Quilotoa Full Day Tour from Quito with Entrances

Name: Quilotoa Full Day Tour from Quito with Entrances
Brand: Quito Tour Bus
SKU: 18715P12
Price: 79.00 USD
Rating: 5.0 (392 reviews)

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11 hours
Pickup offered
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Offered in: English

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Overview

Laguna Quilotoa, a blue-green volcanic crater lake, sits in the rugged Andean countryside south of Quito. With this tour, escape the busy streets of Quito for an all-inclusive day in the Andes, and see Quilotoa Lake from two different lookouts on the crater rim with views of Cotopaxi in the distance. En route back to Quito, spend some time craft workshops in Tigua.

Views of Quilotoa Lagoon from the crater rim and up close
Visits craft workshops known for colorful pictures and pottery
Choose from several convenient meeting points in central Quito
A small group means more attention from your guide

What's Included

Tourist transport
Bilingual guide (English / Spanish)
All entrances

Details not especified
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Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

07:00 AM

Pickup details

Se confirmará la hora y lugar de pick up hasta las 21h00 pm del día anterior a su tour, si no recibe esta información debe contactarse al +593983359-796, realizamos pick ups en las 3 zonas: La Carolina, Plaza Foch, Plaza Grande, si deseas ser retirado en otra zona podemos hacer con un pago adcional/The time and place of pick-up will be confirmed until 9:00 p.m. the day before your tour departes. If you do not receive this information, you must contact +593983359-796, We make pick ups in this 3 main areas: La Carolina, Plaza Foch, Plaza Grande, if you want you can add a transfer with extra fee.

What To Expect

Laguna Quilotoa

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Canon del Rio Toachi

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not recommended for travelers with back problems
Infants must sit on laps
Not recommended for pregnant travelers

No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Not wheelchair accessible
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 18 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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Featured review

Karen_M

Carlos was the best guide. He answered ongoing questions with ease and knows Ecuadorian history very well. His English was excellent. We met indigenous people, went to a crater lake and visited a wonderful artison shop. My sister and I highly recommend this tour.

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Visit Quilotoa when you come to Ecuador. You don't regret for the rest of your life :)

Jenny_T, Apr 2024

Our tour leader (Adrian) speaks English very well. He explained everything about Ecuador. He is very on time when he picked me up. The hiking was very rough but he made everything so easy and we made it until the end. He is so friendly. He asked one by one why visited Ecuador and we are like knowing of each other for so long. He remember our name as well. I really enjoyed it.

Great tour from Quito

Julien_F, Mar 2024

The Quilotoa crater is a beautiful location, the hike back up is quite challenging and we got a lot of rain on top of it so not an easy tour but definitely worth the trip. Our guide Irene was awesome, super friendly and energetic, spoke good english and took good care of us.

Quilotoa Lagoon

James_K, Jan 2024

The tour was great. Irene the tour guide was full of energy and provided a lot of extra information during the drive and also taught us different words. She was great. Irene provided us guidance and time to meet back for lunch, which allowed everone in the grouo to explore, which I really appreciated.

Great hike, beautiful, but time not well managed

Jessica_H, Jan 2024

Quilotoa was amazing and definitely is something that you should do if you are in Ecuador. The hike back up is not as bad as everyone says it is if you are in decent shape and you stop to rest every once in a while. But they didn't leave us enough time on the tour to hike down and explore and hike all the way back up. There were too many stops at the beginning of the tour that were unnecessary.

The lagoon is beautiful ...

Dan_E, Jan 2024

The lagoon is beautiful but the hike back up is very challenging.(you can pay for a ride on a mule for 10$ if needed). It is along drive to get there 3 to 3:30 but the scenery is beautiful. There are only a couple of extra stops along the way so it was a low key excursion. It worked well for us as a third trip since we had already received a lot of information previously. Our guide didn’t speak very much compared to the other tours.

A nice tour overall, although itinerary can be improved

La_D, Jan 2024

The Quilotoa crater is beautiful, however the morning stops could have been skipped or at least done in the afternoon so as to arrive earlier in Quilotoa, as the view there tends to be clearer in the morning (we arrived a bit after noon only). Our guide Jessica was very nice though, and the pick up & drop off at my hotel was very convenient.

An amazing trip.

