Travel and transport agencies Sierra

A real travel agency, rather recent, but very well run by an experienced, motivated and bilingual Spanish-English team (important for security notions). One of the most serious addresses in Baños. Very professional guides for all the aquatic activities proposed here. Imagine Ecuador is present on all the territory and also proposes packages for the Galapagos, Amazonia and everywhere else. Very well detailed website. At the end of your day, you can get back the pictures. We highly recommend it !

Orlando and Alicia are two passionate scientists and biologists, committed to the protection of nature (former naturalist guides in the Galapagos). They speak French, English and Spanish. They protect the bosque from various neighbouring owners and will invite you to visit the reserve they have created. The visit is done independently with the advice of our two guides. You can come and pitch your tent or rent one of the charming huts on site.

For an immersion of a few days in the Ecuadorian selva, at 2 hours of Puyo. After years to offer his services as a guide for local agencies, Carlos Warusha decided to welcome visitors to his own huts within his community in San Jacinto. After crossing the river in a canoe, you will be welcomed in the family, which you will share in the daily, rather summary, but authentic accommodation conditions. The Warusha (Shuar) community will let you discover its culture and its natural environment in a spirit of solidarity tourism. In the programme: rustic stay in Ecuador huts, participation in daily tasks (wood collection, machete cleaning, moth and papayas harvest), sports circuits and authentic meetings.

For more than 20 years, this agency has been offering various activities, especially in the field of adventure: rafting, canyoning, kayaking, mountain biking, horse riding. Qualified guides. Several offices in town. The equipment is of good quality and the staff is serious. The staff speaks Spanish and English without any problem. For your information, the managers of the agency also take care of the GreenForest Ecolodge in Cuyabeno and the well known hostal in Baños, Santa Cruz backpackers. You can therefore rely on them to organize part of your trip.

" Solidarity tourism in an indigenous community of Imbabura. " The people of the Quichua Quichua country offer a real opportunity to discover a region of Ecuador with authentic contact, to discover their way of life and their environment. The community is located minutes by bus from the famous Artisanal handicraft market, just steps from the Laguna Cuicocha (Cuicocha Lake) and dominated by the Imbabura and Cotacachi volcanoes. Several families welcome visitors and organise their travel by adapting to their wishes. It is an opportunity to discover with them the crafts and local music, medicinal plants and their customs. They will also propose to visit alpacas or climb the Cotacachi volcano (4 930 m). The benefits are used to educate young people to stop the exodus to large cities, a real threat to the transmission of ancestral knowledge.

Runa Tupari is part of a network of cultural and community tourism formed by indigenous farmers of the Otavalo region. To discover the surroundings: villages of craftsmen, lake of San Pablo, hikes to the Cotacachi volcano, trekking, rural tourism in the communities. The agency has built a network among the indigenous people of the region who wish to welcome travelers and organizes your stay for you. Let yourself be tempted by the experience of a night in a local's home.

If you are looking for a professional agency offering all types of excursions in the region, or even in the country, you have found it! This young and dynamic agency founded by Wlady, an Ecuadorian who has travelled a lot and co-managed by Kayla, offers you to discover the peaks of Ecuador with qualified mountain guides, the Amazon with Geranio, a local expert, or simply to go and discover the foothills of Chimborazo on horseback with a local indigenous guide. The agency favours eco-responsibility and is very much involved in this sense.

Tovar Expeditions is probably one of the most professional agencies in Latacunga. It offers various excursions, treks and hikes around Cotopaxi, the Quilotoa lagoon, Chimborazo and the Ilinizas. The prices are competitive and the team is young and dynamic. Equipment available for loan if needed. If you wish to go for a bike ride, the agency will find you the bikes to rent and a specialized guide will accompany you to discover the Cotopaxi slopes or even to go around the Quilotoa lagoon if you dream of it.

This local travel agency will be able to provide you with a guide to discover the historical center of Cuenca. They also organize excursions to the Cajas National Park, the archaeological site of Ingapirca and the Sierra. Other services include: domestic and international flight reservations, Galapagos cruises, excursions to the Andes and trips to the Amazon. The staff speaks Spanish and English and is very competent and friendly. An agency with which one feels in total confidence.

Arturo will pick you up to take you to Secret Garden Cotopaxi. Count US $ 15 for one go (for the car).

This agency is managed by a young, dynamic and professional team under the leadership of Edison, the manager of the agency. On the program: excursions from one to several days through the Andes (Otavalo, Cotopaxi, Quilotoa, Baños, Chimborazo, Guaranda), in the rest of the country (Galapagos, Kapawi, Jamu and Cuyabeno Lodges, Napo or Cotococha Reserve) and the surrounding villages (Chordeleg, Cajas Park, Gualaceo). Themed tours and English speaking guides. Last minute offers at low prices are also proposed on the site

Julio Verne Travel is a Dutch-Ecuadorian travel agency. With over 20 years' experience, its aim is to offer tourists the best possible service when visiting the country. Based in Riobamba, the agency organizes trips to all 4 corners of Ecuador: from the Galapagos to the Chimborazo and Cotopaxi climbs, as well as climbing, mountain biking and trekking days throughout the country, the agency draws on its experience to provide a highly professional service. Attractive prices.

Located right in front of the Santo Domingo church, Greivag agency welcomes local and international tourists for quality excursions. The guides are competent and really professional. Some, like Edison, are even specialized in high mountains. He has climbed the highest peaks in the country and among the highest in the world. Quilotoa and Cotopaxi are the most famous excursions, but there are many other possibilities in the surroundings. The day trip to the ecological reserve Los Ilinizas is worth the detour. A very good address!

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Several daily departures for the main cities of the country or to Peru. Count 15h of bus for Quito, 9h for Guayaquil and 5-6h for Cuenca, 6h for Machala, 1h30 for Zamora and 6-7h for Macará at the Peruvian border. For Vilcabamba, departures every 15 minutes, either by bus, minibus, or by taking one of the collective taxis that leave from the south of Iberoamérica Avenue (Mercadillo y Manuel Carrion, about US$ 1.50 for a 40-minute ride) and from Vilcabambaturis (land terminal ✆ +593 7 257 7376).

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Several Internet cafés in the city centre and near hotels.

The terminal is located at the entrance to the city centre. Well arranged, it gathers the offices of the different bus cooperatives. Daily and frequent departures to Quito (more than 20 buses/day, 3h). This is the same bus that you will have to take to go to Latacunga. The stop will be on the side of the Pan-American Highway. Every 10 minutes for Ambato (1h); about ten buses for Riobamba (2h). Towards the Amazon, about ten buses per day towards Puyo (2h) and Tena (about 4 or 5h). There are also buses to Guayaquil and Salinas on the coast (9 hours).

Andinatel (local and international calls). . and Halflants.

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