One day Ecuador bike tours
THE GREAT COTOPAXI mountain bike tour
 WE WILL LEAVE QUITO HEADING SOUTH FOR 80 KM. ON THE FAMOUS PANAMERICAN HIGHWAY WITH SOME PHOTO STOPS ON THE WAY. WHEN WE REACH THE COTOPAXI NATIONAL PARK, we WILL VISIT A SMALL MUSEUM AND THEN WE WILL DRIVE YOU UP BY JEEP TO 4500 METERS ABOVE SEA LEVEL, FROM WHERE YOUR DOWNHILL cotopaxi bike ride will begin.
enjoy GREAT VIEWS OF 11 SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS LIKE ANTISANA, CAYAMBE, AND ILLINIZAS. FIRST A GREAT DOWNHILL RIDE THAT BRINGS YOU DOWN TO 3850 Meters. THEN YOU RIDE ON THE ECUADORIAN HIGH PLAINS WERE WE WILL HAVE A HOME MADE LUNCH. THEN WE CONTINUE RIDING THRough THE PARK UNTIL THE END OF OUR ALMOST 40 KM. RIDE.
AT THE END OF THIS cotopaxi bike TOUR WE BRING YOU BACK TO QUITO OR YOU CAN TAKE A BUS TO CONTINUE YOUR ecuador ADVENTURE tour.
FOR YOUR SAFETY, YOU WILL BE PROVIDED WITH A HELMET, KNEE AND ELBOW PADS AND GLOVES, AS WELL AS WITH A FRONT SUSPENSION AND V BRAKE BIKE. YOU WILL ENJOY AN ALMOST 40 KM. RIDE, SANCKS, FRUITS, DRINKS AND LUNCH ARE INCLUDED. OUR MOST EXPERIENCED RIDERS HAVE QUALIFIED this ride AS THE BEST ONE THEY HAVE EVER DONE.
More Ecuador bike tours including Cotopaxi: cotopaxi two day tour, Cotopaxi / Quilotoa three day bike tour, 6-day ecuador bike tour, two week ecuador mountain biking tour
NONO/BELLAVISTA ecuador bike tour
 We will start with a great downhill ride into the cloud forest and subtropical regions to the northwest of Quito.
Lunch is provided along the way. Enjoy amazing views of the volcano Pichincha. then we go by jeep up to a bird lodge were 20 different species of hummingbirds can bee seen at short distance. also orchids and toucans can bee seen.
Then another downhill mountain bike ride to the main road, from there we continue to the Inca Solar museum, Inti Nan. here we learn some history about the early days of Quito.
On this trip this trip you bike for about 38 km, it's one of our warmer tours.
CHAQUIÑAN RAILROAD mountain biking tour
 Until 1975 it was possible to travel by train from Quito to Otavalo, unfortunately an earthquake made an end to that. now part of this railway has been restored not for trains but for bicycles. along this 20 km. track there is a lot to see; villages, wildlife, canyons, rivers and 5 tunnels to go through.
After lunch we drive by jeep to the top of a small volcano, Ilalo, in the middle of a big valley with great views all around. we then take a spectacular downhill mountain bike ride of 12 km. From here we return back to Quito.
A ONE-DAY PAPALLACTA bike tour
WE WILL LEAVE QUITO HEADING EAST TO THE SPOT KNOWN AS "PASO DE LA VIRGEN" (THE VIRGIN'S PAss), 4000 METERS ABOVE SEA LEVEL, WHERE OUR ADVENTURE DOWNHILL RIDE WILL begin, PARTLY ON AN ASPHALTED ROAD AND PARTLY OFF ROAD. ON THE WAY WE WILL HAVE A LUNCH BREAK AND THEN WE WILL DRIVE YOU BACK UP TO 3300 meters above sea level TO HAVE A SWIM IN THE BEST HOTSPRINGS IN ECUADOR, PAPALLACTA, WITH INVITING CRISTAL CLEAR WATER AT TEN DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES.
AFTER THIS RELAXING QUICK DIP, WE WILL START OUR SECOND DOWNHILL RIDE: AN EXCITING 30 KM. SPEED RIDE ON ASPHALT HEADING BACK TO QUITO. A CONDOR MIGHT OCASSIONALLY BE SPOTTED ON THIS TOUR. FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE "KING" OF THE ANDES, THE CONDOR IS A VULTURE AND THE BIGGEST LIVING BIRD, A SPECIES OF WHICH ECUADOR HAS AROUND 40. THE FIRST RIDE OF THIS TOUR IS 36 KM. LONG AND THE SECOND PART IS 30 KM. LONG.
OTAVALO bike tour
The market of Otavalo is known as the most colorful market in South America and a must see for everyone who visits Ecuador.
Here we have the possibility to combine the Otavalo market with a great Ecuador mountain bike adventure.
We leave at 8 am from Quito to the north. after some stops at nice viewpoints we arrive at the market and have a look around.
Then by jeep we drive up the slopes of the volcano Fuya-fuya to the spectacular lakes of Mojanda for lunch. then a great bike ride down to the towns of Tabacundo and Cayambe, known for the roses they export all over the world.
In the afternoon we return back to Quito.
pichincha downhill bike tour and hike
We drive to the west side of quito were we find the active volcano guagua pichincha which had its last eruption in 1999. by jeep we go up to 4.400 where we start a hike to the rim of the crater at 4.784 mts. where smoke can be seen every day.
then we start our ecuador bike ride. we have lunch along the way and we end up in the cloud forest. this trip is not for beginners.
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