Cotopaxi Bike Tour near Quito
per person
Cotopaxi Bike Tour near Quito in a route of several hours within the Cotopaxi National Park, includes 2 activities; a walk to the José F. Rivas refuge, and a mountain bike ride. You can enjoy the wonderful scenery, lots of downhill adrenalin, and the possibility to observe the local flora and fauna.
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Day 1: Machachi – Cotopaxi National Park – return to Machachi
This Cotopaxi Bike Tour near Quito starts in Machachi at 07:30am from Hostel Casa del Montañero. After checking the necessary items for the trip, we take a rural road for an hour to arrive at the north entrance of Cotopaxi National Park, located at 3,600 masl, where we register and continue for another hour in the car to the Cotopaxi car park, located at 4,500 masl. Here we start the uphill hike to the Cotopaxi José F. Rivas refuge, we take a rest and hot drinks are served before returning to the car to collect our bikes and set off downhill. The tour takes us by the base of Cotopaxi, and we can take in the views of several volcanoes including, Rumiñahui, Sincholagua and Antisana, as well as seeing local flora and fauna. We finish at the north entrance of the park, but if the participants are still full of energy we can continue to the village of Pedregal, located at 3,500 masl, where we see diverse agricultural activities of the ranchers and locals.