From Quito: Antisana and Condor Watching Guided Day Trip｜Ecuador

Antisana is a stratovolcano of the northern Andes of Ecuador. It is the fourth highest volcano of the country (5,753 m - 18,874 ft), and is located 60 kilometers southeast from Quito. It is a perfect volcanic cone, composed of two volcanic cones; the oldest one was eroded by an old glacier. Your tour guide will pick you up at 7:00 a.m. from your hotel in Quito, and then we will drive you straight through the eastern mountain range, until the village of Pintag, where you start driving uphill to the Ecological Reserve! At 3,810 meters (12,500 ft), you have big opportunities to spot very interesting fauna, like eagles, carunculated caracaras, white tail deer, foxes, and of course the majestic Andean Condor, considered the biggest flying bird of the world and one of the rarest species that probably had survived since the age of the mega beasts (10.000 years approx.)!

You will take a hike through the Andean slopes until the Mica Lake (4,050 m - 13,287 ft), product of the end of the last ice age; in order to have a better view of the volcano and to watch beautiful water birds like Andean lapwings, Andean gulls, Andean coots, Andean ducks, and black-faced ibises, that curiously live in Patagonia and only in the Antisana Volcano in Ecuador!

After your fantastic experience in the best condor's territory in Ecuador, you will drive back downhill to the Isco canyon, where the condors’ nesting cliffs are! Enjoying more views of these spectacular birds, we will have a traditional and tasty lunch at a local restaurant. You will be back in your hotel approximately at 4:00 p.m.