Volcano Summit Striker: 3 Summits To Cotopaxi
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Itinerary
4x Breakfast
4x Breakfast
1x Lunch
1x Lunch
Accommodation included: 7 nights
Accommodation included: 7 nights
24/7 Local Assistance
24/7 Local Assistance
Accomodations and activities according to...
Accomodations and activities according to itinerary
Private transport to and from...
Private transport to and from Quito
Hotel accomodation in double rooms
Hotel accomodation in double rooms
1 patented mountain guide (Spanish...
1 patented mountain guide (Spanish / English speaking)
1 mountain guide per 2...
1 mountain guide per 2 climbers at the Cotopaxi
Meals according to itinerary
Meals according to itinerary
Rental equipment (shoes, crampons, pickaxe,...
Rental equipment (shoes, crampons, pickaxe, harness, helmet)
National Park - Agency authorization
National Park - Agency authorization
Entry/Admission - Mariscal Sucre International...
Entry/Admission - Mariscal Sucre International Airport
Entry/Admission - Quito Old Town
Entry/Admission - Quito Old Town
Entry/Admission - Pasochoa 4200
Entry/Admission - Pasochoa 4200
Entry/Admission - Guagua Pichincha
Entry/Admission - Guagua Pichincha
Entry/Admission - Lavanderia Los Ilinizas
Entry/Admission - Lavanderia Los Ilinizas
Entry/Admission - Illiniza Norte
Entry/Admission - Illiniza Norte
Entry/Admission - Cotopaxi National Park
Entry/Admission - Cotopaxi National Park
Not included:
Extra drinks at the mountain...
Extra drinks at the mountain huts
Tips
Tips
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Itinerary
Day 1: Arriving in Quito
Stop At: Mariscal Sucre International Airport, Nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional de Quito Tababela S/N - Via, Quito 170907, Ecuador
Road Transfer: Quito Airport - Quito Hotel
Travel time depends on traffic and time of the day, the transfer takes about 1 hour 30 minutes and its start time will be adjusted to fit your itinerary.
Service category: English-speaking Guide
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Quito Old Town, Quito Ecuador
Quito City Tour: Original 1914 Trolleybus
Beginning in the city's north, an English speaking tour guide will accompany you on a tour around Quito's most important commercial areas. First, head to the historic center to visit the breathtaking Basilica del Voto Nacional, making a brief stop here to explain this Roman Catholic Church housed in the largest neo-Gothic Basilica in the Americas.
The next destination is the Plaza de la Independencia, where you will be guided along a walking route taking you by the Cathedral, the Government Palace, the Archbishop's Palace and the La Compaรฑia Church, known for its pompous adornments and gold altars. The tour will continue towards the Church of San Francisco, built in the seventeenth century.
The tour concludes at the Mirador del Panecillo, a place of outstanding beauty, where you can admire the beautiful landscape of colonial and modern Quito.
Note: Church entrance fees are not included.
Services Included:
- Group Tour - English speaking guide (Transfer from selected hotels. Monday-Saturday departure between 07:45-08:30, Sundays between 14:00-14:30)
Services excluded:
- Entrance fees and tips
Duration: 4 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Accommodation in a 3-star hotel
Day 2: Extinct Volcano Pasochoa
Pass By: Quito Old Town, Quito Ecuador
Leave Quito in the morning and drive south along the Avenue of the Volcanoes. During the two-hour drive, you will enjoy the beautiful view of the typical landscapes and villages of the highlands.
Stop At: Pasochoa 4200, Ecuador
Pasochoa (4,200 m)
The ascent of the extinct volcano will take about 4 hours. At the summit you will have a snack and above all a great view of the Cotopaxi and the other nearby volcanoes. After the descent we return to Quito.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation in a 3-star hotel
Day 3: Volcano Guagua Pichincha
Stop At: Guagua Pichincha, Quito, Ecuador
Guagua Pichincha (4,794 m)
We leave Quito in the morning after breakfast and drive with our car to Lloa, which is about 10 km west of the capital. From there it is still another 3 hours to the summit, with a stop for lunch on the way. In the late afternoon we are back in Quito.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
Accommodation included: Accommodation in a 3-star hotel
Day 4: Nuevos horizontes
Stop At: Lavanderia Los Ilinizas, Machachi, Ecuador
Nuevos Horizontes hut (4,650 m)
After breakfast, leave Quito in the morning and drive about 2 hours to the foot of the Illinizas (La Virgen). There you start a three-hour hike to the Nuevos Horizontes mountain hut (4,650 m), where you will have dinner and spend the night.
