Departure from Quito through The Panamericana North Highway. Brief stop at Calderon, a town where the famous “masapan” dolls are made, we will continue passing through Guayllabamba town with its typical fruit cherimoya, we will stop at the highway that conduces to Cayambe to admire and take pictures of the beautiful landscape and snow caped mountains of the zone, crossing the equatorial line at Cayambe we will pass by Guachala (used to be the middle of the world monument), before we head up to Otavalo we will make a stop at Mira Lago to take pictures of the beautiful San Pablo Lake. The tour then continues to Otavalo here the Otavaleños (natives) set up a market in which a bartering manner of shopping is taken. The market hosts a variety of different handcrafted items. Continuing the trip, we will go to Cuicocha “the most beautiful lagoon from Ecuador” because it is inside a volcano with a great view of surroundings and real Andean trees. Finally stop for lunch and visit to the leather shopping stores at Cotacachi is planned before returning to Quito through the Cajas-Tabacundo road.

Private: Daily
Grouptours: Tuesday and Saturday