08 Apr 2024
The full day to Baños and a upper part of the Amazon tour was incredible. We loved Baños and its Basilica were amazing. We stopped in a local coffee shop and had some coffee and pastries with Pedro who gave us 30 minutes to walk around. Then he took us to the tree house where we swung while Pedro took pictures of us. Then we zipped lined while he took a video of us. He did all this while explaining the flora and fauna. Then we went to a restaurant and had a typical delicious Ecuadorian Trout meal while it rained outside. Then he took us to the bride’s tail of the dress where we went across a river in a car. Once there we hiked for at least 45 minutes through trails with free roaming chickens and dogs while Pedro explained/described the trees, flowers, etc. and gave us some to taste. Then we went back in cable car to the other side and he drove us to the Pailon del Diablo and we hiked and crossed bridges going from the cloud forest to the Amazon forest where the flora changed completely. Pedro wanted us to continue but we asked him to go back as we had seen enough and were exhausted. He obliged us and brought us back to our hotel in Quito.