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!
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.
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,
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 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.
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.
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
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.
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 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
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.
Heads up travelers! Believe it or not, the Official Ecuadorian Currency is the US dollar, a great advantage and ease to travel to Ecuador and its Galapagos Islands, without having to worry about exchanging currency and doing numbers! A big go go for tourism!
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.
Baños de Agua Santa, is the melting pot of Ecuadors Adventure sports, due to its green mountain surroundings, and deep canyons, making perfect natural settings and attractions as, waterfalls, and rivers perfect for several adventure sports as rafting, canyoning, ziplines, swings, hikes, bicycle rides, motorcycle rentals, and much more.
Quilotoa Lake, is the volcano located furthermost west of the Ecuadorian Andes, inside its crater has formed a caldera with about 2 kms (0.6miles) of diameter, 250m (820ft) deep and 3914m (12850 ft) above sea level. The lake with the same name was formed inside this crater´s caldera, “Quilotoa”. It is considered one of the ten most beautiful lakes around the world according to an article puplished by Condé Nast Traveller.
Vienna, Austria’s capital, lies in the country’s east on the Danube River. Its artistic and intellectual legacy was shaped by residents including Mozart, Beethoven and Sigmund Freud. The city is also known for its Imperial palaces, including Schönbrunn, the Habsburgs’ summer residence. In the MuseumsQuartier district, historic and contemporary buildings display works by Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt and other artists.
The cozy small village of Mindo and its surrounding area, were named in 1997 as the first Important Bird Area in the Americas (first IBA) for its exceptional fauna, botanical abundance unique in species, and flora, considered vital for an ecological and responsable tourism development.
EcuaTouring is a women–managed company, we are planning your next vacation carefully behind the scenes, eiher with our fixed tours or taylor made itineraries we are happy to help!
1% of the tours you book with EcuaTouring, goes to feeding and neutering stray dogs which are a big issue in Ecuador and especially in the rural areas of Ecuador we find some hotspots
