Cotopaxi Day Tour

We strongly recommend our 3day/2night deal at The Secret Garden Cotopaxi or even just 1 night to taste the amazing experience, but for those who don’t have enough, time we created the daytrip from Quito to the volcano’s national park.

Cotopaxi National Park is home to Ecuador’s most captivatingly photogenic volcano. Towering at 5897 meters the giant Cotopaxi peak boasts a perfectly symmetrical snow-capped cone, and picturesque surrounding parkland.
Travel through the amazing landscape of the Avenue of the Volcanoes towards Cotopaxi Volcano.
Hike on the second highest peak in Ecuador and one of the world’s highest active volcanoes.
Enjoy a stunning scenery, crisp mountain air at Cotopaxi National Park at a short drive from Quito.
Step into the Paramo biodiversity at Limpiopungo Lagoon, climb up to the glaciers (depends on weather conditions).
Enjoy an optional horseback ride or biking adventure on the ladders of Cotopaxi Volcano.

If you didnt have even 1 night to enjoy  The Secret Garden Cotopaxi we still got you covered with our daytrip drom Quito:

We will drive you to the Cotopaxi National Park. Get ready for hike up the 5,897 meters (19,347 feet) tall volcano Cotopaxi. This makes the Cotopaxi one of the highest active volcanoes in the world! You can hike up to 5000 meters (16,404 feet) to a spectacular glacier. The Andean landscape in Ecuador will be even more spectacular when exploring it by bike! After the bike ride, we will visit Limpiopungo Lagoon and learn the reason why Cotopaxi means Moon’s Throne. This is mainly a hiking tour trip combined with an optional downhill biking.

Itineraries
1 DAY TOUR
Your Plan
07:30 Meet at The Secret Garden hostel Quito
09:30 Enter Cotopaxi National Park
10:00 The guide will give explanation of the area, volcanoes, vegetation, animals etc.
10:00 Arrive at Carpark 4500 meters above sea level and hike to refuge 4864meters later Arrive at Glacier at 5000 m
12:15 Returned to Carpark
12:25 Equipment Check – Start Bike ride
13:30 Finish biking
14:00 Drive to the restaurant for Lunch
15:00 Eat lunch
16:00 Return to Quito

Bilingual guide Spanish / English.
Tourist transport.
Lunch
Bike and helmet
Permits to enter protected areas

Breakfast
Extra food and drinks.
Tips
Snacks