1 Day- Arrival in Quito and visit of the colonial center of Quito, visiting some of the most interesting places of Quito such as the independence square San Agustin church, the cathedral, El Sagrario church and San Francisco church, after the vsit of the last church we have the possibility to sit in a cafeteria in San Francisco plaza to enjoy some Ecuadorian finger snacks. finally visiting the panecillo hill where we can take nice panoramic from Quito.

2 Day- Early Breakfast and start to Otavalo, on the way we'll visit Calderon with the famous bread dough figures. We'll make a stop over at the old Ecuador monument and continue our drive on the panamericana north trough the small city of cayambe located right at the skirts of the volcano with the same name Once on the market we can see and buy the fabulous hand made woolen goods made by the Otavalo Indians. After we leave the market we visit the Cuicocha lake located in the Cotacachi-Cayapas natural reserve. Overnight

3 Day- Morning drive in direction to Papallacta Thermal baths at southeast of Otavalo. There we can enjoy the hot springs surrounded by nature and rest in an environment of relax. The route takes us in the south direction heading Cotopaxi where we'll sleep close to the Volcano.

4 Day- This day we'll start our journey in direction to the Cotopaxi National Park. where we drive up to 4.500 mt and try to walk up to the refuge . After a short rest return to the car and drive to Baņos, small subtropical town in-between the mountains at the skirts of a Volcano. Hotel and overnight.

5 Day- In this morning we visit the Pailon del Diablo a small private natural reserve where we can walk very close to an impressive waterfall later drive to Riobambaaround the Chimborazo Volcano, arrival in the afternoon, overnight.

6 Day- This morning we drive south to the small town of Guamote to get on the train and ride over the devils nose, one of most difficult rail constructions until our times. After we get of the train in Alausi we drive towards Cuenca. Arrival in the City of Cuenca , and overnight.

7 Day- Morning Excursion in Cuenca, one of the nicest cities in Ecuador. We'll walk through Cuenca's streets enjoying the colonial atmosphere of the city. Afterwards we'll drive to an panama hat exportation company to follow part of the process of making a panama hat. All our possible hotels are located right in town perfect for evening strolling Overnight.

8 Day- After breakfast drive through the Cajas national park, in direction to Guayaquil. In a short time we drive from 4.200 mt to sea level, experiencing the changing of the vegetation from paramo plants to banana plantations Arrival in the afternoon, Overnight.

Beginn Galapagos cruise or Island Hopping Trip, 4, 5 or 8 Days.