Name: Cotopaxi Climbing Tour 2 days
Location: Cotopaxi Volcano Summit

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Duration: 2 days

Group size: 1 - 10

Cotopaxi Climbing Tour 2 days

Cotopaxi Volcano Summit

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ECUADOR A COLOR TOUR OPERATOR

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22 reviews

Duration: 2 days

Group size: 1 - 10

Day 1
Day 1
Cotopaxi Volcano Climb experience
We will start our Cotopaxi climbing tour leaving from Quito at 11:00 a.m. and drive to Machachi Cowboy town for taking our lunch right there. This special town is the best opportunity to know what about Cotopaxi climbing and climate conditions for other mountaineers. After that, We will take our car and drive For one hour to the Cotopaxi National Park south entrance and our guide will register our Cotopaxi climbing. Otherwise, we will continue to the parking área. From there, we will hike for around 45 minutes with our equipment to the Jose Ribas refuge at 4864msnm. / 15.965 ft. As our first acclimatization. Our guide will explain us some safety recommendations and a ropes introduction. After dinner, We will rest a moment and wait for our Cotopaxi climbing.
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Day 2
Day 2
Best Experience Climbing Cotopaxi Volcano
Around midnight, we will start the ascent to the Cotopaxi Summit. It will take us around 7 hours to reach the Summit, but it will depend on our physical conditions. A considerable time to take great pictures and start the descent to the refuge that will take about 3- 4 hours. We will take a delicious breakfast in the hut and our driver will be waiting for us in the parking área and We will drive to Machachi town for our lunch. We will go back to Quito around at 15:00 p.m. End of our Cotopaxi climbing tour.
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Climb Gear miscellaneous
Climb Gear miscellaneous
Preparing stuff for this climb
Climbing Gear (Doesn’t include): Climbing harness, mountainnering ice- axe, locking Carabiners (2), Climbing Helmet, Crampons, Adjustable Trekking Poles, Gaiters, Mountainnering Boots + 6000, Glacier glasses 100% UV Protection.

Upper and lower body Synthetic t-shirt, Long-sleeved base layer, Softshell jacket, Hardshell jacket (Gore – Tex), Down or synthetic jacket. Long-base layer, softshell pants, hardshellpants. (Gore- Tex)

Hands and feet Liner and warm gloves, Expedition Mitts Gore – Tex. Thin and Thick socks. light Hiking boots or trail shoes.

Miscellaneous sunscreen, water purification, headlamp, personal items, camera, snacks, pairs of batteries AAA. ThermoThermo
Notes: we rent the climbing gear 85usd extra
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Day 1

Cotopaxi Volcano Climb experience

We will start our Cotopaxi climbing tour leaving from Quito at 11:00 a.m. and drive to Machachi Cowboy town for taking our lunch right there. This special town is the best opportunity to know what about Cotopaxi climbing and climate conditions for other mountaineers. After that, We will take our car and drive For one hour to the Cotopaxi National Park south entrance and our guide will register our Cotopaxi climbing. Otherwise, we will continue to the parking área. From there, we will hike for around 45 minutes with our equipment to the Jose Ribas refuge at 4864msnm. / 15.965 ft. As our first acclimatization. Our guide will explain us some safety recommendations and a ropes introduction. After dinner, We will rest a moment and wait for our Cotopaxi climbing.

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

Thanks for my professional tour guide - Mr. Isamel , bring me wonderful experience and feedback all what I want . The tour can be arranged customized ,it's very nice for everyone . You can request whatever you want to see, to play ,to know. And they will satisfy all you need .

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Wonderful day out. We were extremely impressed with all aspects of our trip and would strongly recommend.

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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

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