We are about to depart to Ecuador--from Asia! Here is our itinerary and problems. Any comments and suggestion are welcome.Please advise.
day01 Fri/ arrive Loja. Loja night bus to Quito.
day02 Sat/ Quito Museum
day03 Sun/ day tour: biking NP Cotopaxi (maybe by biking Dutchmen) Q:How much will it cost?
day04 Mon/ Mitad Del Mundo �G�@night bus Quito to Puerto Lopez
Q: Have any one taken this bus? Will it arrive Puerto Lopez early enough to join the Isla de la Plata boat tour in the same day?
day05 Tue/ Puerto Lopez
day06 Wed/ Puerto Lopez
day07 Thu/ Bus Puerto Lopez to Guayaquil
day 08~15/ Galapagos boat tour
day16 Sat/ Mindo
day17 Sun/ Mindo back to Quito
day18 Mon/ Quito-Latacunga-Chungchilan
day19 Tue/ Laguna Quilotoa
day20 Wed/ Chungchilan-Latacunga-Banos
day21 Thu/ Banos, Bus to Riobamba
day22 Fri/ The Devil Nose Train, Bus from Alausi to Cuenca
day23 Sat/ Cuenca
day24 Sun/ Cuenca to Guayaquil
day25 Mon/ Leave Ecuador
Q:Based on this itinerary, where is the best place to experience horse-riding? and where is best for rafting?
Q:Would you please advise in this itinerary, which city is so-so and can be omitted? which one is not in the itinerary but you will strongly recommend?
Thank you all.
The day trips to Isla de la Plata start fairly early. Maybe need to be with your group by 7.30- 8am or so. Consider going to the nearby National Park on the day you arrive and then doing the trip to La Plata the next day.
I did a rafting trip out of Tena and it was really great. Maybe Banos is closest for Tena, on your itinerary.
Consider Montanita for a look if you have time (on the way from Puerto Lopez to Guyaquil). Beware of the garua though at that time of year.
Personally I didn't find Banos or Cuenca to be of much interest, but that is only my opinion.
Overall I think you have a good itinerary given the short amount of time you have.
you are doing lots of travelling!!! there are things like walks, bridge bungy jumps, horse riding in and around banos ...mindo is very relaxing, make time for it...there is one place ana's? hostel that is next to a river....
hey
just left PL about 4 days ago after doing isla del plata tour... the tours generally must be booked before 9am on the morning as they radio in numbers around then for the tour starting at 10am. i would recommend the bus company Reina del Camino (not sure if its camino or camisso,would have to check) from quito to PL. they were safe and quite helpful but we travelled by day. puerto lopez itself is a lovely little village, relatively safe and v quiet. we enjoyed the few days of calm there!
if u need anymore info jst let me know...
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