Pichincha Mountains Traverse Hiking Day Tour
This demanding hike is the best for training and get good acclimatization for other big Mountains in Ecuador.
Our Pichincha Mountains Traverse Hiking Day Tour will start from Quito at 06:00 am. Our private transportation will pick you up from your hotel and then drive to a rural town of Quito City called Lloa. Please ask your hotel to pack a breakfast to go or ask us to make a stop for buying some food in the highway. We should drive 14km more from Lloa to the Guagua Pichincha Refuge aproximately 45 minutes more. Once there, We are ready to start our Pichincha Mountains Traverse Hiking Day Tour. In fact, we will take a time to pack our food and prepare for our gear for the next adventure. Guagua Pichincha is the first summit at 4781m 15865ft. The Pichincha Mountains Traverse Hiking Day Tour continues to Padre Encantado or Ladrillos hills. Those are small elevations but demanding an extra effor to get those summits too. In addition, we are prepare to climb Rucu Pichincha, a rocky volcano at 4696m 15407ft. The best views of Quito City and all the Andes Mountains from there. We will take a time to enjoy our box lunch Includes. Finally, the last part will be to descend to the Teleferico de Quito, the cable car. It will take us two hours around and get a gondola to go back home. our Pichincha Mountains Traverse Hiking Day Tour will take us 7 hours 14km 8.70 miles up and down trails. We will go back around at 4:00 p.m. End of our Pichincha Mountains Traverse Hiking Day Tour
Pichincha Mountains Traverse Hiking Day Tour
What do you need to wear?
Hiking clothing (easy dried), trails shoes or hiking boots. a hut, sun glasses, trekking poles.
What do you need to bring?
Back pack 32tls, rain jacket, Poncho and pants (gore -tex) Puffer jacket, water 2 lts, sun protection, snacks.
Pichincha Mountains Traverse Hiking Day Tour