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Mindo cloud forest has a lot to offer, there are plenty of things to do in Mindo, this is a place where you can spend several days if time permits, with active or relaxing days, meaning that if you don’t feel like being active, you can just chill out, relax and read a book or just watch for some of the many (+/- 450) species of birds that can just pop in front of you, and feast your eyes with their bright, vivid colors. Mindo and its natural beauty is hard to be described with words only, you have to experience it by yourself.

Altough Quito has activities for several days, there are also places worth visiting just outside Quito at a relative short distance, in different directions towards the country side and surroundings of the capital city. Where Quito can be an excellent base for day tours or over night tours close to Quito.

Why book and travel with an Ecuador Local tour Operator? because you are supporting the local economy, since the money you payed for a tour, you have decided to take, will stay and be spent in the host country, in this case, in Ecuador. Avoiding money leakage which affects badly the country’s economy, it can be taken as unethical and unfair for the country which owns all the beauty as, beaches, mountains jungles, forests, islands or anything that was visited, where the hosts gets a tiny fraction in return, as a tourist you can play a big and important role when shopping for tours correctly to local tour operators, this way you can make sure the money stays where it belongs

Altough Quito has activities for several days, there are also places worth visiting just outside Quito at a relative short distance, in different directions towards the country side and surroundings of the capital city. Where Quito can be an excellent base for day tours or over night tours close to Quito.

MIndo day tour from Quito,this day, you will enjoy a unique and comfy experience, we will pick you up from your hotel in Quito or from any of the airport hotels at 8am to start with this adventure, while driving towards the north end of Quito, you will go through different neighborhoods and have the chance to see part of the long narrow city and its intricate topography. Our first stop will be at the Pululahua inhabited crater and geo-botanical reserve to observe it from a panoramic lookout and learn some facts about this interesting place. Next

There are four main ways to get from the Quito Airport to Baños, they all have advantages and disadvantages, that we mention on this short but helpfull article and, hope you make the best decision for getting from Quito airport to Baños 1.- Bus 2.- Tour3.- Transfer services/Taxi 4.- Private Transportation, car rental

Mindo is a town that lies between the mountains and the Ecuadorian coast, and at the same time has the soul of an Amazon forest. We can say that it brings together things from the three regions of Ecuador. Relatively close to the capital, within a two and a half hours drive from Quito, with a warm and humid climate and an overflowing nature is the closest cloud forest from Quito.

1.-Ecuador is the only country named after an imaginary line. 2.-The country where Panama hat is genuinely from! 3.- The place where constellations from the two hemispheres can be seen! 4.- Exactly where the two hemispheres meet! 5.- Ecuador the real Banana Republic! 6.- Guinea Pig or Cuy, an Ecuadorian delicacy! 7.- Home to three heritage sites! 8.- The only country in South America that uses the US dollar as an official currency! 10.- Home to the highest volcano measured from the center of the earth

According to statistics Baños is the city of Tungurahua with the least amount of robbery and crime in general. Baños locals, understand that if a tourist has a good experience, that tourist will bring many more tourists afterwards. Therefore, safety and good service is taken care of as much as possible by the people of Baños. Of course crime exists as in most parts of the world, and Baños Ecuador is not the exception.