Machu Picchu - Lake
Titicaca
(11
days/10 nights)
Machu Picchu - Lake
Titicaca
(12 days/11 nights)
Machu Picchu - Lake
Titicaca
(14 days/13 nights)
Colca Canyon - Machu
Picchu
Lake Titicaca
(16 days/15 nights)
Archaeological & Ecological
Treasures
Galapagos - Machu Picchu
Lake Titicaca (or Amazon)
(18 days/17
nights)
Colca Canyon - Amazon
Machu Picchu - Lake Titicaca
(22 days/21 nights)
Machu Picchu
(10
days/9 nights)
Machu Picchu
(13 days/12 nights)
Machu Picchu - Galapagos
(15 days/14 nights)
Galapagos - Machu Picchu
(18 days/17 nights)
Manu National Park
(8 days/7 nights)
Enchanted Isles of the Galapagos
Galapagos
(11
days/10 nights)
Galapagos & the Kingdom of Quito
Galapagos - Andes
(16 days/15 nights)
Galapagos - Amazon
(16 days/15 nights)
Historic Haciendas of the Andes
Cotopaxi - Antisana
- Otavalo
(7 days/6 nights)
© 2008
Inka's Empire Corporation.
All rights reserved.
Cotopaxi National Park
Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador.
Photo: Ecuador 365.
Land Price (2 days/1 night)
Royal US$ 745 Imperial US$ 565
The land price includes escorted transfers, private excursions with a professional guide and driver, entrance fees, indicated category of accommodations, all meals except beverages, all transportation, and travel insurance for guests through the age of 59 years. Over that age, there is a supplementary fee. All prices are per person based on two people sharing a guest room. For a detailed description of our services, see About Our Tours.
Galapagos Cruises
What You Could Add in Ecuador
Surrounding the Cotopaxi Volcano, the highest active volcano on earth, you'll find the moorland ecosystem of the Cotopaxi National Park, a vast wilderness of sweeping plains. Its 85,000 acres protect Andean condors, llamas, spectacled bears and many other species of highland fauna and flora. Exquisite landscapes are revealed as you hike the trails, including one to the ruins of El Salitre, whose rounded walls are rare in Inca architecture and indicate a temple of the Sun. After lunch at the historic Hacienda La Cienega, one of the country's most prestigious haciendas, return north to Quito at sunset, admiring the majestic landscapes of the volcanoes.
Highlights
Quito
Day 1: Quito - Cotopaxi National Park - Hacienda La Cienega - Quito. Morning departure to Cotopaxi, the highest active volcano on earth. Surrounding it, you will find the moorland ecosystem of the National Park. Hike the trails, including one to the Inca ruins of El Salitre. Lunch at the historic Hacienda La Cienega. Return north to Quito at sunset, admiring the majestic landscapes of the volcanoes. Arrive at the Villa Colonna. Guided evening walk to the Plaza de San Francisco for dinner at the Café Tianquez. Overnight in the Villa Colonna.
Your next destination
Day 2: Quito - Your next destination. Continue on a cruise of the Galapagos Islands or an expedition to Ecuador's Amazon Rainforest.
Frederic Edwin Church, Cotopaxi, 1862, oil on canvas, 48 x 85 inches.
Photo: The Detroit Institute of Arts.
Day 1: Quito - Cotopaxi National Park - Hacienda La Cienega - Quito
Morning departure to Cotopaxi. The white-coned summit of the perfectly symmetrical volcano takes pride of place along the Avenue of the Volcanoes. The glaciated summit is 5,907 meters, or 19,400 feet, above sea level, making it the highest active volcano on earth. Surrounding the "King of the Andes", you will find the moorland ecosystem of the National Park, a vast wilderness of sweeping plains. Its 85,000 acres protect Andean condors, llamas, spectacled bears and many other species of highland fauna and flora. Exquisite landscapes are revealed as you hike the trails, including one to the ruins of El Salitre, whose rounded walls are rare in Inca architecture and indicate a temple of the Sun.
Lunch at the historic Hacienda La Cienega. La Cienega is one of the country's most prestigious haciendas. In colonial times, it hosted illustrious guests like the French astronomer Charles Marie de la Condamine, who participated in the French Geodesic Mission. Another famous guest was Alexander Von Humboldt, the German naturalist, who studied Cotopaxi's volcanic activity and unique alpine flora in 1802. While here, he coined the phrase "Avenue of the Volcanoes". More recently, Ecuador's presidents have stayed in the hacienda on their travels through the country and it now is open to the public.
Return north to Quito at sunset, admiring the majestic landscapes of the volcanoes. Arrive at the Villa Colonna, a charming colonial home in the historic district. Guided walk to the Plaza de San Francisco for a simple but delicious dinner at the Café Tianquez. Overnight in the Villa Colonna.
Frederic Edwin Church, Cotopaxi, 1855, oil on canvas, 28 x 42 inches.
Photo: Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Day 2: Quito - Your next destination
Breakfast. Continue on a cruise of the Galapagos Islands or an expedition to Ecuador's Amazon Rainforest.
Thank you for choosing Inka's Empire Tours.
© 2008 Inka's Empire Corporation, Luxury Peru Tours & Travel. All rights reserved.
