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Two Days Biking
Cotopaxi-Chimborazo
 Trip
Rating: Moderate
Day 1: Similar to 1 day Cotopaxi. Subsequent
drive south on Pan-American Highway. Overnight on the slopes of
Chimborazo.
Day 2:
Drive to Chimborazo (6310 m) the highest mountain of Ecuador.
Arrive at first refuge. We ascend on foot to second refuge at
5000m. Amazing bike ride through páramo landscape. Vicuñas
are the sole inhabitants of these wild stretches.
Altitudes: 5000-2800 m (16700-9400ft).
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Cotopaxi-Quilotoa Crater
 Trip
Rating: Moderate
Day 1: Similar to 1 day Cotopaxi. Subsequent
drive westwards over the widest páramo stretch of the country.
Arrive at night's retreat, a cozy Inn on rim of active volcano
Quilotoa.
Day 2: Start
with an early hike down to the deep jade colored crater lake.
Cycle towards Zumbahua along the "Grand Canyon" of Ecuador.
Amazing downhill bike ride to Pujili.
Altitudes: 4500-2800 m (15000-9300ft).
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Papallacta
- San Rafael Falls
Trip Rating: Moderate
This is an excellent way to see a cross section of Ecuador's ecosystems
in two days. As we travel, we are dwarfed by the striking Andes
Mountains that surround us. You will pedal across the páramo
- the Ecuadorian equivalent of the arctic tundra - and down through
stunning cloud forest, traversing steep
Andean slopes as you descend down into the Amazon basin.
The terrain for this leg of the journey is a combination of dirt
and paved roads of scenic rolling hills.
Day 1: Ascend by jeep to the high pass "Paso
de la Virgen" at 4200 meters (13300 ft). From here the descent
begins by mountain bike...all the way to the small town of Baeza.
Lunch in the wilderness. The afternoon bike trip takes us through
tropical rainforest to San Rafael Falls, the highest waterfall
in Ecuador and end the day with an amazing trek to the famous
Waterfalls.
Return to Baeza where a fortifying dinner will be served while
you relax to the sounds of the tropical rainforest. Night rest
in hotel.
Day 2: After breakfast we depart by mountain
bike for a 3-hour ride. Once we reach our first destination,
we store our bikes on our jeep's roof and drive back up to the
Papallacta Hot Springs for a soothing swim in the natural thermal
pools. Lunch. Drive over the Papallacta pass at 4200 m and remount
our iron horses for the two thousand-meter "whiz" downward
to Tumbaco valley. Views of Antisana Volcano will bedazzle you!
Jeep to Quito.
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Otavalo
 Trip
Rating: Moderate
Day 1: Drive to Otavalo, famous in South America
for its Indian market. After time to stock up on goodies we start
our biking journey around Lake San Pablo. Arrival at Peguche sacred
Waterfalls. Packed lunch.
In the afternoon drive to impressive volcanic lake Cuicocha. Stop
at Cotacachi, famous for its leather goods. Long bike ride through
quaint villages to Otavalo. Overnight in hotel.
Altitudes 3500-2600m (11700 - 8700 ft.)
Day 2:
Downhill bike ride to Ibarra, the provincial capital with colonial
atmosphere. Visit wood crave market in San Antonio. Drive up to
eastern slope of Volcano Imbabura. Stunning bike ride to indigenous
town of San Pablo del Lago. Return to Quito.
Altitudes: 3500-2300m (11700-7700)
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