|
Adventure Tours
Climbing
Trekking
Mountain Biking
Horseback Riding
Whitewater Rafting
Enduro Cycling
Power Packs
Islazul Tours
Day
Trips
Travel
Packages
Wildlife Excursions
Galapagos Cruises
Amazon Tours
All in One
Nature & Culture |
B4
PAPALLACTA
The road from Quito into the Amazon region passes through Papallacta, a
small town located in the Eastern Cordillera, famous for Hot Springs. Papallacta
lies at an altitude of 3200 m and is surrounded by beautiful paramo regions and the Antisana glacier. A gravel road leads down to the tropical rainforest along a beautiful
river
valley, where you see small waterfalls cascading down the steep rock
walls. The biking downhill runs on this particular excursion reach from
4000m to 2800m.
B4a: 1 Day
Day 1 After a 1 ½ hour drive east of Quito
we arrive at the starting point of our biking trip,
the Virgen of Paramo, where the pass from Quito valley into the Amazon basin reaches its highest point
at around 4000m. You, then descend by bike down the eastern slope to Baeza,
village located at 1800 m. The first half hour is on asphalt road with the other
3 hours on gravel road along a river valley with a beautiful changing landscape
from high Andean Paramo region to sub-tropical cloud forest vegetation with
waterfalls interspersed into it. We drive then back up by jeep with a stop at
the Hot springs at Papallacta where you take a deserving rest in the hot water pools.
|
4 - 10 persons |
| Price per person USD 135.- |
B4b: 2 Days / 1 Night
Day 1 After a 1 ½ hour
drive east of Quito we arrive at the starting point
of our biking trip, the Virgen of Paramo, where the pass from Quito valley into the Amazon basin reaches its highest point
at around 4000m. You, then descend by bike down the eastern slope to Baeza,
village located at 1800 m. The first half hour is on asphalt road with the other
3 hours on gravel road along a river valley with a beautiful changing landscape
from high Andean Paramo region to sub-tropical cloud forest vegetation with
waterfalls interspersed into it. We spend the night in Baeza.
Day 2 In the morning we
continue biking towards the San Rafael Waterfalls passing the town of El Chaco.
After a 5-hour ride on a well-maintained gravel road through hilly landscape
with numerous river valleys, we reach the San Rafael
Waterfall, highest in Ecuador. After having lunch and enjoying those spectacular
falls there, we return to Quito where
we arrive after a 5-hour drive by jeep.
|
4 - 10 persons |
| Price per person USD 195.- |
|
Biking
PICTURES
B1 Pichincha
B2 Pululahua
B3 Cotopaxi
B4 Papallacta
B5 Quito - Coast
B6 Otavalo
B7 Quilotoa
B8
Baños - Puyo
B9 Bike
Package
PICTURES
Biking
|
