.- See the Cotopaxi and Quilotoa volcanoes, waterfalls and charming Ecuadorian landscape in Baños de Agua Santa on this guided tour to Cotopaxi , Quilotoa volcanoes and Baños de Agua Santa from Quito. Visit the Tree House and swing on the "swing at the end of the world." Begin your adventure early in the morning with a pickup in Quito. Driving one hour 30 minutes We will get to the entrance of the National Park. We could walk to get to the refuge, it takes around 40 minutes going up and 30 minutes returning to the car. There is a lake called Limpiopungo where We can stop to take pictures. It is possible to walk around the lake in case We did not walk to the refuge. Next stop would be Quilotoa, to get there We need to drive for around 2 hours. We will see the lake because normally We do not have enough time to walk down and touch the water in the lake. Once We finish In Quilotoa volcano, We will drive 3 hours to get to Baños. Day2.- Next day, the day starts going to the Pailon del Diablo waterfall. Take a 20-minute walk up to the viewing point to admire this natural wonder. Next, stop at the Manto de la Novia and Agoyan waterfalls. While We visit these places You can do a ride by cable car called "Tarabita", if you like adrenaline you can do Zipline too. Finally, visit the fascinating Tree House with its "swing at the end of the world." With the right weather conditions, see the imposing Tungurahua volcano in the distance. Enjoy a transfer back to Quito at the end of your tour.

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Overall rating

4.8 / 5

based on 19 reviews

Mindo is definitely worth a visit and Diego was a very good guide who was able to tell a lot about everything we encountered in good English. The visit to the hummingbird sanctuary and the birdwatching tour was top notch. Nice experience to see all the colorful birds. The only downside was that when we booked we were assured that we would sleep in the beautiful Terra Bambu Lodge. The day itself we heard that a reservation had been made in another place. It was certainly not bad there, but a real downgrade compared to Terra Bambu Lodge (no big room, no view, ...).

guide was knowledgeable, talkative, friendly and very informative. lunch was outstanding and local. The guide promised to send me a condor photo he took which I could not capture, but I have not received as yet.