Day 1: Quito
Quito
Reception at the airport and transfer to the hotel of your choice. Lodging.
Day 2: Quito
Quito
Breakfast at the hotel. City Tour and Middle of the World. In the morning our guide will pick you up at your hotel to accompany you to visit the city Light of America, internationally recognized for having the largest and best preserved historic center in Latin America. We start with an interesting tour of the most traditional market in Quito, we will observe flowers, fruits, typical foods and the daily life of the people who come to this market to shop. We continue to the Basilica del Voto Nacional considered the most important work of neo-gothic architecture of our country and where we can climb its towers, observe its gargoyles and walk through its interiors that are still unfinished according to legend. We advance to the Plaza Grande or Plaza de la Independencia, where the Government Palace or Carondelet Palace, the Municipal building and the Cathedral of the City are located, after a few steps we will arrive at the Church of La Compañía de Jesús, jewel of the Baroque architecture and imposing sample of the colonial art of Quito, we continue to the Church of San Francisco where we will know the interesting myths and legends that took place during its construction. In this square we will have the opportunity to taste one of the best chocolates made with fine Ecuadorian aroma cocoa, after this delicious stop we walk to Morales street, or better known as Ronda, a place full of colorful houses that are preserved from the colonial and republican times, here our guide will make recommendations and give you the necessary time for lunch (not included). We continue to the viewpoint of Panecillo located at the top of the hill of the same name at 3.035masl, and formerly known as “shungoloma” or heart hill, here is an aluminum replica on a large scale (45mts.) of the Virgin of Quito, sculpted by Quito artist Bernardo de Legarda and whose original is displayed on the main altar of the Church of San Francisco. We head towards the north of the city until we reach the Pululahua volcano viewpoint from where we can see one of the few inhabited craters in the world, then we will move to the Complex City Middle of the World (entrance not included), here our guide will take you to visit replicas of the ancestral homes of the inhabitants of Ecuador, our guide will also demonstrate through interactive games the physical phenomena that only occur in the middle of the world, then we will be able to observe the monument built in honor of the French scientific expedition that located exactly the geographical position of the equatorial line that divides the world and take an original and fun photograph in the two hemispheres, our guide will take you inside the monument to visit the ethnographic museum and learn about the Ecuadorian indigenous cultures and nationalities. Please note that the pass included in your tour gives you unlimited access to all the attractions of the complex so you can organize with your guide the tour that is most interesting for you. Finally, our guide will take you back to your hotel. Accommodation.
Day 3: Banos
Quito - Banos
Breakfast at hotel, pick up at hotel or and transfer to Huasquilla, arrival in the afternoon, check in, hummingbird watching, Jamundi Caves, Chocolate session, dinner. Accommodation.
Day 4: Banos
Banos
Breakfast - Full day: Rafting on the Jatunyaku River, Box lunch - Dinner.
Day 5: Banos
Banos
Breakfast - Full day Mondayaku Grand Canyon Hike, Box lunch.
Day 6: Quito
Banos
Breakfast and hotel check out - Visit to Papallacta Hot Springs - Box Lunch - Transfer to hotel, accommodation.
Day 7:
Banos - Quito
Breakfast, free time until the transfer to the airport.
