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Luxury Programs
Trip through Ecosystems
EXPERIENCE different ecosystems of Ecuador as you travel through the mountains, jungle and the coast while enjoying the most luxurious accomodations.
| Day 1 | Transfer from the airport to the Sheraton Hotel or similar hotel |
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| Day 2 | Tour around Quito and the half of the world An eight hour tour. Enjoy the panoramic view of the Cumbaya and Tumbaco Valleys. We offer you a walk around the old Quito. Includes a visit to the four more interesting museums inside the Colonial area ( the city museum, the museum of Colonial Art, the Maria Augusta Urrutia’s Museum, The San Francisco’s museum). Go uphill to the Panecillo where the statue of the Virgin of Quito is located. This is the best opportunity to enjoy a spectacular view of the city We can enjoy the delicious food in one of the most prestigious restaurants of Quito, during lunch (Cueva del oso ). Get ready to visit the “Half of the world” that offers you the opportunity to put one foot in each hemispheric of the world. We will visit the Etnographic museum and the many handycraft stores around the Colonial city “ Mitad del Mundo” (half of the world) Later on we will get back to the hotel going trough residential neighborhoods in Quito. |
| Day 3 | We will go to the north of Quito trough the “ Volcano Avenue” to visit: Calderon ( Clay figures ), the San Pablo Lake (Special view). We will have lunch close to the Lake and after it we will visit the Cuicocha lake that lays inside a volcano. To finish our day, we will visit the city of Cotacachi (leather manufacture ) Choose your lodging option Dinner and Lodging: 3* (H. CHORLAVI), 4* (H. CUSIN), 4* ( H. PUERTO LAGO), 4* (PINSAQUI), 5* (H. LA MIRAGE), 5*+ (H. LA MIRAGE luxury suite). |
| Day 4 | In the morning we will visit the Indigenous market in Otavalo( Textiles and all types of handicrafts ) We stop for lunch and continue our trip to visit an indigenous village of Peguche and a sculpture and woodwork community of San Antonio de Ibarra. On our way back we will drive around the lake San Pablo and comeback to Quito. |
| Day 5 | Termal baths in Papallacta A six hour tour, Visit the valley of Tumbaco We arrive in Papallacta, famous for the thermal springs. Around two hours we will visit and admire the beauty of a private nature reserve. We will observe some species of flora and fauna, bird watching activities. Your can do this trip either walking of horse back riding. Later on we will come back to the thermal baths where you can enjoy the delicious medicinal benefits that the springs offer. Lunch at the touristy complex after that we will get to the Amazons (luxury lodge). When you travel to the Amazon you can enjoy the rich biodiversity of the tropical rain forest. The majority of the plants and animal species live inside the mysterious and virgin forests; they are protected by ecological reserves. Lodging and dinner in the Amazon. |
| Day 6 | Visit the jungle, where we can have the opportunity of see tropical flowers and threes, we will navigate on the MIsahualli and Napo rivers; you will have the opportunity to visit and share some of the native people walking around the rain forest. Walk around the primary forest. 4 hours Lunch We will visit a indigenous family, we will take a bout, dinner and Shaman celebration. |
| Day 7 | Breakfast Trip in a boat to Misahualli. Lunch at the Spa “Miramelindo” Visit the “Pailon del diablo”, the biggest water fall in Ecuador. We will enjoy the view of the avenue of the water falls. |
| Day 8 | Breakfast We will go to Cuenca. Visiting the Ingapirca Inca ruins. |
| Day 9 | Full day in Cuenca. Cuenca, is the third most populated city in Ecuador, is the cultural capital of America. Cuenca is the host to the international biannual painting exibition. It was declared world heritage site. It is a city that should be visited all around, because of the wonderful handicrafts produced in different shops around the place. |
| Day 10 | Breakfast We will departure to Guayaquil We will go trough the Cajas National Park. A complex with 250 lakes. Get delight with a classic andinean Paramo. Lunch in Guayaquil. City tour in Guayaquil, one of the most important commercial centers in South America. |
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Choose between an Optional trip to Galapagos islands, or to the "Ruta del Sol" trip around Ecuadors beaches and islands around the coast. |
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