Looking for nature around Quito? Lets go to Mindo!


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From $90.00

14 reviews   (5.00)

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Pricing Info: Per Person

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Departs: Quito, Quito

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Mindo is located two hours from the city of Quito towards the coast. This change in altitude and temperature makes it the perfect climate for wildlife. Being so, it is the perfect place to feel life itself.
A forest is known for its great variety of birds, plants, orchids, and a diversity of fruits. Where we will visit 5 waterfalls, we will learn about orchids and butterflies, and we will also learn to make chocolate.
Accompanied by a certificated local tour guide and driver, an open-minded ambient, good music and comfortability of its car. Feel free to ask! LGBTIQ 420 friendly.


What's Included

Fuel surcharge

Landing and facility fees

Parking Fees

Private transportation

WiFi on board

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Mariposas de Mindo - Entrance price $6

Restroom on board


Traveler Information

  • YOUTH: Age: 6 - 17
  • ADULT: Age: 18 - 80

Additional Info

  • COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
  • Face masks required for travellers in public areas
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Proof of COVID-19 vaccination required for travelers
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Service animals allowed
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
  • Face masks required for travellers in public areas
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Proof of COVID-19 vaccination required for travelers
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Service animals allowed
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

Quito
We will pass through the northern part of the city of Quito, witnessing a more urban, populated and modern part of the city.

• Admission Ticket Free

Mitad Del Mundo
We will be able to show the change of hemisphere due to the equinoctial line that we will cross, we will also be able to see the monument in reference to the French Geodesic Mission that measured the earth in half, and from afar the green equatorial point on a mountain called Catequilla; finding the equinoctial line in our territory.

• Admission Ticket Free

Mariposas de Mindo
Inside this place you can enjoy the magic of butterflies, see their entire life process and be able to take photos, manipulate them or just feel them. Entrance price $6

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Mindo Nambillo Cloud Forest Reserve
Here we will spend most of the time, because we will enter a natural reserve with approximately 7 waterfalls, any of them vary depending on the level of demand and difficulty of the traveler. To enter we will have to cross in a tarabita of approximately 500 meters; Within it we can refresh ourselves in the Nambillo river, admire different species of plants, insects, animals and feel nature in a pure way. Entry price $ 5

3 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Mindo
All the activities that we will carry out will take place in the surroundings of this town. For which we will visit it constantly, and it will also be where we will eat. Among my recommendations is the El Quetzal restaurant, in which we will have lunch and we will also have a chocolate tour, where we will learn the production process from its collection to the final product. $ 15
There are also other cheaper feeding options.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free






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