2D/1N ANDEAN HIGHLIGHTS. COTOPAXI VOLCANO & QUILOTOA CRATER LAKE

<p>We depart in the morning from your hotel towards Quilotoa Crater Lake. In the way we will visit Tigua Tigua village and their famous painters who have achieved a prestigious name for painting indigenous traditions and Andean landscapes on goatskin. We will also visit the Toachi canyons on this day. If the day of departure coincide with an Indigenous Market, this visit will be included. Lunch is included in one of the locally own restaurants. After lunch we move to Quilotoa Crater Lake. We will admire the beauty of this Crater Lake that became so famous in Ecuador. We will go for a hike in here (it is possible to hike part of the edge of the crater or hike down towards the lake) </p><p>Note: The hike to the Lake is very demanding but it is possible to hire a mule for the return climb with an extra cost paid at the site. We will continue towards our hotel located close to Quilotoa, in Chugchilan. Arrival at the hotel for check in, accommodation and dinner.</p>

<p> After breakfast we will check out from our hotel and will move towards “Cotopaxi Volcano and National Park”, a volcano of 5.897-m-high considered the highest active volcano in the world. An impressive sight to see if weather conditions are in our favor. During our stay at the National Park we will admire its natural environment, its Flora and Fauna accompanied by explanations from your naturalist guide. We will go for a short hike around Limpiopungo Lake which is located at the foot of the volcano. We will have lunch in the area of Cotopaxi and will start our return back to Quito city.</p>