Cultural Tour Laguna Quilotoa: Hiking and Descent to the Lagoon all included
Overview
Available languages
11 hours
Mobile ticket
- All Inclusive: Professional Bilingual Guide, Lunch and Tourist Visits.
- Tourist Transport from Quito - Quilotoa - Quito
- Hiking and horseback riding on the same tour if you decide to return on horseback
- Visit indigenous market
- Visit indigenous house
- Visit Mirador del Quilotoa
- Visit and descent to Laguna del Quilotoa
- Visit to the Toachi River Canyon
- Professionalism and Quality of Service
- Shared Tour: Every Thursday and Sunday
- Private Tour: Every day.
Additional Info
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
What To Expect
Cotopaxi National Park
We can observe the Cotopaxi Volcano if the weather allows it
Los Andenes de Zumbahua
Visit the home of an indigenous family, they can see how they live and how they raise their animals
Options
Laguna Quilotoa Cultural Tour: Hiking and Descent to the All Inclusive Lagoon
Descent Quilotoa Lagoon Duration: 10 hours Lunch: Hot Soup, Main Course and Juice Bus or car
Quilotoa Private Tour
Pick up from your Hotel: The tour starts and ends from your hotel in Quito. The Hotel must be within the urban area of Quito. Quilotoa Tour in Private: Professional Guide and Private Transportation. We made the descent to the Laguna del Quilotoa. Security fun and professionalism Duration: 9 hours Lunch: This tour includes lunch: Hot soup, main course and juice Car does not include: Tickets or personal expenses - Kayak rental - Horse rental - Personal expenses
What‘s Included
Private transportation
Tourist visits
Lunch
Professional Tourism Guide
Quilotoa Entrance (Private Tour)
Visit and Descent to the Quilotoa Lagoon
Breakfast
Personal expenses
Tickets and Contributions
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
Reviews
11 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Beautiful lagoon
Natalia P,Dec 29, 2023
- Review from Viator
5.00Great trip, very knowledgeable guide beautiful lagoon. Quite challenging hike up to the village but we managed to find a horse for me half way.
Competence and their knowledge, 10/10
J73Skarlb,Jul 20, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I'm really impressed with her expertise and knowledge. Whenever I had a question or needed help, they were always there to provide me with the most accurate and insightful information. They are at the top of their field and I am grateful for their invaluable contribution to my study stay.
Amazing tour guide they have.
ken h,May 22, 2023
- Review from Viator
5.00Our tour guide Kevin, is the best. Very caring, very knowledgeable, he will take care of you. We glad had him being our guide, the tour is adding 3x times more fun because of him. The drive to get there is long, about 3.5 hour/each way. But the lagoon is so much nicer in person than in the pic, the pic on internet always looks boring to me, until I get there to see. Prepare for some good hike, hiking stick must have or ask if they can rent to you. It’s located at higher latitude, so hiking up be prepared, or you can spend $10 to ride the horse up.
Fun experience
Mark S,Jan 23, 2023
- Review from Viator
5.00We had a great tour visiting the local market, a local home, and Quilotoa with our guide Victor. Though we didn't descend to the lagoon (some of our group did and said it was grueling walk back up to the crater rim), we walked along the crater rim trail and enjoyed the sights. The visits to the market and local home were also educational and enjoyable (try the humitas)!
Hike to do
David H,Oct 2, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Amazing experience, tour guide was amazing. Fantastic hike with great people in a beautiful country and place. 1000 recommend
great trip and guide but hidden fees
Laura C,May 14, 2021
- Review from Viator
4.00Excellent trip,.guide and experience. Some hidden fees of $4 pp for required "donations* - but worth it
Laguna Quilotoa is breathtaking
Anita F,Mar 30, 2021
- Review from Viator
4.00The actual Laguna (lake) was breathtaking but be prepared because it gets very cold being so high up. Walking down to the actual Laguna takes about 40min to an hour, based on how in shape you are and coming up is hell (you can pay $10 to ride a horse up). We also got to meet an indigenous family and stopped at a shop that had wonderful artwork made by the native people, worth every cent to support native work. We were scheduled to leave at 7am and didn't leave until 7:20ish because the tour guide was running late (hint why I didn't give a 5star). We had to ask the driver to stop after 2:30hrs because we were starving. They were good at accommodating but make sure you speak up. The tour guide was decent, wish their was more interaction though.
Gabriel is the best!
Jklish49,Oct 30, 2019
- Review from Viator
5.00Our tour guide Gabriel was great. He showed a deep knowledge and enthusiasm when talking about his home country of Ecuador and in particular the specific sites we visited. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone. Also he spoke great English.
Great side tours along the way!
Curiosity529214,Oct 30, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Obviously the main attraction was Quilotoa but what a difference it made to stop at the market and a family’s home. The ride was long so the stops were helpful in that regard but they were also fun to do!
Good Service
Sunshine60765841562,Oct 10, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I went on a walk to Ecuador with this agency and it was excellent, they took me to know the most beautiful places in Ecuador, comfortable and safe!!
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