Three Andes National Parks

4 Days | 3 Nights  (Bonus - Quilotoa)               From US$ 946 p. person

Three Andes National Parks: Cotopaxi, Chimborazo & Sangay National Parks plus Quilotoa crater lake

New since 2005

The most different travel off the beaten track to get close to the Biggest Volcanoes on Earth, to meet silence and peace and then flow into the Amazon Basin. This is the homeland of alpacas, vicunas, and wolves also home of the Puraha Indian Nation.

Our exclusive treks open to our clients a new experience while we support local communities.

Our guides are specially trained by the Secretary of Environment to offer outstanding lectures and a deeper meaning to your visit. Program includes one night in Baños, one night at Hacienda Chuquipogyo and one optional night at an Indian community in the base of Chimborazo with all meal at the community.

Following the steps of Humboldt and Whymper

After an early departure we get into the Cotopaxi National Park, this is the habitat of the Andean Condor and the Ecuadorian Hillstar hummingbirds.  Various treks at different altitudes will give the opportunity to see unusual flora and fauna of the upper Andes and a final effort will take you up to the Snowline and Glacial at 4800 m.

Following the course of the mighty Pastaza River into the Amazon Basin we offer a hike down into the Devil’s waterfall.  This is a land of orchids and waterfalls as vegetation blast. There is private reserve that gives us a feeling of the Jungle and its different people.

The main course of the journey is the two-day visit to the Indian Communities in the domains of the Chimborazo and Illiniza. Two major treks in the flanks of the Volcanos will cover all travel expectative.   A first 4-hour altitude trek will take you to see to Black Stone where you will feel at the top of the world you will se the most spectacular crater lake in the world which is also the closes to the sun on earth.  On the second day we have a half-day trek to meet the “Ice Peckers”. People that dig pieces of a 2 million years old Glacial and then sell it at the market with fruit juice, Indians feel they are drinking a small portion of the soul of the mountain.

Suggested Itinerary

Day 01 Quito – Cotopaxi   Hosteria La cienega
Day 02 Quilotoa Crater lake / Chimborazo     Hosteria Abraspungu
Day 03 Chimborazo / Banos    Sangay
Day 04 Pailon del Diablo / Quito

Market days are: Quilotoa – Saturday, Cotopaxi – Thursday, Chimborazo – Sunday.

All Highland programs Includes:

• Better lecturers with certified National Guides / Naturalist III guides for Cotopaxi, Chimborazo, Illiniza and Sangay National Parks
• Better visitor sites
• Authentic Indian communities
• Superior accommodations at the hotel of your choice
• All listed meals table de hotel
• Deluxe air – conditioned private transportation
• Gratuities to Airport porters
• Entrance fees to all sites of interest