Cayambe Coca Reserve Hiking Papallacta Hot Springs Full Day Tour

cayambe coca reserve

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Duration: 7 days
Group size: 1 - 999
Cayambe Coca Reserve Hiking Papallacta Hot Springs Full Day Tour
cayambe coca reserve

ECUADOR A COLOR TOUR OPERATOR
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26 reviews

$150
Deposit: $90
Duration: 7 days
Group size: 1 - 999

About this trip

 Cayambe Coca Reserve

 The Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve covers some 400 000 hectares of land. It enjoys a great deal of biodiversity and the reserve can be easily divided into lowland rainforest and mountain rainforest regions. There are lakes, rivers and hot springs spread across the reserve and the hot springs have made the reserve a very popular weekend destination. 

What do you need to bring?

 Gloves, energy drinks and snacks, camera, sun cream, warm walking trousers, jacket, wool hat,  hiking boots, personal water bottle, personal items. 

What’s included

  • Transportation
    Private transportation from Quito – Cayambe Coca Reservei – Quito
  • Meals
    One box lunch
  • Entrance Fees
    Papallacta hot springs entrances (swimming pool circuits).
  • Guide
    Professional bilingual guide

What’s not included

  • Tips
  • Drinks
  • Extra meals

Available Packages

Cayambe Coca Reserve Hiking Papallacta H
$150
Deposit: $90

Itinerary

Cayambe Coca Reserve
Climb a beautiful volcano in the North of Ecuador

 

Day 1. Our Private Cayambe Coca Reserve Hiking Papallacta Hot Springs Full Day Tour will start from Quito at 07.00 am.  Our private transportation will pick you up from your hotel and then We start our Private Cayambe Coca Reserve Hiking Papallacta Hot Springs Full Day Tour making some stops on the way. If we’re lucky, we can see condors in the Rocky Mountains. This is one of the endangered species of the Andes Mountains. We will do another stop-over Cayambe Coca reserve where we have two hiking options:


Agua y vida trail. Option 1 This trail is 7.5km 4 – 5 hours hiking.

We will drive to the antenas área 4194msnm. Where we will start our Cayambe Coca Reserve Hike. There are some lagoons around the área. Black Lagoon, Parcacocha Lagoon, and Andean Bear Lagoon are some of them we have the opportunity to see. Almost the end of the path, we will pass some pre mountains forest and the Baños Waterfall. Once we will get to the east entrance guard 3700msnm, our driver will take us from there and drive to Papallacta hot springs. Box lunch is included


Andean bear (spectacled bear) Option 2 Our hike will start from the highway and we will take a trail of 5 hours 8km. If we are lucky, a really good chance is to watch the Andean bear over this path. There are some lagoons around the área we can see. Almost the end of the path, we will pass some pre mountains forest and the Baños Waterfall. Once we will get to the east entrance guard, our driver will take us from there and drive to Papallacta hot springs. Box lunch is included.

We will spend a few hours into the Papallacta hot springs after our Cayambe Coca hike.

We can arrange anything from the magical Andean source of relaxation and rejuvenation- Essential spa treatments available upon reservation. We will go back around at 17:00 p.m. End of our Private Cayambe Coca Reserve Hiking Papallacta Hot Springs Full Day Tour.

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Reviews

Awesome day trip. Kathy is an excellent guide, so much so that we booked this tour so that we could have her a second day! This is a great itinerary with kids, feeding the hummingbirds was one of my son's top experiences in Ecuador!
By Danielle D for Mindo Cloud Forest Adventure Day Tour on Apr 03, 2025
My family enjoyed this trip very much. Our informative tour guide, Ismael, made sure our day was very productive and filled with activities. It was a tiring but also a very fun day!
By Nicole A for Baños Full Day on Mar 24, 2025
The city tour of Quito city including the Teleferico and Intiñan Equator Museum was excellent. Communication and coordination with Ecuador a Color was easy, and Kathy was a fantastic and knowledgeable guide. She gave me the option to skip one church in the old city center and visit Yumbos Chocolate factory instead, which I recommend highly. I will definitely use Ecuador a Color again when I next visit the Quito area.
By Terry L for 1 Private and Personalized City Tour of Quito Teleferico equator solo on Feb 22, 2025
I highly recommend this company and this tour. I literally had one day in Quito, and less than half a day to see some of the sites that I really wanted to see. I was fortunate to learn of ECUADOR A COLOR, and found the owner, Patricio (Pato) to be very quick and responsive over WhatsApp, and he was able to tailor the private tour to my personal needs. Whereas the whole day private tour usually starts in the old town and basilica, then goes to the teleferico, then finishes at the "Center of the World," I wanted to do the tour in reverse order; because I had a private excursion, Pato was more than happy to accommodate my wishes. He was able to assign me a very knowledgeable guide and driver - Kathy - who not only spoke English well, but she also had a wealth of historical and contextual information that made my visit feel like a deeper cultural immersion than I would have received from a guidebook if I had visited these sites on my own. Ecuador A Color, Pato, and Kathy respected my time, made my logistics easier, and gave me the quick version immersion tour that I wanted. When I am next in Quito, I will be happy to utilize this group's services again.
By Michael R for 1 Private and Personalized City Tour of Quito Teleferico equator solo on Feb 08, 2025
We had a great day with Kathy Rea horseback riding and hiking! The horse we rode were very well cared for and very domesticated. I can be a little skittish of horses but I never once felt like I was not in control. We saw wild horses, Andean fox, condors and many other beautiful birds. The horse back ride was a relaxing 1 hour and it was slow enough to really take in the beautiful Andean landscape. Then came the hike. We took the “hard” way up. It’s not an overly long hike but it’s a a pretty steep incline and the terrain is mostly gravel. Being “flat landers” the altitude was the hardest part. Kathy was very patient with us. We then had a lovely meal to finish the day!
By Kelly S for PRIVATE COTOPAXI VOLCANO HORSEBACK RIDING AND HIKE DAY TOUR on Jul 13, 2024
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From messaging about different options to booking through to a pululahua crater hike and then equator line museum it was great experience. A fabulous walk down into the crater (1 mile down) then two hilly hikes and back up to the rim. So glad we had messaged with Patricio before booking as he suggested the perfect trip for us. Lovely lunch provided. Marcial was a great guide plus a sweet dog we named Bobi who walked the whole day with us. Then we went to the equator line museum which was informative and fun. Would totally recommend
By Lesley B on 02 Apr, 2023