Papallacta Pass - Cayambe Coca National Park & Guango Cloud Forest Reserve

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1. After an early departure from Quito at 7:30 am from your hotel, you'll drive some 65 km (41 miles) east of Quito the road brings you into the high elevation paramo at the Papallacta pass, a very tundra-like habitat. On clear days the views of the surroundings and various volcanoes are breathtaking; a stop right up at the pass is one of the best spots to photograph the snow-capped Antisana Volcano as it towers over the mountains below. If the weather allows, from this point on we should start scanning the sky from time to time for the Andean Condor, Variable Hawk, Carunculated Caracara, and Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle, which may soar overhead. At the highest elevations, you’ll seek out the secretive and cryptic Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe and other unique wildlife of this region. Andean Bears can be found in this paramo, special natural feeding sites where the presence of bears is frequent all year round. sometimes close enough to have wonderful views and photographs.

   4 hEntrada incluída

2. Later you’ll drive to Guango Reserve, where you will embark on a hike along the trails around the lodge to get a taste of the beautiful Andean temperate forests; hummingbirds will take your full attention. The cloud forest concentrates the highest diversity of these winged jewels in the Americas. Colorful mixed flocks with birds such as Lacrimose and Hooded Mountain Tanagers, Blue-backed Conebill, Black-capped Hemispingus can be seen around the lodge. Here you have possibilities of seeing very local birds like the stunning Gray Breasted Mountain-Toucan, Andean Guan, and Northern Mountain Cacique. Along the Papallacta River, you’ll try to find a unique resident of fast-flowing mountain rivers, a powerful swimmer, and diver: the Torrent Duck. This could definitely be one of our day highlights!

   4 hEntrada incluída

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How it compares in Quito

• Its from-price is 96% above the median of the 338 viagens de um dia we list in Quito.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 87 of 338.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Quito

Quito, capital andina de altitude do Equador, tem um dos centros coloniais mais bem preservados da América Latina, rodeado de vulcões.

O centro histórico foi dos primeiros locais classificados como Património Mundial da UNESCO, e as suas igrejas, praças e mosteiros são espetaculares. A Compañía de Jesús resplandece por dentro de folha de ouro, a Basílica del Voto Nacional tem gárgulas em forma de animais equatorianos, e a Plaza Grande é rodeada pela catedral e pelo palácio presidencial.

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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