Cotopaxi Day Tour from The Secret Garden Quito

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 day tour to the volcano’s national park starting from Quito.

Cotopaxi National Park is home to Ecuador’s most captivatingly photogenic volcano. Towering at 5,897 metres, 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 and volcano activity conditions).
Enjoy an optional biking adventure on the ladders of Cotopaxi Volcano.

If you didnt have even 1 night to enjoy  The Secret Garden Cotopaxi we’ve still got you covered with our day trip from Quito:

We will drive you to the Cotopaxi National Park. Get ready to hike up the 5,897-metre-tall (19,347 feet) volcano Cotopaxi. This makes the Cotopaxi one of the highest active volcanoes in the world! You will hike up to 5,000 metres (16,404 feet) to a spectacular glacier (conditions permitting). 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 Neck. This is mainly a hiking tour combined with an optional downhill bike ride.

Itinerary – 1 DAY TOUR
07:20 Meet at The Secret Garden Quito hostel
09:30 Enter Cotopaxi National Park. The guide will give explanation of the area, volcanoes, vegetation, animals etc.
10:00 Arrive at the carpark 4,600 metres above sea level and hike to the refuge at 4,864 metres. Later hike up to the glacier at 5,000 metres.
12:15 Return to the 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