Duration: 6 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Nuevos horizontes hut
Day 5: Illiniza North Peak
Stop At: Illiniza Norte, Provincia de, Ecuador
Illiniza North Peak (5,116 m)
Leave at dawn and reach the summit after about 4 hours of ascent. Rest in the mountain hut on the return, before heading to the Cuello de Luna acclimatisation center where you will spend the night.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Cuello de Luna acclimatisation center
Day 6: Cotopaxi National Park - Jose Ribas Hut
Stop At: Cotopaxi National Park, Ecuador
Cotopaxi National Park - Jose Ribas Hut (4,800 m)
After breakfast, you will be driven to the National Park Cotopaxi. In a good hour, you reach the parking lot at 4,600 m, which is below the Cotopaxi hut. Shoulder your backpack and hike for an hour along the sandy ground up to Jose Rivas mountain hut (4,800 m). After you have settled in and had some food, you will climb up to the entrance to the glacier.
If necessary, we practice the handling of rope and pickaxe and walking with crampons on the glacier. We descend to the refuge to enjoy an early dinner and go to bed.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation in Jose Ribas Hut
Day 7: Cotopaxi Summit
Stop At: Cotopaxi National Park, Ecuador
Cotopaxi summit (5,897 m)
After midnight, you will leave for a light breakfast and begin the ascent with all of the necessary safety equipment such as ropes and crampons.
Before dawn we reach the height of Yanasacha, the vertical cliff that offers the famous sight of the Cotopaxi from Quito. One last effort and after a total of 6-7 hours you will stand on the top and enjoy the magnificent view of the surrounding mountains Iliniza, Antisana, Cayambe, Altar, Tungurahua, Carihuayrazo and Chimborazo and in front of us the huge and imposing 300m deep Cotopaxi crater.
The descent to the hut takes about 3 hours, at noon we are back in the Cotopaxi mountain hut, after a short rest and a snack you will return to the parking lot.
Services included:
- Standard price
- Private transport to and from Quito
- Hotel accommodation in double rooms
- 1 patented mountain guide (Spanish / English speaking)
- 1 mountain guide per 2 climbers at the Cotopaxi
- Meals according to itinerary
- Rental equipment (shoes, crampons, pickaxe, harness, helmet)
- National Park - Agency authorization
Services excluded:
- Extra drinks at the mountain huts, tips
Duration: 9 hours
Stop At: Quito Old Town, Quito Ecuador
Return to Quito.
Drive back to the capital Quito. Your mountain climbing tour ends here!
Duration: 9 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Accommodation in a 3-star hotel
Day 1: Arriving in Quito
Stop At: Mariscal Sucre International Airport, Nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional de Quito Tababela S/N - Via, Quito 170907, Ecuador
Road Transfer: Quito Airport - Quito Hotel
Travel time depends on traffic and time of the day, the transfer takes about 1 hour 30 minutes and its start time will be adjusted to fit your itinerary.
Service category: English-speaking Guide
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Quito Old Town, Quito Ecuador
Quito City Tour: Original 1914 Trolleybus
Beginning in the city's north, an English speaking tour guide will accompany you on a tour around Quito's most important commercial areas. First, head to the historic center to visit the breathtaking Basilica del Voto Nacional, making a brief stop here to explain this Roman Catholic Church housed in the largest neo-Gothic Basilica in the Americas.
The next destination is the Plaza de la Independencia, where you will be guided along a walking route taking you by the Cathedral, the Government Palace, the Archbishop's Palace and the La Compaรฑia Church, known for its pompous adornments and gold altars. The tour will continue towards the Church of San Francisco, built in the seventeenth century.
The tour concludes at the Mirador del Panecillo, a place of outstanding beauty, where you can admire the beautiful landscape of colonial and modern Quito.
Note: Church entrance fees are not included.
