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**Pasochoa Hiking tour** is your opportunity to make a quick 1-day getaway from Quito, and enjoy the beautiful surroundings and the amazing views from its summit!

Since the **Pasochoa Volcano** is located really close to Quito, heading southeast, this is a perfect trip to do in one day. This extinct crater is today a **Wildlife Sanctuary**. Also it's part of the **Ecuadorian National Protected Areas**, with a 500 ha area.

So this **Pasachoa Hiking tour** will take you to its summit at 4200 m. Therefore you'll be able to spot the incredible snowed summits of **Antisana, Cayambe, Illinizas** and **Cotopaxi**. And even, if the day is clear, the great **Chimborazo** summit will make its appearance far down south!

The trip will start early in the morning. I'll pick you up in Quito and drive for an hour through the Andean highlands. The trail will begin at 3300 m. and we'll start walking through a beautiful primary Andean forest. This first part of the path is ideal for bird watching. We'll get to see lots of exotic hummingbirds!

Once we get higher I'll take you through a ridge cover by a deep forest. This is a beautiful feature because there has been no human intervention. So it remains very well conserved. Soon after we'll get to the summit at 4230 m. So the whole trip will last around 6 hours. And I'll drop you back in Quito late in the afternoon.

**Please contact me to make this Pasochoa Hiking tour come true!** And if you have something else in mind, you can check some of my other trips: [**Cotopaxi trek**](https://www.explore-share.com/trip/ruminahui-central-summit-cotopaxi-trail/) or [**Condor trek**](https://www.explore-share.com/trip/the-condor-trek-in-3-unforgettable-days/).

Join Edgar, an IFMGA certified mountain guide, in this 1-day Pasochoa Hiking tour. A perfect getaway to experience the beautiful ecuadorian highlands!

Pasochoa Hiking tour in Ecuador. 1-day trip. UIAGM guide

http://www.lonelysummits.com/lonely/index.php/2015-10-08-01-26-32/hiking-pasochoa-13-875-4-230m-1-day

Pasochoa Hiking tour in Ecuador

**Pasochoa Volcano** is a beautiful **extinct volcano** less than an hour outside of Quito. On this trip, we will hike to the mountain's peak and observe scenic views and a great variety of flora and fauna. **Want to explore Ecuador's nature outside of Quito but don't have time for a multi-day trip? This trip is for you.** 

**Pasochoa Volcano** has been extinct for a long time- since the last ice age. Over the years, a **unique ecosystem** has formed without human intervention. For example, this area is one of the last places where we can find the **Polilepsis trees** typical of the Ecuadorian highlands. If we're lucky, we might even see a few majestic **condors** flying above.

The highlight of the **Pasochoa Volcano** hike is the humid **cloud forest** inside the extinct volcanic crater. Here we can observe more than **50 species of native trees** and more than **100 kinds of native birds**. We will reach the top of the volcano after a relatively short and gentle hike. On the way up and down, we will pass through amazing paramo grasslands and forests. Some wildlife we might see on this trip includes bulls, horses, hummingbirds, the viridian metal tail, mountain tanagers, and the red crested cotinga.

We will depart at 8:30 am and drive 30 km south of **Quito** to the **Pasochoa Volcano** at **4200 m**. After parking, we will follow the trail east up the mountain heading towards the rocky peak. This is an easy ascent and it will take us about **2-3 hours to reach the summit**. We will rest at the summit and have lunch. Then we will hike for an hour or two down to where the car is parked. We will be back in **Quito** by the afternoon.

The day hike to **Pasochoa Volcano** is a lovely experience for a variety of skill levels. It is not a very common hike for tourists, so we won't have to worry about crowds. We can just spend a relaxing day together enjoying the views and nature.

**If the Pasochoa Volcano day hike sounds like an experience you'd be interested in, I urge you to contact me today. Just send me a message, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can!** I also lead a day trip to the [summit of the 4790 m volcano Corazon](https://www.explore-share.com/trip/climb-day-to-4-790-meter-corazon-summit/).

Hike through cloud forests to the beautiful extinct Pasochoa Volcano alongside Fernando, an ASEGUIM certified mountain guide, and his team.

Day hike to Pasochoa Volcano. 1-day trip. ASEGUIM guide

http://www.andesalpesexpeditions.com/ecuador-hike-pasochoa.php

Day hike to Pasochoa Volcano

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