Adventure in Quilotoa Lagoon by Lead

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1. Visit a Galery of one of the painters of this interesting community. you could delight with the colors and how they represent their culture and living.

   20 min

2. It is a product of the pyroclastic flows from the eruption of the Quilotoa volcano. The last eruption happened around 1280 and was one of the largest volcanic eruptions in the past 1000 years. However geological excavations of the site suggest that the canyon itself is around 1800 years old, meaning that it was formed by a previous eruption. The flow of lava from Quilotoa was responsible for generating the undeniably spectacular canyon, which is home to wildlife, forests and a river. The canyon runs from the Quilotoa volcano and eventually fades into the landscape.

   20 minEntré inkluderet

3. Quilotoa is a water-filled crater lake and the most western volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes. The 3-kilometre (2 mi)-wide caldera was formed by the collapse of this dacite volcano following a catastrophic VEI-6 eruption about 800 years ago, which produced pyroclastic flows and lahars that reached the Pacific Ocean, and spread an airborne deposit of volcanic ash throughout the northern Andes. The caldera has since accumulated a 250-metre-deep (820 ft) crater lake, which has a greenish color as a result of dissolved minerals. Fumaroles are found on the lake floor and hot springs occur on the eastern flank of the volcano.

   4 tEntré inkluderet

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How it compares in Quito

• Its from-price is 15% above the median of the 338 dagsture we list in Quito.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Quito

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Det historiske centrum var blandt de allerførste steder, der blev udnævnt til UNESCO-verdensarv, og dets kirker, pladser og klostre er spektakulære. La Compañía de Jesús gløder af bladguld indeni, Basilica del Voto Nacional har vandspyere formet som ecuadorianske dyr, og Plaza Grande er omgivet af katedralen og præsidentpaladset.

Top-ranked sights in Quito: Cotopaxi National Park, Basilica of the National Vow (La Basílica del Voto Nacional), Independence Plaza (Plaza de la Independencia).

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