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Full Day Tour: Quito to Baños with Visits to Cotopaxi & Quilotoa
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12 Ratings
Quito
Embark on a full-day tour from Quito to Baños and explore the stunning landscapes of Cotopaxi and Quilotoa. Immerse yourself in local communities and enjoy the freedom to customize your itinerary. Let us handle the logistics while you have all the fun!
Embark on a full-day tour from Quito to Baños and explore the stunning landscapes of Cotopaxi and Quilotoa. Immerse yourself in local communities and enjoy the freedom to customize your itinerary. Let us handle the logistics while you have all the fun!
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Quito - Departure from Quito:
Blue house Hotel 06:15 or
Café Zular 06:30 (Nex to San Blas Squarea) -
Cotopaxi National Park - Hiking at Limiopungo Lake inside Cotopaxi National Park, home to one of the world’s highest active volcanoes.
There you can visit the Limpiopungo Lagoon which is at the foot of a volcano and there is possible to see…
- Quito - Departure from Quito:
Blue house Hotel 06:15 or
Café Zular 06:30 (Nex to San Blas Squarea)
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Cotopaxi National Park - Hiking at Limiopungo Lake inside Cotopaxi National Park, home to one of the world’s highest active volcanoes.
There you can visit the Limpiopungo Lagoon which is at the foot of a volcano and there is possible to see some species of flora besides the volcano -
Canon del Rio Toachi - Transfer from Cotopaxi National Park to Cañon del Río Toachi. (2:30)
Here we can take some pictures and the guide will explain you about its formations wich are product of pyroclastic flows whose source was the Quilotoa volcano (0:30). The materials that form the base of the canyon are pumiceous elements, lapillis, and volcanic bombs. The emission of these flows has a suggested age of 1800 years. - Laguna Quilotoa - You will arrive to the Crater and inside it the lake, the guide will explain to you about its origin and about the flora of this zone, if the day is clear you can see all the scenery from the top of the crater and if the time is enough is possible to go down to the lake and go boating (not included)
- Salcedo - Stop for famous Ecuadorian ice cream on the way to Baños.
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Banos - Transfer from Quilotoa to Baños
Drop off in the Central Park of Baños (Church)
You can add our extra tour for your free days in Baños
What's Included
- Tour guide
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Tour guide
- In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Accommodation
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Accommodation
Additional Information
Why Wander With Us?
We have created a travel journey for those who prefer to explore independently. Engage in authentic encounters with local communities and sights, all of which are incorporated and pre-paid. Enjoy the liberty to dwell in various locales like Baños for any duration you desire, moving on to your subsequent destination at your leisure. We…
Why Wander With Us?
We have created a travel journey for those who prefer to explore independently. Engage in authentic encounters with local communities and sights, all of which are incorporated and pre-paid. Enjoy the liberty to dwell in various locales like Baños for any duration you desire, moving on to your subsequent destination at your leisure. We manage all the logistical arrangements, allowing you to concentrate solely on enjoying your adventure.
Location
Blue House
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(12 Ratings)
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Ricardo_s
Jul 30, 2025
Excellent guide! Persistent and friendly - An excellent experience! The guide Jose was fantastic! Spent the whole day trying to see the Cotopaxi volcano that was always covered until at the end of the day we got it. This one-way tour is great for those who travel from one city to another without losing what is in the middle
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Maki
Jul 30, 2025
Jaw-dropping Must-See Sites/Sights! - Wowwwwww is what went through our minds for pretty much the entire day. Ricardo took us (with Jefferson safely driving us) everywhere the itinerary said it would and gave us a wealth of information about those places. The lagoon was absolutely breathtaking. Eating lunch at a Quechuan family’s home/restaurant was a great experience. Despite a blackout, they were able to cook us a great meal. I really wanted a stuffed llama and am so glad I bought it there. I paid $10 and saw the same size one at the airport for $35!! It was very cold at Cotopaxi and Quilotoa and I was thankful I had my North Face puffer and fleece with me. We were dropped off right at our hotel in Baños as planned. Everything went without a hitch!
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Tbentley2024
Jul 29, 2025
Wonderful Banos adventure - Our family had a wonderful tour from Quito to Banos with Erick and WanderBus. They customised the tour to give us more time in Banos so there was a rest day with a child. On the travelling days we packed in so many amazing sights, including Cotopaxi, Quilotoa and then many brilliant and fun attractions around Banos - a combination of adventure and beautiful scenery. Every stop was worthwhile and thoughtfully chosen. Erick was a great guide, knowledgeable, courteous, patient and good fun. His English was excellent and he was happy to answer all our questions about Ecuador. We fully recommend using WanderBus and Erick for guided tours. Three magical days we’ll not forget!
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217kyd
Jul 16, 2025
10/10 experience - 10/10. Totally recommend this tour! We truly felt like we visited everything in just one day.Thanks to Eric for making this day memorable!
Marie-Li and Kylie
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Evelyned433
Jul 7, 2025
Great experience ! Very interesting! - Thanks to José and the driver we discovered beautiful places, sustaining local buisnesses. Excellent driver, nice conversations and explications. You can feel that José is enjoying presenting his country.
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Kelcy_d
Jun 30, 2025
So fun! Great Value - Amazing time! This is the way to go if making your way down to Baños from Quito. - you really make the most of the day.
José and Rodrigo were the best. Very knowledgeable and felt very safe riding around the mountains 😊 definitely worth it
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K2669zxsarahr
Jul 1, 2024
Accommodating, Knowledgeable, Excellent Itinerary - This was a highlight of our trip! Wanderbus was extremely accommodating when our itinerary had to change last minute, and arranged a private guide for us with a special itinerary. Our guide Pablo Salazar was friendly, knowledgable, and clearly has a passion for what he does. We loved this experience!
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Seahawkmjk
Jun 10, 2024
Great full day trip to Banos with stops at Cotopaxi and Quilotoa. - Great full day trip. Our guide was Paul and from pickup at our hotel, to our stops at Cotopaxi and Quilotoa and drop off at the door of our hotel in Banos our trip was awesome. We stopped at Rondador Cotopaxi on our way into Cotopaxi, great fresh food in a pastoral setting- the host was friendly. We worked our way around Cotopaxi and a short hike around a highland lake.
From there we headed to Quilotoa, a beautiful volcanic crater lake, had late lunch at a restaurant across from the crater. On the way to Banos stopped for some ice cream- We were safely delivered to our hotel in Banos-
Paul and his assistant were knowledgeable and spoke excellent English- We recommend this trip.
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Courtneyr180
Nov 8, 2023
The best way to get from Quito to Banos! - Our one-way tour from Quito to Banos, stopping in Cotopaxi and Quilotoa, was a highlight of my trip to Ecuador. Cotopaxi and Quilotoa are stunning and must sees. This tour made it really convenient and time efficient to see both whilst also moving destination from Quito to Banos. We stopped for breakfast and lunch at two fantastic and affordable restaurants. Our driver/guide Erick was great! He was kind, a safe driver, and an excellent photographer. Thanks Erick and team and for a great trip!
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Gregw638
Nov 4, 2023
Solo travller private tour - The day trip From Quito to Baños with Cotapaxi and Quilotoa with Erick from Wanderbus was awesome(Quito local). The whole day was amazing. Punctual. Knowledge
able. Lovely to speak to. Great driver. Calm. Respectful. Everything was great
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