Your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Quito at 7:00 a.m. We will drive you directly to the town of Pintag, where you will start to ascend up to "Antisana Reserve".

At an altitude of 3.810 meters above sea level (12,500 ft), you will have big opportunities to find interesting wildlife such as: black-chested buzzard eagles, carunculated caracaras, giant hummingbirds, and of course, the majestic Andean condors, considered the largest flying birds of the world, and one of the rarest bird species that has possibly survived since the era of the mega beasts (10.000 years aprox.)! You will walk also towards the Mica Lagoon (4.050 m - 13,287 ft), result of the end of the last ice age, to get a better view of Antisana volcano and to observe water bird species such as: Andean gulls, Andean lapwings, Andean coots, Andean teals, and black-faces ibis, which curiously live in Chile and only in the Antisana Volcano in Ecuador! Then we will descend to the Isco canyon, where condors nest! After enjoying more views of these huge fabulous birds, you will have a typical meal at a local restaurant.

Then we finally start the drive towards “Termas de Papallacta”, where you'll stay the overnight in order to enjoy the healing properties of its natural hot springs! There will be more opportunities to spot other interesting hummingbirds flying around the gardens.