BAÑOS - TRAVEL AND TOUR
Baños lies four hours from the capital city of Quito; it is a peaceful little city on the slopes of Tungurahua Volcano at 1,820 meters above sea level. This Andean village is surrounded by snowcapped volcanoes and has wonderful thermal springs. The impressive snowcapped volcanic peaks that surround Baños are four in number: TUNGURAHUA (5,061m), CHIMBORAZO (6,310m), ALTAR (5,320m) and CARIHUAIRAZO (5,020m). Baños is in a valley forming a "biological corridor" between two national parks: "Sangay National Park", facing northward on the right side, named a World Heritage and a kind of continental "Galapagos"; and, on the left side, "Llanganates National Park". Located in a valley of waterfalls and hot winds in the province of Tungurahua, Baños has become an interesting destination for international travelers seeking a temperate climate all year round. It has a small-town atmosphere, and is the starting point for exploring outdoors Ecuador. Four hours by bus from Quito, Baños offers adventure sports such as trekking, horse-trekking, canoeing, mountain climbing and mountain bike. It also offers easy access to Riobamba, the nearby capital of the Province of Chimborazo; likewise, it is the starting point of an exciting train trip that will take us to the coast or to Puyo, one of the entry points to the Amazon River. Baños is also an excellent place to learn Spanish, as its population is famous for good pronunciation. During the week, Baños is a sanctuary of peace and quiet. The big events here are the occasional traditional Andes produce fair and the English-spoken film shown nightly in the movie theater or the town chapel; However, on weekends and feast days Baños becomes a "carnival town". This "mountain-spa" has 13,000 inhabitants, is on the right bank of the Pastaza river, and is one of the few places on Earth where the four primeval elements come together: the fire of the volcanoes, the water of the waterfalls and rivers, the wind and the soil; this creates a kind of energy-giving center that is ideal for enjoying nature and renewing one's vigor. From the remotest times this place attracted many visitors. It is a fact that Indian chieftains used to come to Baños with their consorts to recover their health after battles. Currently, travelers from all over the world come here seeking adventure; some people, deeply impressed by its beauty, have even stayed to live here. One of its main attractions is seeing the smoke and ashes spewed forth by the Tungurahua crater form ghostly shapes and present incandescent shows on the horizon, overawing viewers with this really indescribably majestic display of nature's might. Baños is a valley surrounded by waterfalls, with a total of 57. The "Virgin's Fall" is a unique case in Ecuador of a waterfall within city limits. Another singularly beautiful fall is "El Manto de la Novia" (Bride's Veil), with its 80 meter height. However, the most impressive one is "Pailon del Diablo" or "Rio Verde", considered to be one of the ten main falls in the world with its 100 or so meter height. Here the water falls sheerly over a gigantic wall of rock, shaking the ground with its impact. In this beautiful mountain spa, the Andean forest combines with the high Amazonian forest, generating an unimaginable biodiversity, and producing 165 recognized native species - the same number that exist on the Galapagos Islands.
THE TOUR INCLUDES:
Baños lies four hours from the capital city of Quito; it is a peaceful little city on the slopes of Tungurahua Volcano at 1,820 meters above sea level. This Andean village is surrounded by snowcapped volcanoes and has wonderful thermal springs. The impressive snowcapped volcanic peaks that surround Baños are four in number: TUNGURAHUA (5,061m), CHIMBORAZO (6,310m), ALTAR (5,320m) and CARIHUAIRAZO (5,020m). Baños is in a valley forming a "biological corridor" between two national parks: "Sangay National Park", facing northward on the right side, named a World Heritage and a kind of continental "Galapagos"; and, on the left side, "Llanganates National Park". Located in a valley of waterfalls and hot winds in the province of Tungurahua, Baños has become an interesting destination for international travelers seeking a temperate climate all year round. It has a small-town atmosphere, and is the starting point for exploring outdoors Ecuador. Four hours by bus from Quito, Baños offers adventure sports such as trekking, horse-trekking, canoeing, mountain climbing and mountain bike. It also offers easy access to Riobamba, the nearby capital of the Province of Chimborazo; likewise, it is the starting point of an exciting train trip that will take us to the coast or to Puyo, one of the entry points to the Amazon River. Baños is also an excellent place to learn Spanish, as its population is famous for good pronunciation. During the week, Baños is a sanctuary of peace and quiet. The big events here are the occasional traditional Andes produce fair and the English-spoken film shown nightly in the movie theater or the town chapel; However, on weekends and feast days Baños becomes a "carnival town". This "mountain-spa" has 13,000 inhabitants, is on the right bank of the Pastaza river, and is one of the few places on Earth where the four primeval elements come together: the fire of the volcanoes, the water of the waterfalls and rivers, the wind and the soil; this creates a kind of energy-giving center that is ideal for enjoying nature and renewing one's vigor. From the remotest times this place attracted many visitors. It is a fact that Indian chieftains used to come to Baños with their consorts to recover their health after battles. Currently, travelers from all over the world come here seeking adventure; some people, deeply impressed by its beauty, have even stayed to live here. One of its main attractions is seeing the smoke and ashes spewed forth by the Tungurahua crater form ghostly shapes and present incandescent shows on the horizon, overawing viewers with this really indescribably majestic display of nature's might. Baños is a valley surrounded by waterfalls, with a total of 57. The "Virgin's Fall" is a unique case in Ecuador of a waterfall within city limits. Another singularly beautiful fall is "El Manto de la Novia" (Bride's Veil), with its 80 meter height. However, the most impressive one is "Pailon del Diablo" or "Rio Verde", considered to be one of the ten main falls in the world with its 100 or so meter height. Here the water falls sheerly over a gigantic wall of rock, shaking the ground with its impact. In this beautiful mountain spa, the Andean forest combines with the high Amazonian forest, generating an unimaginable biodiversity, and producing 165 recognized native species - the same number that exist on the Galapagos Islands.
