Top 10 Hidden Gems Things to do in Pichincha Province, Ecuador

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We are a group of bilingual certified ecuadorian guides who are passionated about our work. Our certificates are recognized by the the Ministry of Tourism as national guides. We love our city and our main desire is to make it known to all visitors through various routes where tourists can have enriching experiences. Enjoy of our Free Walking Tours in Quito and just tip our guides.

Quito Street Tour will get you in touch with the lifestyle of locals. Dive into the most iconic barrios in Quito! Explore the food, art, graffiti, community, nature and history of Quito's hidden gems.

Our travel agency is located in Old Town in Quito, Ecuador. If you are staying around the Historic area, we will be happy to assist you with any questions you might have about tours, traveling or activities around Quito, Ecuador, Amazon, and the beautiful Galapagos Islands. Old Town: Find us just one block from the Plaza Grande (main plaza) on Venezuela Street and Chile. If you are staying around the Historic area, we will be happy to assist you with any questions you might have at this location. Come and enjoy our lounge area, with free coffee and wifi, while you plan your journey through Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands.

The Temple of the Sun Temple Painter Ortega Maila is a masterpiece built by the indigenous painter and sculptor Ortega Maila after a great research of design and ancestral architecture to maintain his art and culture of the Andes. The tour lasts approximately 1 hour with a guide. The tour includes an aromatherapy session and coca leaf tea courtesy of the museum.

A small artesanal chocolate factory using fine ecuadorean cacao. We welcome visitors 7 days a week to tour of the factory and learn the secrets of fine dark chocolate making. Tours include a full demonstration and a tasting of our favourite chocolate products.

Room Escape and Adventure Games. Really immersive stories very well themed, fun puzzles that will take out of this world on a magnificent experience. You'll need to look for clues, do puzzles and stay alert. This won't require book smarts or athletic bodies, but instead mental agility and team play. You have 60 minutes to finish a mission, can you do it?

Maquipucuna is the closest and largest cloud forest reserve close to Quito. Besides guided tours to watch hundreds of birds, insects, orchid species and Yumbo culture vestiges, it's a unique site that offers easy to moderate trails to access forests where the endangered Andean Spectacled Bears congregate around mass fruiting of wild avocadoes. Andean bear season in 2019 is expected to happen sometime between October and December. Past visitors have sighted up to 14 different bears in two days. Maquipucuna is a birdwatchers paradise too - during the last world bird-count day, our guides sighted 157 species. Internationally awarded Maquipucuna Ecolodge within a 15,000 acres Maquipucuna Reserve located only 2 hours away from Quito. Maquipucuna is a private biodiversity haven for 10% of Ecuador's plant diversity and 4% of all the bird species known for the entire planet! Maquipucuna is an Important Bird Area (IBA) heart of the Choco Andino Biosphere Reserve as designated by UNESCO.

Cotopaxi Travel offers only expert, licensed guides for all of our climbs and a low climber-to-guide ratio to ensure safety and a higher summit success. All of our guides are knowledgeable, professional, and trained to provide a customized experience for all our climbers and ultimately teach you the necessary skills to become a self-reliant alpine climber.