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3 Day Trekking Quilotoa Loop Chugchilan Town Crater and Lagoon
3 Day Trekking Quilotoa Loop Chugchilan Town Crater and Lagoon
3 Day Trekking Quilotoa Loop Chugchilan Town Crater and Lagoon
3 Day Trekking Quilotoa Loop Chugchilan Town Crater and Lagoon
3 Day Trekking Quilotoa Loop Chugchilan Town Crater and Lagoon

3 Day Trekking Quilotoa Loop Chugchilan Town Crater and Lagoon

By Quilotoa Org
Free cancellation available
Price is CA $887 per adult
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 3d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Quilotoa Loop is the best trekking in the Ecuadorian Andes. Get to know The Real Andes crossing canyons, valleys, and Kichwa indigenous communities, on the way to the volcanic lagoon. Enjoy 3 of the 6 stages of this Circuit, accompanied by a trekking guide and with the safety of a 4x4 vehicle.

Explore light with your hiking suitcase, while your full luggage safely approaches your next hotel.

Customise your ideal circuit with 3 of the 6 stages that make up the “Grand Quilotoa Loop”. We offer a Certified guide and Certified driver.

Activity location

  • Machachi
    • Machachi, Pichincha, Ecuador

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Machachi
    • Machachi, Pichincha, Ecuador

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Quilotoa Lagoon, Crater Loop, Trekking Grand Canyon in Multilingual
  • Activity duration is 3 days3d3d
  • Opening hours: Thu 12:00 a.m.-11:30 p.m.
  • English

Pickup included

Price details
CA $886.87 x 1 AdultCA $886.87
Total
Price is CA $886.87

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedWater refill
  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate transport
  • What's includedWhat's includedEntrance fees to the Communities around Quilotoa
  • What's includedWhat's includedCertified tour guide
  • What's includedWhat's includeda SUV "hiking supply car", behind the group. Transport for your heavier/bigger luggage.
  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional 4x4 Driver
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedMeals

Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Trekking Grand Canyon
  • 4 stops
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: Basic accomodation, Shared room in a hostel. If you prefer a private room or a 4star hotel please send a message.
Machachi
  • 30m
Technical Stop for breakfast if you didn't have it(not included), we recommend buying snacks, sweets, or chocolates for your days of trekking, there are some ATMs if you need more cash for souvenirs in the communities or extra activities.
Sigchos
  • 10m
we can appreciate The Gran Toachi River Canyon from different perspectives, very close to Sigchos City. The canyon was created by Quilotoa Volcano 800 years ago.
Chugchilan
  • 5h
Hike from Chugchilan Town to Quilotoa Crater, crossing the canyons on the North Side of Quilotoa Volcano, one of the best experiences that travellers love is meeting with local people in Kichwa communities. There are some distances and routes that you could choose but the maximum is 11-12 km(7-7.5miles).
Quilotoa
  • 7h
Free time in the community for your lunch (not included) you can explore the lookouts and the Craft Market.
Day 2: Crater Loop
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: Basic accomodation, Shared room in a hostel. If you prefer a private room or a 4-star hotel please send a message.
Quilotoa
  • 5h
Breathtaking views from Quilotoa crater, during the 10km(6,2miles) we can appreciate the lagoon, the valleys and canyons around the volcano.
Mirador Shalala
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
We visited the Shalala Lookout, its community created a glass/wood structure to appreciate the lagoon some years ago. The lookout was part of the '2015 Work of the Year Award', and was chosen as one of the best architectural works of the year built in Spanish-speaking territories. The hike continues to the highest peak of the crater 3930m(12893ft). Finally, we finish at the same community where we started.
Day 3: Volcanic Lagoon
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: Not included
Laguna Quilotoa
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
“Great Volcano full of water!”. After a relaxing path to the lagoon, almost 1.7 km, you will find the Lagoon Dock, at 3,500m(11483ft), there are some activities that the Community offers such as kayaking, motor boat or the ascent to the Community in mule/horse, you can even ask about the camping area on the shores of the lagoon.
Quilotoa
  • 2h
Free time for your lunch (not included) and getting ready to come back to Quito(or the city where we started the tour). Drop-off in your hotel.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESMachachi
    • Machachi, Pichincha, Ecuador

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEMachachi
    • Machachi, Pichincha, Ecuador

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