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Cotopaxi National Park, Quito
nature, Volcano, Wildlife
Group Tour
8 Hours
Easy
English, Spanish
Description
With unique Andean views along the way and surrounded by the beautiful local flora and fauna, this is the best chance to experience one of the most incredible places of the region, the adventure to Cotopaxi National Park. This is the perfect opportunity to enjoy hiking, admiring the Andes, seeing iconic birds such as the Andean condor, being surrounded by a chuquiragua garden, and visiting a Country House with more than 3 centuries of history.
Itinerary
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Cotopaxi National Park Tour
Wake up early in the morning and meet your tour guide at your hotel in Quito. Visit one of the most important National Parks, the Cotopaxi National Park, in the central Andes. Located 86 kilometers from the city of Quito, it gives us the opportunity to change the panorama of the cars and buildings towards the Andean Páramo and the Chuquiraguas (endemic plant of the highlands).
Travel through the Panamericana Sur or the known “Avenida de los Volcanes”, and you can see volcanos such as Atacazo, Corazón, Ilinizas, Pasochoa, Rumiñahui, among others, to finally reach the entrance to the Cotopaxi National Park.
Start your adventure by driving through the grasslands. The Cotopaxi National Park has more than 33,000 hectares of extension with various trails, lagoons, rivers, waterfalls and of course, the Cotopaxi Volcano, which is beautiful. In this area, you can also see exuberant flora and fauna, with the condor an icon in the Andes. In the lagoon of Limpiopungo (3830 masl), it is possible to walk for two hours to observe some species of birds that inhabit the lagoon.
Continue by car to the parking lot (4500 masl) and then to the refuge called José Rivas (4800 masl). Of course, this last visit is possible, depending on your physical condition.
Enjoy lunch at the end at a typical Hacienda called La Ciénega, the place of residence of the French Geodesic Mission that arrived in Ecuador to make the measurement that corresponds to half the world in 1736. (LUNCH NOT INCLUDED)
At the end of the tour, you will return to your hotel in Quito.
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Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price
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This is a group tour |
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