DAY 01.- Leave from your hotel al 08h00. Drive westwards from Quito towards the coast, over the Andes using the old road Quito-Mindo until 3100 m of altitude. At this point, we switch to our mountain bikes and start the descent towards the cloud forest located on the West slope of volcano Pichincha until we reach the cross roads to Mindo (2000 m of altitude) This is a 35 Km bike ride on a dead road, void of traffic.

On our way back to Quito we stop for a 40-minute-hike among verdant forest. We intern ourselves in the cloud forest to visit a water fall. We return to our 4-wheel drive jeep and continue on the Calacalí-La Independiencia road towards Quito. This is a very scenic loop enjoying the views. The landscape is diverse with patchwork fields of lush vegetation and the high sierra plains. We stop for a visit to the rim of crater Pululahua. Before we reach Quito, we pass the monument to the Mitad del Mundo.

INCLUDED:
- Transportation
- Guide
- Mountain bike
- Equipment: skull, glove, knee and elbow protector
- Box – lunch

GTB. 2 QUITO – COTOPAXI – CHIMBORAZO

DAY 01.- Leave from your hotel at 08h00. Drive by jeep for 1 ½ hours from Quito along the Pan-American Highway south to Cotopaxi National Park. Cotopaxi (19,000 feet) is one of the most beautiful active volcanoes in Ecuador and the whole of South America. We will have several hours to explore this outstanding area of natural beauty by bike. By jeep we drive up to the parking lot (14,500 feet). From there, we commence the spectacular down hill bike ride, descending a total of 6000 feet until we arrive at the Pan-American Highway where the first leg of the cycling trip ends. Subsequent drive south on Pan-Highway. Overnight on the slopes of Chimborazo.

DAY 02.- Drive to Chimborazo (6310) the highest mountain of Ecuador. Arrive at first refuge. WE ascend on the foot to second refuge at 5000m. . Amazing bike ride through paramo landscape. Vicunas are the sole inhabitants of these wild stretches.

INCLUDED:
- Transportation
- Guide
- Mountain bike
- Equipment: skull, glove, knee and elbow protector
- Box – lunch
- Accommodation in Hostería el Troje (with out dinner)

GTB. 3 QUITO – COTOPAXI – QUILOTOA CHUGCHILIAN – SIGCHOS - LASSO

DAY 01.- Drive by jeep for 1 ½ hours from Quito along the Pan-American Highway south to Cotopaxi National Park. Cotopaxi (19,000 feet) is one of the most beautiful active volcanoes in Ecuador and the whole of South America. We will have several hours to explore this outstanding area of natural beauty by bike. By jeep we drive up to the parking lot (14,500 feet). From there, we commence the spectacular down hill bike ride, descending a total of 6000 feet until we arrive at the Pan-American Highway where the first leg of the cycling trip ends. We then ascend by jeep in a northwest direction into the
western Cordillera arriving at Quilotoa to spend the night. The night's retreat is a cozy inn, with an impressive look at the Crater Lake. (L, D)

DAY 02.- This day, we start with an early hike down to the deep jade colored Quilotoa Crater Lake. The hike downhill to the Laguna takes about 30 minutes and about twice as long to climb back up. But, you can hire a mule or donkey for about US$2-3 to carry you back to the top, where your breakfast will be awaiting you to charge your batteries for this day's adventure! After breakfast we descend on mountain bikes to Zumbahua. Many years ago, an earthquake destroyed this area. The land has transformed into a rugged formation resembling what you might imagine as terrain from another planet. Lunch is a picnic at a location where we have the opportunity to intermingle with the Quechua Indians or test your artistic skills with the locals painting landscapes of the area. Lodging in Black Sheep inn.

Day 03.- After the breakfast, we downhill bike ride begins down a long and winding road all the way back to Sigchos and lasso where the cycle trip ends. We then return by jeep to Quito. (B,L)

INCLUDED:
- Transportation
- Guide
- Mountain bike
- Equipment: skull, glove, knee and elbow protector
- 3 Box – lunch, 2 breakfast, 2 dinner
- Accommodation in Indigenous house in Quilotoa, and Black Sheep Inn in Chugchilian