We leave Puerto Ayora to the higher part of Santa Cruz Island, where we will take our bikes to get to Cerro Mesa Ecological Reserve. If you are not feeling up to a bike ride you can be driven instead. We will walk its paths admiring flora and fauna, plus the spectacular view of the island and its surroundings from the viewpoint.
Then continue to the The Garrapatero beach, where we will enjoy a picnic on the shore, and have the rest of the afternoon to enjoy the beach, and the species that we can find in this place, such as Flamingos and mallards in a nearby lagoon. Rental kayaks (optional).
At an arranged time, return to Puerto Ayora.
Throughout WWI transport ships sailed around the Galapagos Islands. It was right outside the harbor of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno that the WWI German transport ship Caragua sank 100 years ago. At the wreck site a reef-like environment has been created. Scuba divers will be exposed to stingrays, nudibranches, corals, schools of fish, rays and sea lions. This remains one of the few wreck dives in Galapagos. The wreck is approximately 300 feet long and you can inspect the ship's remains including the propellers and boilers.
It is a tour where you will visit some points of interest: Los humedales a complex of trails and gaps to observe all 4 species, mangrove, several lava formations and birds like flamingos, zarapitos, etc. Breeding Center: has lovely gardens, contains native plants, and you can see several land turtles.
The wall of tears where you will learn about history and Concha Perla, beach visitors can swim and snorkel with tropical fish, wolves marine, penguins, turtles, and observe up to 20 species of birds.
Isabela Island is the largest island which make up the archipelago of islands Galapagos, and its great diversity of flora and fauna is one of the great attractions they seek all travelers choose to fly to these islands of Ecuador. But nevertheless, there is an episode of this place, away from any hint of life and joy, which left a legacy of the so-called wall of tears.
Santay Island is an Ecuadorian island. It is located on the Guayas River 800 meters away from the city of Guayaquil and belongs to Durán. The area of the island comprises 2,179 hectares. Additional activities such as nature tourism (observation of fauna and flora), adventure tourism (hiking, cycling) and cultural and experiential activities.
Wearing comfortable clothes, using sun protection and, above all, being predisposed to respect nature, are the main recommendations when visiting Santay Island. From Tuesday there is the possibility of reaching this natural sanctuary on foot or by bicycle. With the opening of the pedestrian bridge, in El Oro and La Ría, in the south of Guayaquil, there has grown interest in knowing the island, located in front of the city and that belongs to the neighbouring Guayasense of Durán.
In this first phase of the Guayaquil Ecological Project, visitors can access the island, through a pedestrian bridge of 840 meters long, until the entrance to the island. The Ecoaldea is reached by a path of high walkers of 1.6 kilometres.
Begin to take a walk in the Volcan Chico is located northwest of the boiler, so it is not affected by the mist that always rushes in the southeast sector of the high islands. This is one of the reasons why Chico Volcano is in perfect condition and can also be appreciated by visitors when there is good visibility and sun.
On the northeast side of the Sierra Negra volcano caldera on 22 October 2005 there was an eruption that took one week. The lava flow covered much of the inside of the boiler and in some places rose more than two meters.
The Sierra Negra volcano is considered the oldest of the volcanoes on Isabela. According to some geologists, including Nordlie, while wider and shallower is one, oldest boiler is. It reaches this conclusion through a theory and observations indicate that the volcanic processes in a boiler tend to tear down its edge, filling her. This activity is characterized by tremors and eruptions that are occurring in the course of thousands and millions of years. After completion of all activities tourists will be transported back to your hotel.
Pasa un par de días explorando los maravillosos alrededores salvajes de Quito. Ecuador es un país hermoso, rico en vida silvestre y selvas, y este tour te lleva hasta muchas de sus sorpresas más fascinantes. Únete a nosotros y deja todas las prisas y el bullicio de la gran ciudad tras de ti.
Pasa un par de días explorando los maravillosos alrededores salvajes de Quito. Ecuador es un país hermoso, rico en vida silvestre y selvas, y este tour te lleva hasta muchas de sus sorpresas más fascinantes. Únete a nosotros y deja todas las prisas y el bullicio de la gran ciudad tras de ti.