Services Included:
- Group Tour - English speaking guide (Transfer from selected hotels. Monday-Saturday departure between 07:45-08:30, Sundays between 14:00-14:30)
Services excluded:
- Entrance fees and tips
Duration: 4 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Accommodation in a 3-star hotel
Day 2: Extinct Volcano Pasochoa
Pass By: Quito Old Town, Quito Ecuador
Leave Quito in the morning and drive south along the Avenue of the Volcanoes. During the two-hour drive, you will enjoy the beautiful view of the typical landscapes and villages of the highlands.
Stop At: Pasochoa 4200, Ecuador
Pasochoa (4,200 m)
The ascent of the extinct volcano will take about 4 hours. At the summit you will have a snack and above all a great view of the Cotopaxi and the other nearby volcanoes. After the descent we return to Quito.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation in a 3-star hotel
Day 3: Volcano Guagua Pichincha
Stop At: Guagua Pichincha, Quito, Ecuador
Guagua Pichincha (4,794 m)
We leave Quito in the morning after breakfast and drive with our car to Lloa, which is about 10 km west of the capital. From there it is still another 3 hours to the summit, with a stop for lunch on the way. In the late afternoon we are back in Quito.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
Accommodation included: Accommodation in a 3-star hotel
Day 4: Nuevos horizontes
Stop At: Lavanderia Los Ilinizas, Machachi, Ecuador
Nuevos Horizontes hut (4,650 m)
After breakfast, leave Quito in the morning and drive about 2 hours to the foot of the Illinizas (La Virgen). There you start a three-hour hike to the Nuevos Horizontes mountain hut (4,650 m), where you will have dinner and spend the night.
Duration: 6 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Nuevos horizontes hut
Day 5: Illiniza North Peak
Stop At: Illiniza Norte, Provincia de, Ecuador
Illiniza North Peak (5,116 m)
Leave at dawn and reach the summit after about 4 hours of ascent. Rest in the mountain hut on the return, before heading to the Cuello de Luna acclimatisation center where you will spend the night.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Cuello de Luna acclimatisation center
Day 6: Cotopaxi National Park - Jose Ribas Hut
Stop At: Cotopaxi National Park, Ecuador
Cotopaxi National Park - Jose Ribas Hut (4,800 m)
After breakfast, you will be driven to the National Park Cotopaxi. In a good hour, you reach the parking lot at 4,600 m, which is below the Cotopaxi hut. Shoulder your backpack and hike for an hour along the sandy ground up to Jose Rivas mountain hut (4,800 m). After you have settled in and had some food, you will climb up to the entrance to the glacier.
If necessary, we practice the handling of rope and pickaxe and walking with crampons on the glacier. We descend to the refuge to enjoy an early dinner and go to bed.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation in Jose Ribas Hut
Day 7: Cotopaxi Summit
Stop At: Cotopaxi National Park, Ecuador
Cotopaxi summit (5,897 m)
After midnight, you will leave for a light breakfast and begin the ascent with all of the necessary safety equipment such as ropes and crampons.
Before dawn we reach the height of Yanasacha, the vertical cliff that offers the famous sight of the Cotopaxi from Quito. One last effort and after a total of 6-7 hours you will stand on the top and enjoy the magnificent view of the surrounding mountains Iliniza, Antisana, Cayambe, Altar, Tungurahua, Carihuayrazo and Chimborazo and in front of us the huge and imposing 300m deep Cotopaxi crater.
The descent to the hut takes about 3 hours, at noon we are back in the Cotopaxi mountain hut, after a short rest and a snack you will return to the parking lot.
Services included:
- Standard price
- Private transport to and from Quito
- Hotel accommodation in double rooms
- 1 patented mountain guide (Spanish / English speaking)
- 1 mountain guide per 2 climbers at the Cotopaxi
- Meals according to itinerary
- Rental equipment (shoes, crampons, pickaxe, harness, helmet)
- National Park - Agency authorization
Services excluded:
- Extra drinks at the mountain huts, tips
Duration: 9 hours
Stop At: Quito Old Town, Quito Ecuador
Return to Quito.
Drive back to the capital Quito. Your mountain climbing tour ends here!
Duration: 9 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Accommodation in a 3-star hotel
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