BIKING THROUGH THE HIGHLANDS 15D

This biking program is designed to give you the opportunity to see a great deal of Ecuador, yet have the comfort of car transfers between biking sites of interest, helping to avoid cycling on busy roads or through urban landscapes. As with all our tours, program will take you off the beaten track and introduce you to some of Ecuador's hidden treasures. Each day, after completing the section, we will take you and the bikes on the jeep to your overnight hostel or hotel accommodation. In two nights, you will experience the great outdoors camping under starry skies with panoramic backdrops provided by Cotopaxi province.

As with our 8-day program, this tour takes you biking in many different areas and landscapes within Ecuador but maintaining a focus on the highland areas, starting altitude 2400m and above. The program is designed for 4-5 hours biking however, this may change as being the highlands, hill ridding is a significant part of the biking days and different people will clearly manage this at different speeds.

Further details of the tour provided upon written request, but here are the daily stages, with an approximation of the uphill, downhill and cycling split to be expected.

Day 1: Quito – Hotel
Transfer in, briefing
City tour by night
Quito, hotel overnight.

Day 2: Quito - Cumbaya El Quinche
Distance 50 km
Average temp. 18º C, downhill 10%, cycling 80%, uphill 10%
Max. Altitude 2.700mts, Minimum Altitude 2.200mts
Quito overnight.

Day 3: Cayambe – Tupigachi – Otavalo
Distance 30 km
Average temp. 12º C, downhill 10%, cycling 80%, uphill 10%
Max. Altitude 3.300mts, Minimum Altitude 2.700mts
Overnight hotel Otavalo

Day 4: Ibarra – Jurachcruz – Ambuqui
Distance 50 km
Average temp. 12º Cycling, downhill 40%, cycling 20%, uphill 40%
Max. Altitude 3.200mts
Minimum Altitude 2.000mts
Overnight, Otavalo.

Day 5: Cangagua – Papallacta
Distance 60 km
Average temp. 8º C, downhill 20%, cycling 60%, uphill 20%
Max. Altitude 4.100mts, Minimum Altitude 2.900mts
Overnight, Papallacta.coto bike 0 small

Day 6: Cotopaxi
Distance 40 km
Average temp. 8º C, downhill 10%, cycling 30%, uphill 70%
Max. Altitude 3.000mts, Minimum Altitude 3.700mts

Day 7: Cotopaxi – Lasso
Distance 35 km
Average temp. 8º C, downhill 30%, cycling 40%, uphill 10%
Max. Altitude 4.600mts, Minimum Altitude 3.700mts
Overnight, Lasso.

Day 8: Rest Day
Breakfast
Visit Indian Market
Overnight, Lasso.

Day 9: Quilotoa Chugchilan
Distance 40 km
Average temp. 8º C, downhill 30%, cycling 40%, uphill 30%
Max. Altitude 3.900mts, Minimum Altitude 2.900mts
Overnight, Salcedo.

Day 10: Urbina - Chimborazo
Distance 45 km
Average temp. 8º C, downhill 20%, cycling 20%, uphill 60%
Max. Altitude 4.800mts, Minimum Altitude 3.700mts
Overnight, Riobamba.

Day 11: Penipe – Baños
Distance 40 km
Average temp. 18º C, downhill 60%, cycling 30%, uphill 10%
Max. Altitude 2.900mts, Minimum Altitude 1.800mtsbiketanda
Overnight, Baños

Day 12: Baños – Puyo
Distance 60 km
Average temp. 24º C, downhill 60%, cycling 30%, uphill 10%
Max. Altitude 1.800mts, Minimum Altitude 700mts
Overnight Puyo.

Day 13: Puyo – La Punta
Distance 60 km
Average temp. 24º C, downhill 10%, cycling 80%, uphill 10%
Max. Altitude 1.500mts, Minimum Altitude 700mts
Overnight, Puyo.

Day 14: El Tena – Baeza
Distance 80 km
Average temp. 24º C, downhill 20%, cycling 60%, uphill 20%
Max. Altitude 1.700mtsBosquehumedo, Minimum Altitude 700mts
Overnight, Papallacta.

Day 15 La Virgen – Pifo - Quito
Distance 60 km
Average temp. 10º C, downhill 60%, cycling 30%, uphill 10%
Max. Altitude 4.000mts, Minimum Altitude 2.400mts
Return to Quito. End of our services.

*We will have the Jeep for support during the program. Every night there will be a short briefing about the next day's itinerary and more details.  Next departures: Jun. 14 – 27 - / Jul. 14 – 27 - / Aug. 17 - 27 - 2021