Day 01
Quito City Tour and Equator Line Experience
Pick up at 08h30 from your hotel by your Quito tour guide.
- Proceed to the viewpoint of the Pululahua Volcano, one of the two inhabited craters in the world. This volcanic complex consists of the main boiler, a central volcano with two craters, and the remains of a third.
- See several volcanic domes within the caldera, located on the edge of and outside the volcanic complex.
- Head to the Intiñan Museum, geographically located at 0 degrees, 0 minutes and 0 seconds, marking the division between the northern and southern hemispheres established by the French Geodesic Mission in the eighteenth century.
- Witness beautiful displays of different ethnic groups in Ecuador, along with the story of their lifestyles, explained by a specialist guide.
- Get photographed with your feet in the northern and southern hemispheres at once.
- Pass close by the equatorial monument on the way back to Quito.
- Visit the historical center of Quito, the first World Cultural Heritage Site (UNESCO 1978).
- Stroll through Independence Square, the scene of many dramatic battles of revolution in the history of the Republic of Ecuador.
- See the Cathedral, the Archbishop's Palace, the Church of the Society of Jesus of Quito, the summit of Latin American Baroque, the charming neighbourhood of La Ronda, and the Church and Convent of San Francisco, built in 1535.
Drive back to the hotel at 17h00.
