Cochasqui Pyramids, Rose Plantation and Equator Line Day Tour
(5) Reviews
Quito
Important Information
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Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
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Not recommended for pregnant travelers
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Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
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Specialized infant seats are available
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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This is the only genuine, exclusive and the best opportunity to have a “great taste” of the Northern Andes of Ecuador, going out of the beatten path and avoiding unnecessary crowds, just joining to an exciting full day tour from Quito!! Enjoy different landscapes, flavours, aromas, culture, feelings and a great history... Discover the mythical Cochasqui Pyramids, and the most accurate site on the Equator Line and make your wish become truth, and maximize your holidays having one of the most memorable lifetime experiences..!
Highlights
From 7 hours to 8 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 7 hours to 8 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Private transportation.
Certified Tour Guide.
Lunch
Entrance fees
Cochasqui Pyramids, Rose Plantation and Equator Line Day Tour
(5) Reviews
Quito
About
This is the only genuine, exclusive and the best opportunity to have a “great taste” of the Northern Andes of Ecuador, going out of the beatten path and avoiding unnecessary crowds, just joining to an exciting full day tour from Quito!! Enjoy different landscapes, flavours, aromas, culture, feelings and a great history... Discover the mythical Cochasqui Pyramids, and the most accurate site on the Equator Line and make your wish become truth, and maximize your holidays having one of the most memorable lifetime experiences..!
Highlights
From 7 hours to 8 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 7 hours to 8 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Private transportation.
Certified Tour Guide.
Lunch
Entrance fees
Items | Cochasqui Pyramids, Rose Plantation and Equator Line Day Tour
Itinerary
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Quito
This tour will take you out of the beaten path! Cochasquí is one of the biggest and most important archaeological sites of Ecuador. It is located in the northern Andes. The complex has fifteen pyramids and several tombs (tolas) that belong the period 850 B.C. – 1.550 A.C. You will start this wonderful adventure at 8:00 a.m.
5 minutes
2
Cochasqui Pyramids
Then you will have the opportunity to hike and be surrounded by hundreds of llamas while we learn all about the Caranquis, one of the most developed and unknown civilizations in South America, that defended their territory against the Inca invasion in the XV Century until early years of the XVI century in the epic battle of Yaguarcocha!
Caranquis never managed stone carvings, only volcanic tuff, locally well-known as cangagua and adobe. However, they built big monuments as flat topped pyramids used as ceremonial sites or astronomical observatories. They used to bury their dead people under artificial hills called “Tolas”. After our unforgettable hike through the Inga Ñan (Inca trail), admiring the stunning views of the "Avenue of the Volcanoes".
2 hours
3
Cayambe
You will drive to a local rose farm to learn all about the fifth main industry of Ecuador! Once in there you will learn everything about the process of growing, harvesting and exporting roses!
1 hour
4
Guachalá
You will have time for lunch, and after 10 minutes driving you will stop in the Quitsato's Sundial, which is a big stone-mosaic-circle of 52 meters of diameter, where you can prove perfectly that it is exactly located in the middle of the world, according to the shade that a 10-meter-cylinder projects every day or during the different solstices and equinoxes!
1 hour
5
Quito
You will be back in Quito approximately at 4:00p.m.
