Ultimate Private Ecuador Adventure – Amazon, Andes & Coasts

What’s included

• Includes return flights from the UK to Ecuador with checked in luggage
• 16 nights accommodation in 3- or 4-star hotels, haciendas, and community tourism lodgings (full board)
• Domestic flights within Ecuador
• All transfers between airports, hotels, and activity locations
• Private bus/car with certified national guide
• Meals respecting dietary preferences, allergies, or intolerances
• Local guides in national parks and the Amazon
• All entrances to museums, churches, national parks, and other sites mentioned in the itinerary, including:
• Quito: La Compañía, San Francisco, La Catedral, El Panecillo, Basílica del Voto Nacional, La Ronda Street, Mitad del Mundo
• Otavalo & surroundings: Otavalo Artisan Market, Cuicocha Lagoon, Cotacachi leather town, Cochasqui Inca pyramids, community visits, PachaManca cooking
• Nono: Birdwatching, wellness walks, tree planting and reforestation activities with local community
• Cotopaxi National Park: Hikes to refuge, glacier viewpoints, lagoon walks, horseback riding, rose garden & rose liqueur workshop, optional mountain biking
• Baños region: Quilotoa volcano descent, Virgin's Mantle, waterfalls, Pailón del Diablo, Patate family distillery visit, fruit farm tastings
• Amazon rainforest: River excursions, wildlife observation, visits to indigenous communities, ancestral food preparation, chocolate-making workshops, rituals and celebrations with Shamans
• Riobamba & Chimborazo region: Local markets, tagua crafting, horseback riding, mountain biking, hikes with indigenous communities
• Ingapirca: Inca ruins, museum, Qhapaq Ñan short hike, organic cereal farming project visit, traditional meals with local families
• Cuenca & surroundings: Colonial city tour, Gualaceo and Chordeleg artisan visits (goldsmithing and cotton weaving), chocolate tasting and cooking class, Panama hat factory visit
• Cajas National Park & Guayaquil: Hiking through park’s 700 lagoons, energy points, tropical fruit farm tasting, coastal seafood experience, Iguana Park, Las Peñas neighborhood, and lighthouse climb
• Completely private and personalised itinerary
• Special attention for newlyweds in several hotels and restaurants
• Water bottle and power adapters
• Cultural and community experiences throughout, including cooking classes, artisanal workshops, ancestral ceremonies (Ayahuasca, Temazcal, Shamanic cleansing), and conservation activities
• NB: Please note that hotel taxes and resort fees may be collected at check in for each hotel - please call for details