Transfer between the Airport of Cuenca and one of the conventional hotels in Cuenca or viceversa.

3 hours

This city is considered by many, as the most beautiful and picturesque in Ecuador.
Its cabblestone streets, graceful wrought-iron balconies, and flowered plazas will captivate you.
Its market places and handycrafts are a living testimony of the region’s rich Indian and artistic heritage.
Take advantage of this unique opportunity to buy tapestries, silver jewelry or the well-known Panama hats that are only made in Ecuador. We will also travel to the Museum of the
“Banco Central”, built on the remains of the Inca Palace of Pumapungo
which includes archeology, art, folklore and ethnic aspects.

Altitude: 2550 m / 8364 ft
Departs: 9 am
Level: easy
It includes:
- Private or semi private transportation
- Bilingual guides
- Entrance fees paid to places listed
Optional: Lunch

8 hours

El Cajas National Park extends over an area of about 34 km2. Is located on the westside of Cuenca.  The presence of glaciers in the past has given origin to a great variety of lakes, of
different size. In total there are more than two hundred thirty. Their landscapes are lonely and astonishing, their geology is interesting and all these places are full with wild life.
A unique forest containing polylepis, mosses, lichens, and other fungi. Having covered the area. El Cajas is one of the most important national parks to visit in Ecuador.

Altitude: 3500 m / 11480 ft
Departs: 9 am
Level: moderate
It includes:
- Private or semi private transportation
- Bilingual guides
- Entrance fees paid to places listed
- Lunch or Box Lunch

8 hours
Less than a hour from Cuenca is the town of Gualaceo, interesting for due to
beautiful tapestries. It is inserted in a welcoming valley crossed by the river of the same name.
Some minutes in car aid you to an interesting town called Chordeleg.  Its citizens are famous filigree jewelers in silver and gold, and known for their good prices.
A beautiful tour to enjoy the people and their landscapes.

3 days / 2 nights

This 3 days tour gives you the opportunity of visit the city of Cuenca in the most complete way. You will have enough time to travel through the city and do some shopping of the famous handicrafts.  We will do a full day city tour visiting the most attractive and important places such as the town of San Joaquin, where the women make beautiful baskets. You will have the chance to choose an additional excursion among Gualaceo and Chordelog, El Cajas or Ingapirca, according to your interests.

Departure from Cuenca toward the Inca Ruins of Ingapirca, the biggest archaeological Inca complex of Ecuador.

The ruins, located just two hours away from Cuenca, date from the 15 th and 16 th Century. On the way, you will observe typical handcrafts from the region, but above all, the Panama Hats Fabrics.

On Sundays you will also visit the Handcraft Market of Cañar. And after the excursion, you will enjoy a typical meal from the region of Cuenca.

We will leave from Cuenca for the train station to board the train (ticket is not included) and begin our adventure travelling through unforgettable countryside towards Alausí. Here we will start a spectacular descent on the famous “Devil´s Nose”, a work classified as one of the major engineering achievements at tha start of the 20th century. After finishing the journey, we will visit Ingapirca Ruins (Entrance is not included) and return to Cuenca.).

We will leave to Giron to take a hike up to the incredible waterfall Chorro de Girón. After that, we will enjoy the warn climate of the Yunguilla valley, where we can witness the distillation process of sugar cane liquor. Lunch and return to Cuenca.

Departure from Cuenca through the Cajas National Park (Entrance is not included) and during this path you can see some of the lakes and marvelous plants and trees of this area. Then you can visit the Jambelí or similar Farm at Puerto Inca zone. Set menu lunch. Into the farm you can see the production cacao process and also the bananas plantations, shrimps production. Departure until Guayaquil.