Saldremos desde Quito por la bulliciosa Avenida del Volcán. En el camino, admiraremos el excepcional paisaje andino que está suplicando que le hagas una foto. Disfruta de una parada en el Parque Nacional Cotopaxi, donde se eleva orgulloso un colosal volcán activo. Llegaremos entonces a Riobamba, donde haremos noche en una hacienda ecuatoriana a la antigua usanza.
Despiértate con alegría al día siguiente y disfruta un delicioso desayuno antes de salir hacia la estación de tren situada en el cercano Alausí. Una vez que llegue el tren y tú estés a bordo, podrás relajarte durante el viaje hasta el punto más alto de la excursión: la mundialmente famosa Nariz del Diablo. El tren zigzaguea frente a este acantilado abrupto, una de las vistas más espectaculares de todo Ecuador y una experiencia emocionante que sin duda tardarás en olvidar. Después, regresaremos a Alausí y tomaremos un último almuerzo antes de regresar a Quito por la tarde.
Punto de encuentro: Para la excursión en SIB (Sit In Bus y únete a un grupo). Recogida disponible en los principales hoteles de Quito: Sheraton Hotel Dann Carlton, Le Park Akros, Howard Johnson, Jw. Marriott Hotel Quito, Swissotel, Río Amazonas, Queen Elizabeth House Nu, Mercure Alameda, Hilton Colon y Patio Andaluz.
Duración: 2 días.
Hora de inicio o apertura: Entre las 18:00 y las 18:30 h.
Idiomas: Inglés y español.
We will go early in the morning to Alausi town where the railroad station, where we board the train or rail car for the most exciting train ride section is: the decline in Alausí to Sibambe by the ravines of the Devil's Nose, this descent is possible through a series of switchbacks up the steep hillside. The more adventurous travel in the stretch of the train.
Then we visit the most important archeological complex of Inca Cañari- Ecuador: Ingapirca means ""Wall or Wall of the Inca"". The resort features patios, terraces, temples and a ""castle"". We may know the site museum and admire the stone fortress that has several thresholds and stone walls that fit perfectly over one another, without any mortar.
It is a tour where you will visit some points of interest: La Loberia, Love Canal and The Cracks. Tourists will visit the seal colony where usually there are some seals and power snorkel with them. Then visit the Love Canal, observe sharks and the cracks. For the activity of the cracks it is recommended rubber shoes as it is located in a rocky and eroded land.
Visiting the equatorial monument is a unique and fascinating experience. Hundreds of years after the indigenous of today’s Ecuador set Catequilla as the middle of the world, a French expedition arrived to confirm geographically the measurement.
At the north of the city below the equinox Andes, the famous monument settles in the equatorial line. This is the middle of the world.
What to do (at your own pace)
- Take a picture of yourself with one foot in each hemisphere of the planet.
- Check your weight! A person weights less in the middle of the world than in any other part of the globe (Newton’s law).
- Visit the Ethnographic Museum.
Exploring (with the Five Senses)
- Enjoy all the unique and fun experiments at the Inti Ñam Museum, proving that you are exactly in the middle of the world.
This tour starts very early in the morning, tourists will be picked up at the hotel at the agreed time. After that they will be transferred to the Cajas National Park. Where they conduct a ride up the mountain which includes Sportfishing in the various loopholes that exist in these we find a delicious kind of seafood lagoons: rainbow trout, whose flesh delights the taste buds of locals and foreigners, and can be caught by oneself. It is said that this activity dates back to 1951 when driven by the Institute of Economic Recovery Austro Jorge Ubidia Betancourt, Chilean coach in fish farming freshwater, arrived in Cuenca, in order to activate the production and planting of trout in the rivers around the city. Sport fishing is permitted in the Cajas National Park, however it is illegal to use nets, gas, dynamite, among others. All necessary equipment will be provided to perform this activity. At the end of fishing tourists receive lunch and then be transferred back to Cuenca.