Otavalo Market Tour: Explore Indigenous Crafts

Immerse yourself in the vibrant culture of Ecuador’s Otavalo Market, a bustling hub of indigenous traditions. Discover colorful textiles, handicrafts, and delicious local food.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Fabrica de Bizcochos San Pedro - Next, the journey continues to Cayambe, where visitors can enjoy a “bizcocho cayambeño” or biscuit as a delightful snack. This treat pairs perfectly with dulce de leche, also known as milk delicacy, and can be enjoyed with leaf cheese, chocolate, or coffee, all traditional foods of Cayambe.
  • San Pablo Del Lago
What's Included
  • Visit Otavalo Market
  • Bilingual Tour Guide
  • Miralago View Point
  • Entrance to Cuicocha Lagoon
  • Visit Bizcocho factory
  • Pick Up / Drop Off
  • Private Transportation
What's Not Included
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
Additional Information

The Otavalo Market, featuring its vibrant Plaza de Ponchos, stands as one of the most significant and well-loved indigenous markets in both Ecuador and South America. Otavalo is home to a large indigenous community known as the Otavalos, whose native language is Kichwa.
At the Otavalo Market, visitors can discover traditional foods and numerous stalls…

Location
Fabrica de Bizcochos San Pedro
Bolivar 600, Bizcochos San Pedro - Panamericana Norte Km 1 1/2
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Vicki_f
Mar 19, 2025
Francisco was an amazing... - Francisco was an amazing guide! His vehicle was roomy, clean and comfortable. With our initial outline of activities, Francisco worked with us to customize the stops and the length of time at the stops, so that the day was truly everything we wanted! Fransisco was a wealth of information, and shared so much about Ecuador and each of the places we visited. We would definitely use Franciso again and highly recommend both him and the tour.
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C3896ugjuliea
Jun 5, 2023
Just WOW! - Wow, what an amazing tour in the safe and very knowledgeable hands of Pedro our tour guide. He was amazing and really ensured we had the very best day out. Thoroughly recommend the tour but particularly with Pedro. Thanks
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Andrew
Jan 29, 2023
A full on day of fun, food and exploring! - We had a fun day with David (we left Quito at 08:10 and arrived back around 20:30, so bear timings in mind!), first going to Cayambe town right on the equator to try some delicious bizcocho biscuits. Also stopped here to buy some Andean tea. Then on to a viewpoint of Otavalo volcano and the lake near San Pablo del Lago before going to the market. After this we had a 3 course lunch (drinks are extra) in Cotacachi. We then walked around some of the Laguna Cuicocha with wonderful views. We headed back to to Cotacachi for a quick tasty surprise before heading home. David was very enthusiastic, knowledge and fun and enjoyed telling us about his country in good English. ¡Gracias!
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Zo_h862
Aug 14, 2022
10/10. Highly recommend all Real Dreams Tours. - An excellent day trip! Highly recommend!! On our holiday in Ecuador we decided to book a day trip to Mindo with Real Dreams which was amazing. We loved our day so much that we decided to book a second day tour with this fantastic company to Otavalo. We were picked up promptly from our hotel and driven safely to all stops. We tasted traditional biscuits, went to a view point, visited Otavalo market, had lunch, went to a waterfall, saw a stunning lake and finished in a small village with traditional leather goods before being dropped back to Quito. We had such a great time and felt we got to see so much! We learnt a lot from our helpful guides and were able to ask many questions. We loved both our trips with real dreams and thanks to Carolina and Pedro for making it so memorable.
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Matthew
Oct 9, 2021
It was a ROCKING day! - My favorite part of this tour was my guide Pedro! He was on time, full of energy, great English skills, good sense of humor, knew exactly where he was going, drove flawlessly and allowed me to just enjoy myself ALL day! I found the actual market experience to be a bit underwhelming as many of the wares seemed to be overly redundant and wanted to be talking to artisans versus hawkers. But I found one young jewlery maker who made the trip worthwhile and the lunch I was treated to was fabulous. We visited a waterfall walk that was nice, moved to Cotacachi (leather central) which was a cute little town and then bought 24 stunning roses for $2 (how is that possible?) and back to Quito! I can't rave enough about how this all went so seamlessly.
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From $100
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).