Adventure Family Holidays 2 Days | Baños Adventures

Located right underneath one of Ecuadors active volcano, the Tunguragua. Thanks to its topography and climate many natural attractions are available in town as well as in its surroundings.  Baños is the ideal place for a variety of adventure sports as: rafting, bridge jumping, rappel, rock climbing, kayaking, zipline, swings, hanging bridge crossing, mainly all this sports are practiced right outside this small and enchanted town of Banos.

Cupids arrow will hit your heart

The town of Banos, is a small walkable and quiet town, but at the same time it’s always alive. In Baños you will feel a different atmosphere, a  sense of tranquility and peace, and at the same time, everyone who visits Baños has one may goal, and its to have a “good time”, no matter how.

There are many options when talking about adventure sports, as well as an inmense variety of types and pricing for lodging, restaurants and bars of all kinds and budgets, will complement your stay in the most complete tourist center of Ecuador.

Just one of many names

Baños is known as the doorway to the Amazon, well its right by the shoulder, on the way down to the Amazon, in fact just 30 minutes away from the first city in the amazon region, but its still high up in the mountains, yes it sounds a bit confising but once you arrive things will make sence! Also Baños is known for its volcanic origin hot springs and its full name is Baños de Agua Santa, This town was named after the “Virgen de Agua Santa”, and Baños comes from the hot springs, well Baño, without an s, also means toilet, but in this context it is a place to take a shower. Anyway the important thing is not the name but the experience and vibe you bring into the town!

Whats is Banos know for?

Baños de Agua Santa, back in the days was traditionally known for three things:

• Its sugar cane candies called “melcochas” which right now you can find other sweets also, you can taste the famous marshmallows and alfeñiques, cane juice and other local goodies.
• Know for its volcanic medicinal waters, that people on their long and tortuous journey to the jungle would make a stop to enjoy the natural hot springs and rest. Hot springs from the bowels of the Tungurahua volcano, with temperatures up to 55 degrees Celsius, to restore your vitality.
• For the miraculous “Virgen de Agua Santa”, or the Holly water Virgin, people are very faithfull to this virgin because many miracles have been attributed to her, and the most important , if not the most important miracle, locals believe that Virgen de Agua Santa is the one that looks after them and protects Banos from being affected by the eruptions of the Tungurahua volcano, throughtout history and although Banos is located right at the foot of Tungurahua Banos has never been affected by this massive volcano and its eruptions.