DARWIN SPECIAL -
Ecuador Active Tour

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Quito | Otavalo | Papallacta | Cotopaxi | Quito | Machallila | Guayquil (12 )


Day 1
Quito  
Arrival in Quito und transfer to the hotel.
Day 2
Quito - Otavalo
Half day city tour incl. visit to the Equatorial Monument. Transfer to the Otavalo area.
Day 3
Otavalo
Visit of the small village Cotacachi, hiking around the Cuicocha Lagoon. Return to your hotel. Listen to a lecture about Charles Darwin’s journeys.
Day 4
Otavalo
Journey on board the autoferro train for a journey northwards from Ibarra through the valley of Salinas until Primer Paso. Visit to the handicraft market of Otavalo.
Day 5
Otavalo - Papallacta
Visit of the school project in Peguche. Hiking in the Cayambe-Coca National Park.
Transfer to Papallacta, famous for its hot thermal springs.
Day 6
Papallacta - Cotopaxi
Hiking at the Antisana. Transfer to the Cotopaxi.
Day 7
Cotopaxi - Quito
Hike in the Cotopaxi National Park. Visit of a Rose
Plantation. Transfer to Quito.
Day 8
Quito - Machalilla National Park
Flight to Manta (not included). Visit of Montecristi on the way to Machalilla National Park. Enjoy your lecture about Charles Darwin theory of evolution.
Day 9
Machalilla National Park
Whale watching tour and visit Isla de la Plata, also known as “small Galapagos”. See same species as on the Galapqagos Islands. Boxlunch included.
Day 10
Machalilla National Park
 
Visit of the small village Agua Blanca and the beach los Frailes.
Day 11 Machalilla National Park - Guayaquil
 
Hiking in Ayampe on the way to Guayaquil.
Day 12 Guayaquil
 
Transfer to the airport for international flight or
Galapagos extension program.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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