| | | Mountain Travel in Ecuador | Mountain travel packages to climb the highest mountain peaks of Ecuador: Cayambe, Cotopaxi, Chimborazo and summits of 16,000 ft and more.
Ecuador mountain trips for beginners and Andes mountain expeditions for experienced climbers. You will find here the itinerary that meets your needs.
Our licensed mountain guides combined with our profesional experience in mountain travel and climbing (see "Who are We?") will provide you a high level of security and effectiveness.
| COTOPAXI VOLCANO 19,347 ft | A UNIQUE AND UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE! The Cotopaxi is known as being the most beautiful, the most symmetric and the most perfect mountain cone. With its 19,347 ft (5897 m), it is also the highest active volcano in the world.
I'm a novice and interested in a short mountain trip.
According to your degree of acclimatisation and your physical shape our itineraries to climb the Volcano Cotopaxi in 7 or 6 days as well as our 5 summits in 5 days tour, put the summit of Cotopaxi within the reach of persons without experience in high mountaineering.
These mountain trips can be easily incorporated into your travel itinerary in Ecuador and will put the summit of the Cotopaxi at your fingertips thanks to a perfect acclimatization, a snow and ice school and our professional leading. | |
| | | | I`m a novice and interested in an extended mountain tour in Ecuador. You have little or no mountain experience, but you want to safely climb the summits of these mountains of which you dream. Our 13 days High Mountain School tour focuses on learning the mountaineering techniques and puts within the reach of the beginners the 2 highest peaks of Ecuador: Cotopaxi (5897m) and Chimborazo (6310 m) and optionally the Cayambe.
You are a hiker rather interested in a trekking trip, but you would like to attempt the summit of Cotopaxi. An harmonious succession of hiking and climbing days in the Andes mountains and the "Valley of Volcanoes" ends up with the optional ascent of Cotopaxi as the climax of our 13 days trip "Trekking in the Andes & Climbing the Cotopaxi". |
|  | | You are a mountaineer, you are well acclimatized to the altitude and you're in good physical condition, we take you then to the summit of the Cotopaxi in 4, 3 or 2 days. However, it is essential to be well acclimatized to the altitude. Several days of progressive trekkings between 12,000 and 16,000 ft will be absolutely necessary before attempting the climb of Cotopaxi. A preliminary ascent of an intermediate peak is also a good idea. |
| CHIMBORAZO 20,702 ft | THE "KING OF THE ANDES" AND THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN OF ECUADOR. It is also a mountain which is technically more difficult and much more dangerous in case of bad weather than any other peak in Ecuador.
It is essential before attempting the summit of Chimborazo to perform at least the prior ascent of the Cotopaxi.
You are a beginner in mountain climbing. To attempt safely the summit of Chimborazo and with the greatest chances of success, it is essential to follow a mountaineering training.
The best mountain trip for you will definitely be our 13 days High Mountain School. You will be supervised by a team of professional guides who will teach you the mountain climbing techniques during four days on the Cayambe glacier. This plus the ascent of the Cotopaxi will put the chances to crown Chimborazo to the maximum.
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| | | | You already climbed some icy peaks using crampons, ice axes and ropes.
• You are not acclimatized to the altitude. We propose you a fine-tuned mountain itinerary. Trekkings and ascents are linked together to assure a perfect acclimatization to the altitude and to increase your physical resistance: Ecuador Mountain Expedition - 6 summits in 14 days.
• You are already acclimatized. It is then possible for you to attemp the Climb of Cotopaxi and Chimborazo in 5 days or if you have a little more time, better take our mountain trip 4 summits in 10 days but you need to be in very good physical condition and an acclimatization to altitude prior to the start of the trip is absolutely necessary. |
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| CAYAMBE 18,996 ft | A MAGICAL VOLCANO AND THE THIRD HIGHEST SUMMIT OF ECUADOR. The Cayambe is covered by a thick ice cap and this mountain has an enormous significance in the Andean culture: its name is of Quitu origin and means "water origin of life". His glacier is therefore important and rather "wild ", but Cayambe remains technically quite easy. This volcano is, however, exposed to winds and fog.
• You are a beginner in mountain climbing. The Cayambe is in your reach with our itineraries to climb the Cayambe in 5 or 6 days. This summit is also included in our beginner tour High Mountain School 13 days
• You are a mountaineer and well acclimatized to altitude, you may then attempt the summit of Cayambe in 2 days
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