Quito Almost Heaven

A taste of Ecuador in just 3 nights                                         from US$ 423

Day 02 and 03 are full days of at least 8 hours of exciting visits and interaction.

Day 1 (Any time) QUITO TRANSFER IN

Airport Assistance and transfer to the hotel
Accommodations with breakfast

Day 2 QUITO SITE LECTURE ON HISPANIC ART AND CAPILLA DEL HOMBRE

With snack (8½ hours)

A Site lecture on Hispanic art of the first   UNESCO cultural heritage site to admire Flemish school paintings, Spanish baroque style sculptures and monuments designed by the best masters of the Italian Renaissance – Baroque periods.  Program includes Plaza del Teatro, Saint Augustine (1581) and the famous “Chapter Room” where independence was signed, Presidential Palace, Independence Square, the Metropolitan Cathedral with the treasures of the Archbishop (1550), the golden masterpiece of the baroque La Compañía (1605) holding Ecuador’s best series of colonial paintings and relics like our lady saint Mariana de Jesus and the image of our Lady of the Sorrow (La Dolorosa del Colegio) which cried tears of blood in 1906. End up at San Francisco (1535), the biggest Latin America religious art museum and as ontrast we visit ultra modern CAPILLA DEL HOMBRE, the bleeding heart of America and priority project for world culture (Sr. Federico Mayor Zaragoza, General Secretary of UNESCO). Accommodations with breakfast

Day 3 An experience in the Andes

(3 Choices)
First Choice: Otavalo Market and Roses

This is a rare Otavalo experience where you will be able to see the famous handcraft market but also you will have the opportunity to meet the artisans at their working places.  Remember our textile Industry supported Spanish kingdom for about 300 years.  Visits will include the market and the handcraft centers of Calderon, San Antonio and Cotacachi.  If time permits, we might even visit a pedal loom workshop.

Second choice: The Cotopaxi National Park with Haciendas

A day at the Avenue of the Volcanoes led by a naturalist following the steps of Humboldt, hikes at different altitudes will take you to the land of the Puma and the white tailed deer.  We might see Condors and Ecuadorian Hill star hummingbirds, we will be pleased to share with you our knowledge of the Andean Paramo at the Cotopaxi National Park or maybe we can also visit the ruins of an old Inca Fortress.  Let us introduce you to the land that saw only famous explorers like Humboldt and Whimper.  Lunch will be served at Inca Treasure House.

Third Choice: One thousand hummingbirds cloud forest & Solar Theme Park

On the western slopes of Pichincha at the edge of the Chocó biogeography region and right where the cloud forest begins, our head ornithologist found 60 acres of land and turn them into the sanctuary of hummingbirds. There are days where you can count 3000 individuals of 39 special in his back yard. There are hundreds of little birds of all colors and shapes flying around your head.  Lunch will be served in the area at an incredible tree house.  In the afternoon and on the way back we stop at the “real” equatorial line to experience what is it really about. Accommodations with breakfast

Program Includes:

* Run of the House Breakfast
* Menu style lunch and/or dinner (special diets are available)
* Accommodations in double rooms
* Private Transportation
* Certified National bilingual guide
* Entrance Fees to all sites of interest (Cotopaxi National Park Tax is NOT included)
* Prominent lectures and briefings at visitor sites

Day 4 TRANSFER OUT

Rates per person