Pasochoa Hiking tour in Ecuador

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 or Condor trek.