Travel and transport agencies Baños

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 !

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.

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.

This agency is specialized in combined excursions to allow you to discover all the facets of the region. For sportsmen: horseback riding, rafting and mountain biking over 1 or more days. More classic, the ascent of Tungurahua, Cotopaxi, Chimborazo. But also rafting on the Jatunyacu river (4 people minimum, about 60 US$ per day and per person), canyoning (from 20 US$ per person). The experienced guides are English speaking. Their excursion in the Amazonian forest is however too touristy and not authentic enough.

This trustworthy agency offers a wide range of services. These include canyoning (US$25 per person for 4 descents of waterfalls ranging from 15 to 45 m, duration approx. 3 hours), rafting (departure at 9 a.m. or 2 p.m., US$30 per person for half a day), bungee jumping from the Rio Blanco bridge (25 m, US$15 per person) and the San Francisco bridge (100 m, US$20 per person). The price includes transportation, the services of an English-speaking guide and equipment rental.