4 Days Guayaquil to Baños with Cajas Park, Cuenca and Chimborazo.

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1Guayaquil - Cajas N.P. - Cuenca⌄

   In this tour you will go to Cuenca from Guayaquil, the first visit will be a farm on the coast here you can learn about various tropical products such as rice, sugar, banana, but especially about Cacao and some details about chocolate.

   On the way you will have a delicious typical lunch and then you will enjoy an Andean landscape with mountains, lagoons and Polylepis forests in the Cajas National Park, here you will walk for a lapse of approximately 1: 30min to finally reach Cuenca. Hotel Cuenca

   Finally reach Cuenca. Hotel Cuenca

   Overnight: Overnight in Cuenca

2. 2Cuenca - Gualaceo & Chordeleg⌄

   The artisan villages of Gualaceo and Chordeleg will be the first destinations of this tour. We go to these small towns in the province of Azuay to learn about the variety of crafts that are made there. People are recognized for the quality of their jewels, the development of recognized clubs and the bevy of mud.  In this day the guide will talk about the history of this city, visiting churches like the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (New Cathedral) and the picturesque Plaza de las Flores, we will walk in very beautiful neighborhoods and traditional city. Also enjoy a stroll through the Market August 10 and appreciate the variety of fruits, vegetables and vegetables as well as the colors of the clothes of traditional Cuencanas Cholas.

   The artisan villages of Gualaceo and Chordeleg will be the first destinations of this tour. We go to these small towns in the province of Azuay to learn about the variety of crafts that are made there. People are recognized for the quality of their jewels, the development of recognized clubs and the bevy of mud.

   Overnight: Overnight in Cuenca

3. 3Alausí -Colta-Chimborazo- Riobamba⌄

   07:00am- The guide will pick you up to travel to Alausi, there you will take a little excursion by the train station and the central park of Alausi.

   After visiting Alausi, you´ll visit Balbanera Church (oldest church in Ecuador) and Colta Lagoon. Lunch time, and then you will visit Chimborazo if the weather is nice you will walk around the first refuge (4800masl). You´ll stay overnight in Riobamba. (free time optional to walk around its historical center).

   Overnight: Overnight in Riobamba

4. 4Baños⌄

   08:00am-On this day after breakfast you will go to the charming city of Baños to enjoy the famous “Av.  De las Cascadas”, after visiting the waterfall of Pailon del Diablo, you´ll ride on a cable car and enjoy the adrenalin that offers this place, then you will go until viewpoint called Casa del Arbol and optional you´ll take the “Swing at the end of the world”, then you will return to Baños to rest and use the facilities from the hotel or if you prefer you can take a massage (optional and extra charge).  End of services

   Overnight: Overnight in Baños