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Quito - Chiva Express Riobamba to Cuenca - Amazon Basin.
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| Suggested Itinerary Includes: | All transfers between cities
5 nights in Quito
2-night excursion Chiva Express Riobamba to Cuenca
1 night in Cuenca
3 nights in the Amazon Basin
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| Quito (22 Hotels options in Quito) |  | The Capital City of Ecuador - Quito has wonderful spring-like climate. It is in a valley flanked by majestic mountains and on a clear day, several snow-capped volcanoes are visible from the capital. Is rich in history and much of the old colonial town is well preserved, the buildings are unchanged and to walk down colonial Quito's streets late at night is to step into bygone eras. Quito nestles a rich treasury of religious and decorative architecture and arts. |
| Cuenca (4 Hotels options in Cuenca) |  | Cuenca's cobblestone streets, graceful ironwork balconies, flowered plazas, museums and religious art treasures recall her long association with Spain. It's the third largest city in Ecuador marked by shining church domes dating from the 15th & 17th centuries; the earliest buildings dating back to 1557. Several Inca ruins and temples, and museums provide evidence for Ecuador's rich cultural heritage. Cuenca retains a pleasantly provincial air. |
| Amazon Lodges (10 Hotels options in Amazon Lodges) |  | Visits to the Indian Villages, overnights in jungle lodges, walks through lush rain-forest in search of brilliant toucans and parrots, traveling by dug-out canoe down hidden tributaries, and cruising the Napo River above a 50 passenger floating hotel, are all part of the adventure awaiting in the Amazon Jungle. Description of lodges in the Amazon can be found by clicking on the map. |
| Chiva Express Riobamba to Cuenca |  | Follow the footsteps of the German scientist Alexander Von Humboldt and discover
what in 1802 he called the 'Avenue of the Volcanoes'.
Snowcapped summits and
the mystical beauty surround
this route. Brooks and rivers run down from the mountains past small villages
of adobe houses and terraced farmland.
To see the country
a different way, take a different track, and board the exclusive Expreso, whether
aboard the bright red coach car, attached to the end of the regular train,
or aboard the unique autoferro (similar to a bus on rails). As train fanciers
know, it is how you get there that matters!
Swing by Cuenca, Ecuador's most
beautiful city, also a World Cultural Heritage
Site. Cuenca has the placid atmosphere of a small city,
both deeply religious and artistic, which fascinates the visitor. |
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