Ecuador · Art & Craft

Day trip Otavalo & Cotacachi+ San Pablo Lagoon Visit from Quito

10 Hours Round trip from Quito Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Full-day private tour from Quito to Otavalo and Cotacachi
  • 02 Visit the famous Otavalo Market for local handicrafts and textiles
  • 03 Stop in Cayambe, known for its bizcochos and queso de hoja
  • 04 Walk to the Peguche waterfall, a place of spiritual significance
  • 05 Listen to Andean music in a local musical workshop
  • 06 Explore Cotacachi, a picturesque town famous for leather creations
  • 07 Hotel pickup and drop-off inside Quito’s urban perimeter
  • 08 Professional multilingual guide included

Discover the culture, crafts, and landscapes of northern Ecuador on this full-day private trip from Quito. Travel through Cayambe, Otavalo, Peguche, and Cotacachi as you explore one of the country’s most famous artisan regions with a professional guide.

Browse the renowned Otavalo Market for handmade textiles and local handicrafts, visit the Peguche waterfall, and experience Andean musical traditions in a local workshop. The day also includes time in Cotacachi, known for its leather goods, with a stop for lunch at your own expense before returning to Quito.

We continue our trip until we reach the Otavalo Market, where you can see all kinds of handicrafts made by the skilled hands of the indigenous people of the area.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 10 Hours
Tour type Shared
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Included
Transport Included
Wheelchair access No
Cities Quito, Cayambe, Otavalo, Cotacachi
Languages English, Spanish

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

Total Duration: 10 hours

Our guide will pass by your hotel early in the morning and we will head north until we reach the City of Cayambe, known for its "bizcochos" a line of baked buns that are accompanied by the so-called "Queso de hoja" because it is wrap in sheets to preserve. We continue our trip until we reach the Otavalo Market, where you can see all kinds of handicrafts made by the skilled hands of the indigenous people of the area. Our next stop will be the town of Peguche, here we will walk until we reach its waterfall, a place full of energy where the natives perform spiritual rituals. We continue until we reach the musical workshop where we will listen to Andean music that comes from the instruments that the indigenous people skillfully create with their hands, our tour advances until we reach Cotacachi, a small and picturesque town famous for its leather creations, here our guide will suggest and give the Time for lunch (not included) after which we will return to Quito. Our guide will drop you off at your hotel.

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Quito 4 cities · 10 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Professional guide
  • Hotel pick up and drop-off ( Hotel pick up inside the Urban perimeter of Quito)
  • Private Tour

What's Not Included

  • Gratuities
  • Food and Drinks

Know before you go

  • PASSPORT REQUIRED
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Not stroller accessible
  • Not suitable for pets
  • No public transportation nearby
  • Infants must not sit on laps
  • Infant seats unavailable
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • We provide Multilingual guide
  • We recommend taking a hat and block sun
  • The guide will pick up you in the lobby of the hotel ( Hotel pick up inside the Urban perimeter of Quito)

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Quito, EC
Tour start
Quito, EC
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 10 hours finish where they began, in Quito.

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