5-Days Amazon Rainforest and Andes Adventure

Day 1 · Discovering a new world!

1. 1

   Quito

   5 min

   You'll start early in the morning, at 8:00a.m. after having breakfast, towards the “Amazon basins”!

2. 2

   Termas de Papallacta

   2 hours Admission included

   You pass through Papallacta village, which gives you the opportunity to have a soak and enjoy its hot springs that have incredible healing properties.

3. 3

   Baeza

   2 hours

   You continue through the subtropical rainforests, located at the foothills of the Andean mountains, and then you arrive to Baeza, that is located in between three important national parks: Antisana, Sumaco-Napo-Galeras and Cayambe-Coca. You will have a little break while you enjoy lunch in the village.

4. 4

   Napo Province

   2 hours

   Then you continue towards the “Macao's viewpoint”, from where you can appreciate a huge green carpet with exuberant Amazon's vegetation! In the afternoon you will arrive to Itamandi Lodge where you will stay the first memorable overnight! After having dinner, your tour guide will escort you on a night walk to get used to this new environmet, sounds and creatures...

Liana Lodge or Itamandi Lodge

Day 2 · Amazon region's discovery!

1. 1

   Napo River

   2 hours Admission included

   After having breakfast you will do a walk into a primary tropical rainforest, that is how you begin your adventure journey! During your walk in the jungle, you'll enjoy the incredible landscape of the Amazon rainforest! You'll learn all about the fascinating vegetation and its local uses, as well to have a great taste about how to make a living on this extreme conditions.

2. 2

   Napo Province

   3 hours

   Then you'll do one of the most popular adventure sports, well-known as “tubbing”, through the Arajuno River! You'll visit a Kichwa community to learn all about the daily life of this fascinating remote region! After your morning adventure, you'll go back to the Lodge to have lunch. You have the rest of the afternoon free to relax and enjoy the lodge's facilities, viewpoints and its wildlife! At night you'll share your experiences at the living room, which is located next to the bar!

Liana Lodge or Itamandi Lodge

Day 3 · Avenue of the waterfalls Adventure!

1. 1

   Puyo

   one hour

   After having breakfast, your next destination is Puyo, where you will learn all about the famous wooden-carvings made out in balsa wood.

2. 2

   Cascada El Pailon

   2 hours Admission included

   Continuing with your trip you can't miss the well-known and famous “Avenue of the Waterfalls”, with impressive cascades as “Pailón del Diablo”, where you will walk through narrow trails and hanging bridges, until you arrive to the 72-meters waterfall, that gives you the opportunity to enjoy three more waterfalls!

3. 3

   Cascada el Manto de la Novia

   2 hours Admission included

   You'll have time for lunch. Going back to the Andes, you'll stop to take a ride on the 500-meters-long cable car, which gives us the privilege to admire another beautiful waterfall called “Manto de la Novia”! Then if you like challenges, you can decide to take a zipline tour, or a swing jump, or maybe you would like to walk through a "Tibetan bridge"!!

4. 4

   Stop 4

   45 min

   After all this life experiences, you'll drive through several tunnels built inside the mountains until you arrive to the “Agoyán waterfall”, where you can already breed again the fresh Andean air.

5. 5

   Banos

   30 min

   Finally you arrive to “Baños de Agua Santa”, and you'll stay the overnight at Hotel Monteselva.

Hotel Monteselva or Hotel La Floresta

Day 4 · Optional adrenaline adventures!

1. 1

   Tungurahua

   one day

   Breakfast. In this city, full of magic and adventure, you will have time to rest and relax in one of the different SPA that Baños offers; also you'll have time for shopping, unless you decide to do walks, scorted by your tour guide, through well-marked footpaths in secondary rainforests, or practice adventure sports, such as white water river rafting, canyoning, horseback riding, paragliding, biking, etc. All of these options will be done around the foothills of the worldwide-known and majestic “Tungurahua Volcano” (5.016 m - 16,456 ft) that has been in activity since 1999!

Hotel Monteselva or Hotel La Floresta

Day 5 · Cotopaxi Adventure - Back to Quito

1. 1

   Salasaca Mercado Artesanal

   3 hours Admission included

   After having a filling and tasty breakfast, you start your drive back to Quito. During your journey you will visit the “Salasaca's Indian Market”, and Cotopaxi Volcano (5.897 m - 19,347 ft), which is in an amazing national park, to admire the local flora, lagoons, wild horses and many other different ecosystems, in high altitude!

2. 2

   Cotopaxi National Park

   4 hours Admission included

   Also you will enjoy the exotic fauna while you walk around “Limpiopungo lagoon” (3.800 m - 12,467 ft)! After the hike, you'll have the option to drive up to the parking lot that is located at 4.500 meters above sea level (14,763 ft), then you`ll have the opportunity to hike up higher to 4.800 meters (15,784 ft), where is "José Rivas" refuge, just below the glaciers!!

3. 3

   Lasso

   2 hours

   Then a fascinating lunch within a 600-years-old Inca Temple will be awaiting for you.

4. 4

   Quito

   one hour

   You'll start the drive back to Quito, and finally it will be the end of your unforgettable life experience in Ecuador!