THE TOUR INCLUDES:
1. - PRIVATE TRANSPORT Driver, Seats reclining, Air, Heating, DVD, MP3 QUITO-CUENCA-GUAYAQUIL Towards BATHS (minimum 10 pax)
2. - COMFORTABLE LODGING* Married, Triple or Multiple accomodation* Bath Deprived with hot water to pressure* TV Cable 40 channels* Breakfasts to its election
3. - FEEDING GOURMET* Dinners in CASA HOOD (American) or BUON GIORNO (Italian)* Typical roast of goodbye
4. - ITINERARY:* Char it of coexistence with Tungurahua Volcano* Projection of video of Baths* Viewpoint of the San Francisco bridge* Tasting of Cane Juice, Marshmallows and Candies of Guava* Process of work of the Ivory palm in Artisan Factory* News distribution in the Office of Tourism* Purchases in Artisan Market* It visits the Church, Sanctuary and Museum of the Virgin of Rosario* Artisan factory Salazaca* Cracked the Hair of the Virgin; only within a city * Mineral water taking of a natural slope* It dams Hydroelectric and Cascade of the Agoyan* Puenting towards the White River
(OPTIONAL)* Crossing in tarabita on the Cascade of the Mantle of the Fianc2ee* Observation of wild orchids* Desenso by the tropical humid forest* Crossing of the Suspension bridge on the River Verde* Decenso towards the base of the Cascade of the Pailon of the Devil* Diurnal viewpoint of Tungurahua Volcano in cuadrones from Lligua (OPTIONAL) * Relax in the Volcanic Spas of the Virgin* Viewpoint Nocturne of Tungurahua Volcano and its eruptive process
(OPTIONAL KID) * Canelazos of courtesy, bonfire and malabares from the Viewpoint of Bellavista.* Farra, free entrance and cocktail of courtesy in Leprechaun Bar and Santo Pecado * Visit Zoological for the animal observation and bird* Stroll to horse by the environs of the City
(OPTIONAL)* Famous purchases of the Jeans de PelileoOPTIONAL SERVICES:* Rafting by Rio Pastaza level 3 (it does not need experience) $30 (1/2 Day) * Jump of the Bridge or Pendulum from the river Blanco $ 15 (1/2 hour)* Canyoning. - Decenso de Cascadas with Harness $ 30 (1/2 Day) * Kid Route of Cascades $ 8* Nocturnal kid to the Viewpoint of Volcano $ 4* Cuadrones $ 10 xs hour* Gusanito for City Infantile Tour $ 2* Cavalcades $ 10 xs hour
4 comments:
It is good!!! somebody has written of a wonderful place!!!
I like this tour because I was born in Ambato and many vacations happens in Baños of Ambato, is a wonderful place with a delicious climate and many things to make and much people to meet.
I love Ambato, I was there the last year for three days and was wonderful. Is a beautiful turistic place. There are a lot of touristic places that visit. There are many people. The weather is very good but only on the night is very cold. Is a beautiful place.
The first time that I was in Baños when I was 12 years old. The last time that I was there was in December. Baños has cahnged a lot, because the Tungurahua Volcano erupted and covered it with a lot of ash.
But, Baños is a beautiful little city. The "Manto de la Novia" waterfall, is wonderful.
The people, who don't know Baños, They have to know it.
Firs we have to know all our country, before than others.
I´ve visited Baños many times before but after reading this article it seems to me that i have to visit one more time and see things that i haven´t visited. It´s a very complete article about Baños.
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