Excursion 9 Days Quito: Land of Seas and Rivers

-Day 1-

Your guide will pick you up at 5:00 p.m. from the airport or the terminal where you arrive in the city of Quito (the meeting point is coordinated once the reservation is confirmed), to take you to the Hotel Dann Carlton, where we will stay our first night. Once at the hotel we will check-in, we will receive the instructions for our trip and the activities of the next day, and we will have free time to rest.

​-Day 2-

Once we have checked out of the hotel, we will depart for Valle Hermoso, in the province of Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas, where we will have our first adventure, in which we will go rafting. After our activity, we will have lunch at La Concordia, and then proceed to the beautiful city of Manta, on the Ecuadorian coast. There we will spend the night and have a delicious dinner, in one of the best hotels in the city, the Hotel Oro Verde.

-Day 3-

After a night of rest by the Pacific Ocean, we will continue our trip to the province of Santa Elena, where we will visit the popular city of Salinas. There we will have a delicious lunch, prepared with seafood from the area, and we will also be able to visit La Chocolatera, the furthest point of continental Ecuador. After our visit to Salinas, we will depart for the Pearl of the Pacific, the beautiful city of Guayaquil, where we will have our dinner and spend the night at the Grand Hotel Guayaquil.

​-Day 4-

On the morning of our fourth day and once we have checked out of the hotel, we will have an incredible city tour through the beautiful port city of Guayaquil, where we will be able to learn more about the history of this city. After the tour, we will have a delicious lunch and then leave for the city of Cuenca. Once in colonial Cuenca, we will arrive at our hotel, the Hotel Victoria, where we will have time to rest before our dinner.

-Day 5-

On this day we will have the opportunity to enjoy 100% the Athens of Ecuador since we will be able to visit the Amaru Biopark and in the afternoon have a city tour with guides from Cuenca, who will make us fall in love with this magical city. We will have our lunch and dinner at El Jardín Restaurant, which is located on the banks of the Tomebamba River, a combination of luxury and dreamlike landscapes.

​-Day 6-

We will have the city of Cuenca as a base, without further ado we will visit Chordeleg, where we will be able to shop for fine silver jewelry and learn about its manufacturing process. At noon we will return to Cuenca for our lunch and to get our things ready for an afternoon-night spa; We will travel to Baños de Cuenca, where we can relax in one of the spas in the area. At night we will have our dinner at Libélula Restaurant and we will return to our hotel.

-Day 7-

Once we have checked out of our hotel, we will start the trip back to the Ecuadorian capital, Quito, but first, we will make a mandatory stop at the most important archaeological complex in the country. We will have the opportunity to visit the Ingapirca Archaeological Complex where we will learn about the history of the different peoples that inhabited the area. Arriving in Quito, we will have our dinner in a magical place, with an incredible view of the city, Pim's restaurant. After our dinner, we will go to the Dann Carlton Hotel to check in and rest.

​​-Day 8-

Our penultimate day will be devoted to learning about La Carita de Dios, our beautiful city of Quito. A day where we will have a taste of the best Quito gastronomy, where we will visit a building that is more than four centuries old and we will have the opportunity to taste one of the best chocolates in the country. We will close our tour with an incredible dinner at Café Mosaico, where we will be able to appreciate the magical sunsets of Quito.

-Day 9-

We will have our breakfast and we will check out of the hotel. This day will be free for us to explore Quito on our own. The schedules are coordinated to meet us for the last time, to be able to take you to the airport or terminal, so that you can continue with your trip through Ecuador or back home.