Wiliam_M, Dec 2023

Our guide Carlos was an excellent guide, sharing a lot of information. Made about three stops before arriving at the Crater. Most interesting was at home of kichawa Indian seeing their way of life. Walked to bottom of Crater. Because of elevation much harder to walk out. Had a late lunch 2:45pm after getting to the top. Would give five stars but took a while to pick up all passengers, one being about 20 minutes out of the way who were going with same company but on a different tour location.

Great trip!

Dawit_T, Dec 2023

Awesome day tour to Quilotoa. Our tour guide Irene was super knowledgeable , friendly and full of positivity . We also get to visit Indigenous family home and see the living conditions of the people. Everything went smoothly. Highly recommend this trip if you planning to do a day trip to Quilotoa

Amazing views great tour.

Esli_O, Dec 2023

Went with Maruricio driver and our guide Adrian had a great time learn a lot about history and Ecuadorian culture highly recommend we had a beautiful day.

Best Tour Ever

Lisa_C, Nov 2023

I went on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, with driver John & Bilingual Tour Guide Adrian. They are a great team. The kept everyone safe & secured throughout the trip. Adrian kept the group engaged with not only historical and cultural facts about Quito & Quilotoa, but also made everyone feel connected in that we arrived as strangers on a tour bus to leaving as friends. I would highly recommend taking this tour to see the beautiful landscape/volcano/mountains/valleys of Quito while on the way to Quilotoa. Once at Quilotoa, there are shops & restaurants to enjoy before or after a hike to the bottom of the lake. If one chooses to take that hike and need help with the return hike, there are guided horses available. Overall, my experience was great and I would recommend it to both solo, coupled, and group travelers. Lisa (November, 2023).

Si se puede con Quito Tour Bus

Raquel_F, Nov 2023

Misael was a wonderful person and a phenomenal tour guide! What a memorable experience! Quito Tour Bus fue espectacular.

Wonderful guide and driver

Emily_Y, Nov 2023

Our tour guide Valeronia was great and energetic . Our driver was great driver👍👍. We had a great time and was able to take advantage of the double decker hop on hop off bus too. On and off we were allowed to go upstairs for beautiful pictures. We did go to a local family and experience their life. We had a wonderful and inexpensive lunch too. I would highly recommend both the guide and driver.

Amazing Experience!

Kylie_H, Nov 2023

This trip was 100% worth it. My tour guide (Daniela) was very informative and very kind. I went alone in a shared group and it was so much fun! I got to meet so many people and have a great time! The experiences are irreplaceable and were so cool! However, I must note that the hike down to the crater is easy, but the hike up is very difficult. I recommend that you be prepared for the hike up.

Thank you Grace for the superior organizing and thank you Andrea for the great guiding.

Lilla_S, Oct 2023

The Quilotoa hiking was a little bit hard for me because the route was deep and slippery but it was worth to do it.

Not worth it

Florin_M, Oct 2023

This tour took 12 hours total from the pick-up to drop-off times. The driver was ridiculously slow, driving 40 km/hr on the highway as soon as it was a small slope. The entrance to Quito was a trafic nightmare. The lake itself is passable, at best. It is a plain sight and what you see in the first 10 sec. is all that you will see. Norhing interesting in the setting. The food was bad at the restaurant chosen. Meat was very hard to chew. Overall a bad experience and a lost day.

Great day out

Michelle_A, Oct 2023

Thank you Adrian and John for a wonderful day. Very informative and interesting and a delightful day with you both. Michelle and Richard

Highly recommended

YS_T, Oct 2023

It was one of the best tour I ever joined. The vibes of the group was good. The tour guide Carlos was funny, informative, engaging and took care of the entire group pretty well. Highly recommended

Long drive but worth it!

Mitchi_W, Oct 2023

Great experience to see Quilotoa Lagoon! Felt the high elevation going ups and down. Did not know how long to get there but it was worth it. Thank you!

Lagoon Quilotoa

mirelaelena_t, Oct 2023

Great tour, our guide Missa was excellent gave us lots of information, answer to all our questions,Mauricio very good driver ( sorry if i spell the names wrong). Highly recommend it.

the lake view is...

Yuan_L, Sep 2023

the lake view is gorgeous! we walked down hill for 20 minutes , but I slid once and I saw 3 tourists up on horses . we gave up walking down.

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