CLOUDFOREST AND ANDEAN HIGHLIGHTS

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INCLUDED • Private transportation & guide • Snacks • Visits and activities described in the program • Meals as described in the program NOT INCLUDED • Visits and services not mentioned in the program • Meals not mentioned in the program DAY 1 Upon your arrival at the airport, our personnel will welcome you and your family and help you with your luggage to our private transport for a short drive to your hotel, located in the historical center of Quito. Included: Private transortation & English assistance Accommodation: Hotel Mama Cuchara or similar Meals: - DAY 2 After breakfast at the hotel, we will depart for the middle of the world citadel, located 40 minutes to the north of Quito, right at the Equator. In the citadel, we will witness some special and fun experiments, which can only be performed on the Equator, and we will also visit the Intiñan museum, which has many interactive activities for children and shows the indigenous cultures that inhabited this area. We will enjoy lunch at a local restaurant and then return to Quito, where our first stop in the afternoon will be a visit to the Basilica, an imposing church where is possible to climb to the towers for amazing views of the city. We will then continue to the Yacu Museum. Yacu means water in Quechua, and this museum has many interactive expositions to teach children and adults alike the cycle of water and the importance of it for all life on our planet. We end the day with a nice dinner in la Ronda, the first street of the city. Before dinner, we will have some time to browse the shops of this historical street, now closed to traffic. Among the shops, we find chocolate cafeterias, a candle factory, a store specialized in honey and bee products, and a classic toy store, where all the toys are made of carved wood. During dinner, we will also hear about the local stories and the famous legends of Quito. • Personal Expenses • Gratuities CONTACT US PBX: +59323237330 Toll Free Line: +1 833 2632636E Email: contact@andandotours.com Website: www.visitgalapagos.travel
Included: Private transportation, Bilingual guide, visit to the toy store & entrance fees to the visitor sites specified in the itinerary Accommodation: Hotel Mama Cuchara or similar Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner DAY 3 We will enjoy breakfast at the hotel to then depart for our adventure in the cloud forest. We will pass by the small towns of San Antonio de Pichincha and Calacalí. The road winds down some 1000m into the cloud forest of the western flanks of Pichincha Volcano. As we drive down to lower altitudes, you can see how the vegetation becomes denser and the leaves of the plants and trees, larger. Our first stop is at the archaeological site of Tulipe, to see the ruins of ceremonial pools used for ritual baths and sacraments by the Yumbos, a pre-Incan population. Here an explanation of their way of life and their organization of an important trading route between the coast and the highlands will be given. The Yumbos and the Spanish conquerors were contemporaries, and at the Museum a guide will tell you more about how the arrival of the Spanish affected the Yumbo people. (Please take note that the Museum is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays). We then continue to Pahuma, an Orchid reserve in the mountainous cloud forest home to a great number of epiphytes like moss, colorful bromeliads that grow on other trees and over 270 species of orchid. We will have a short walk in the Reserve to see the beautiful vegetation and learn more about these famous flowers. We then continue to the town of Mindo, nestled in a cloud forest valley. Here, we will go for lunch to “El Nomada” Pizza place, where you can create your own pizza, which is then baked in a brick oven. Afterward, we will have a hike in the nearby forests to observe the flora and fauna and the amazing landscapes. The day ends in the nearby Sachatamia Lodge, where we will enjoy a beautiful sunset, have dinner and spend the night. Included: Private transportation, bilingual guide, entrance fee to museums and parks Accommodation: Sachatamia Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
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