Means of transport Sierra

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

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).

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).