Standard Cotopaxi One-Day Tour

Itinerary
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Stop At: Cotopaxi Volcano, Tanicuchi Ecuador

Length: 31 km/19 miles
Max. Altitude: 4.500 meters/15.000 feet
Min. Altitude: 3.200 meters/11.300 feet
What to bring: warm clothes and a rain/wind jacket
At 07:00 AM we leave Quito and after driving south for 1 and a half hours on the Pan-American highway we reach the park entrance of Cotopaxi National Park. We drive through pine forest and soon reach the Visitors’ center of the park. After visiting the Center we continue the ascent in our 4-wheel drive vehicle until we reach the highest point of the tour, 4.500 meters/15.000 feet. The view from this point is stunning and on a clear day we are able to see 8 volcanoes.
We then put on helmets, gloves and protective pads and the bike adventure on the world’s highest active volcano can begin. The first 8 km will take us down 700 m on dirt roads through volcanic ash and tundra landscape. At 3.800 m. you actually have to do some pedalling while we head down another 8 km between volcanic rocks and wild horses to our lunch spot by an Inca ruin at 3.700 m. With some luck we might see a condor or a caracara. We put the bikes back on the jeep and head for the lake of Limpiopungo at 3.800 m where we start the 16 km downhill biking on dirt and paved roads through pine forest. After this the bike adventure is over for now and around 16h00 we are back in Quito.


Duration: 6 hours

Stop At: Cotopaxi National Park, Ecuador

We will bike to the North gate, visiting extraordinary natural sites, like Limpiopungo, North Gate, Manantiales, Inca ruins and MORE

Duration: 6 hours