Arrival at Guayaquil. Tranfer from the airport to your Hotel and later City Tour in Guayaquil. Discover the new face of a attractive city, which has developped during the last years into a modern and interesting place, full of nature, arquitecture and history. The tour guides you to the most interesting places of the city, like the Seminario park, where you can find big iguanas, and the cathedral in front of the park. During a walk on the Malecon you will get to know intersting things about the importance of Guayaquil as a port and about the history of the city. Two importante men met here: Simon Bolivar and San Martin. We continue until Santa Ana hill, the place where the city was born.

In the morning we drive through the always changing landscape of the coast until getting into the highlands. On the way to Cuenca stop at the Cajas National Park located between 3150m and 4450m over the sea level. The park is famous for its beautifual landscape of mountains and lakes. It contains 232 lagoons which are connected between each other with small rivers. We continue until Cuenca. Cuenca is one of Ecuador's colonial jewels, with orderly classified cobblestone streets, excellent houses and buildings characterized by their elegant and unique metal balconies, adorned with abundant spring plants. Typical markets and stores show the region's cultural wealth, a heredity of its Indian ancestors. Cuenca is one of Ecuador's most visited cities. The city tour starts along the Tomebamba River. You will admire lovely balconies, tiles, pink marble stone and wood with which most of its fantastic houses are built. The Inca ruins ("Todos los Santos") are visited. The city tour ends with a walk around the ancient city, where you will find enchanting churches, cloisters, museums, and houses.

Today we continue about 45min to the north where the Ingapirca Ruins are located. Ingapirca means “Incas stone wall”. It is a full and fascinating day’s trip from Cuenca to the massive fortifications of Ingapirca rising dramatically above beautiful valleys. On the way to Ingapirca are the towns of Azogues, with its lovely church and Saturday straw market; and Biblian, crowned with an astonishing cathedral cut into the rock. It is believed today that Ingapirca was both a religious and administrative center, as well as a fortress. The Incas built the complex on top of an old Cañari settlement. The vast archeological complex of the ruins includes a roofless fortification, courtyards, terraces, temples, houses and a “castle”, possibly the “Temple of the Sun”. After the visit we head north to Riobamba, capital of Chimborazo Province, which is called like the highest mountain of Ecuador, the Chimborazo.

After breakfast we continue on the „Panamericana“ highway, which is called the “Volcanoes Avenue”, with direction to the Cotopaxi National Park which lies at the foot of the world’s highest active snow-capped volcano (5897 m.). The Cotopaxi National Park is located 60 km from Quito. It is an hour drive to this national site consisting of 83,829 acres. The road will take us to the Limpiopungo lagoon close to the Rumiñahui volcano. An extensive plain with camping areas surrounds it. In the afternoon trip to Quito, Ecuador’s capital.

Transfer from the hotel to the airport and individual journey.