AdventureEcuador: Journey to Middle Earth
Ecuador, Ecuador
4 days
A short guided ride out of Quito into the Ecuadorian Andes, run on the ground by Ecuador Freedom Bike Rental, the Quito outfit that has been guiding and renting in the country since the mid-2000s. Ecuador packs an unreasonable amount of terrain into a small area: from the capital at 2,850 metres you can drop through cloud forest, cross the equator, ride the corridor of volcanoes and reach the hot springs at Baños in a day or two. Baños sits below the active Tungurahua cone and is the usual base for a rest day, with rafting and canyoning on the doorstep. Guiding is led from a motorcycle with a support vehicle carrying luggage behind. The route recorded here is not currently published by the operator, so confirm the itinerary, the bike list and the dates before booking anything around it.