Booking fee
The booking fee includes the costs of booking your tickets such as charges for payment processing. It also covers the provision of our customer care center for processing your order, and all charges imposed by our suppliers.
* This tour requires at least one of the following per booking: Adult, Senior
Mindo is a town located at northwest of Quito, 2 hours driving. The cloud forest has an incredible diversity of avian fauna, particularly hummingbirds, as well as butterflies. This area of primary forest with an immense biodiversity also has some of the highest rates of plant endemism in the world: orchids, bromeliads, heliconias, ferns, vines, mosses and lichens grow in abundance here.
Visits as mentioned above
English Speaking Driver/Guide for tours based from 1-3 passenguers
English speaking guide
Private transportation
Bottle of water
Lunch (Available to purchase with addtional cost)
Entrance fees (Available to purchase with additional cost 25 usd per person or it can be paid directly)
Personal expenses
Departure Point
Traveler pickup is offered
The tour is offered private therefore the pick up time will be from any hotel, apartment, house or office located in Quito.
Mindo, Mindo, Ecuador In the morning we'll be picked up from our hotel by our driver guide to take the Northwest of Quito with direction to Mindo one of the most visited cloud forests in Ecuador.
To get to Mindo will take us around 2 hours, once we arrive to the town we will visit a great place in order to admire many species of hummingbirds. The next stop is at butterfly garden where we will see the 4 stages of the butterfly life, surrounded by 1200 colorful butterflies at the same time. Our next point is the artisan chocolate factory; here you will have the opportunity to know the process to produce a delicious and pure chocolate from the cacao bean. If we have time there is a chance to have fun doing Canopy (Zip-Line/optional). Finally, we return to Quito. 240 minutes
Mitad Del Mundo, San Antonio de Pichincha, Ecuador For those with limited time who were not able to visit Middle of the World we may stop at this place on the way back from Mindo without extra cost (Entrance fee NOT included), please just write down this request and we will make possible. 60 minutes
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
Patricia P
23 Sep 2022
Danilo is a truly professional guide. Excellent English; shares his considerable knowledge in an engaging way; goes above and beyond what is expected, assisting in every way possible; patient and willing to stay as long as you wish at any site or exhibit; cautious driver.
And just plain good company!
RickTope
31 Jan 2021
I enjoyed photographing the numerous hummingbirds. Very colorful. Also learning how chocolate was made was interesting. Seeing the butterfly farm was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. And the orchid farm was amazing.
This tour in
Quito
is organized by
Ecuador Local Guide
We always double-check the availability with our local partners for each booking. Even though this is usually a swift process, it can take up to 24 hours. Once this process is completed you will receive your voucher or ticket by email. If our local partner is not able to confirm your booking we will offer you the best possible alternative. If the new date and/or time doesn’t fit your itinerary, we will reimburse the full amount paid.
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