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Conquer those rapids – Baños white water rafting
December 23, 20230
Conquer those rapids – Baños white water rafting
For those adrenaline seekers, Baños, is the  Adventure capital of Ecuador. Quito to Baños tours are offered all year round by EcuaTouring from Quito, where one of the main adventure and nature sports is the Baños white water rafting, practiced down the Pastaza river with an average level of 3, although its rapids can scale up to level 4 or 5 depending on the time of the year. For EcuaTouring its a pleasure to make your travel plans possible!
Why Is Ecuador safe ? important safety tips for 2024
August 13, 20230
Why Is Ecuador safe ? important safety tips for 2024
Many travelers have a quite normal question or concern to know if a country is safe or unsafe before traveling, and this question are asking many travelers as you as of 2023, is Ecuador safe to travel? Therefore we have made a list with 13 most important safety tips when traveling to Ecuador as of 2023. For now, things are generally safe for people with typical precautions (situational awareness, don’t flash expensive electronics, and take of any jewelry off your body. Overall climate of people and Ecuador still remains the same very open friendly and caring, Ecuador is a country where the pros, far outweight the cons.
Holidays and traditions in Ecuador
August 12, 20230
Holidays and traditions in Ecuador
Ecuador, a country full of culture and diversity every where you look and go, and with this, many traditions are still preserved in this small but unique country, either from the Spanish or Inca heritage and in many cases a culture that has merged into one through centuries, some of the Ecuador unique traditions and festivities are: Inti Raymi or Sun Fest, Semana Santa or Easter, Dia de los Muertos or Day of the death, Carnaval, or Carnival, Navidad or Christmas, Año Viejo or New Years,
Quito Airport Taxi Booking
July 8, 20231
Quito Airport Taxi Booking
Make your car service reservation for Quito airport pick-up ahead of time. Experience a safe, reliable and smooth ride from Quito airport to the city, JW Marriot, Quito old town for only $30 and to other destinations. Your chauffer is awaiting for you at the arrival gate with a sign that will say your name. Get a free quote for city to city destinations.
Mindo chocolate tour
July 8, 20231
Mindo chocolate tour
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.
Awesome things to do in Mindo | EcuaTouring
January 5, 20231
Awesome things to do in Mindo | EcuaTouring
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.
Awesome Ecuador tourist attractions
March 14, 20220
Awesome Ecuador tourist attractions
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.
Discover the wonders of Ecuador tourism with a local tour operator
March 14, 20220
Discover the wonders of Ecuador tourism with a local tour operator
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
Ecuador e-bike tours
March 14, 20220
Ecuador e-bike tours
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.
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Possibly one of the most important and beautiful natural attractions in the Cotopaxi Province of Ecuador. The Quilotoa crater lake is one of the most impressive natural wonders of this Province. A marvelous view to the lake from the lookout point located at the top of its rim will make you go WOW. This fantastic seven color turquoise toned lake is considered to be, one of the 13 most beautiful lakes around the globe. Not only the lake has an special beauty but also its local indigenous people and its surroundings makes this, an special place.

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Mindo day tour from Quito is a full day packed with different activities and things to do in Mindo. Where you will be picked up from your accommodation in Quito and explore Mindo for one full day. Hop on with us and discover the beauty of Mindo cloud forest tour the best way you can discover Ecuador. The Mindo cloud forest is the pearl of a transition ecosystem where birds, amphybians, mammals, plants and trees have manage to live in a simbiotic state. Cloud forests are one of the rarests ecosystems in the world, and among the most endangered. This beautiful forest are defined by their nearly constant inmersion in a layer of clouds. Creating a unique cool wet climate for plants and animals living there. Cloud forests are known for their high biodiversity, an incredible number of birds, plants and animals living in this ambience and many of them are current nowhere in the planet.

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Baños elevation is more or less at 1800m (5904ft) and its located on the province with the same name as the volcano “Tungurahua” the town of Baños is located right underneath the North Estern side of the Tungurahua volcano and to the East of Ambato, which is the capital city of the Tungurahua province In Baños indigenous traditions and modern customs of American and foreign visitors are mixed. The tourist city of Baños is located in a valley with waterfalls and hot springs next to the Tungurahua volcano with a height of 5,016 meters.

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Cotopaxi volcano is one of the most iconic and photographed volcanoes in South America, its the second highes active volcano. The meaning of Cotopaxi is the combination of two words Coto means neck and Paxi means moon in the Quichua (inca language), therefore, the translation would be “Neck of the Moon”.  On a clear summer night, the moon seems to be seating on top of the crater, and looks like a human head and the snow looks like a neck and a poncho this is the reason why it is called, "Neck of the moon".

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