Top Cuenca Private Sightseeing Tours

Cuenca, with its museums, markets, sunny squares, and historic buildings, is Ecuador’s most beautiful colonial city. With this half-day tour, work with your own private guide to personalize your itinerary, prioritizing the sites you most want to see and skipping those you don’t. Choose a departure time that works best for you.

Explore Cuenca, one of Ecuador's most beautiful cities, on foot and by vehicle during this half-day guided tour. Highlights include colonial architecture such as wrought iron balconies and carved doors, museums, churches, parks, a flower market, and a world-renowned hat factory where so-called Panama hats are made. Hats can also be purchased and shipped directly to your home address. Finally, enjoy an overview of the city from the Mirador de Turi  viewpoint.

Discover historic streets, charming neighborhoods and panoramic viewpoints is possible when exploring Cuenca by bicycle. To enjoy a safe and fun route, nothing beats the knowledge of a local guide. Join the experience and tour colorful neighborhoods, make stops to sample typical drinks, and take many opportunities to capture unforgettable photos while enjoying the city.

The Cajas National Park is a popular choice for a day trip from Cuenca, but with limited time to spare, you can still take in the highlights on a private half-day tour. Choose to hike around the Toreadora Lagoon and take in the views from the highlands, or enjoy an easy trek through the lowlands at Llaviucu. Hotel pickup and drop-off is included.

Cuenca offer an astounding variety of art, culturally rich traditions, monumental architectural gems and exceptional cuisine. A city crossed by four rivers and situated in an Andean valley in the South Ecuadorian mountain region, nature makes its home in the city center. The famous 10 de Agosto Market, is very famous in the city for being a place where it is very interesting to get to the market and walk through the aisles of the fruit and medicinal herbs vendors as well as the large number of local shops selling food also deciding on where to eat isn’t easy.

Discover the long history of the Incas in Ecuador on a private tour to the Ingapirca ruins archaeological complex. Complimentary hotel pickup and drop-off ensures that your journey is comfortable and secure from beginning to end. After a private tour of the ruins, enjoy lunch (included) at a traditional Ecuadorian lunch. On the way back to Cuenca, stop in Biblian to visit the hilltop Gothic-style church, the Sanctuary of the Virgen del Rocio.

This private full-day tour from Cuenca, Ecuador was designed with hikers in mind. Explore trails through primary cloud forest, then continue to Cajas National Park to explore the high altitude paramo landscape and watershed within this UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. A well-earned lunch of trout from local fish farms is included.

We start the tour we will take an walk in Tambo in old ferry and view of a old and indigen town. Then we arrive to Ingapircar Ruins we make all the tour in old castle onf Incas the biggest in Ecuador and second then of Machu Pichu. Before returning to Cuenca, we will have a tipical lunch in a magic place with a lot energy where you discovered the engenier and tecnologic development for inca empire

In this excursion we will offer you to know all about Cuenca its Culture, Architecture and art, additional to this we will take a pottery Class in one of the most famous places to make this art The Pottery House of Mr Ivan Encalada.

Our tours are unique and exclusive in the country. We can help you with a tour according to your needs with our professional guides. We have two offices nationwide where you can approach and hire any of our services.

This is a day trip to three important artisan villages of Ecuador located in the outskirts of Cuenca City, that is great if you have an extra day in the City and you look for learning more about culture and heritage. After pickup from your hotel, take in the Andean landscape on your way to Chordeleg and San Bartolomé. You’ll get an immersive look at the craftsmanship that goes into textiles, guitars, and more.

Experience our Half Day Private Tour to Cajas National Park from Cuenca! Embark on a serene journey through the picturesque landscapes of Ecuador as you make your way to the heart of the city. Upon your arrival, meet your seasoned tour guide, ready to lead you on an enchanting tour of Cajas National Park. Cajas National Park in Ecuador is known for its stunning natural beauty, including 200 glacial lakes and a network of hiking trails. This tour is perfect for travelers in Cuenca who have limited time, as it allows them to experience the Andean highlands with two guided hikes through different forest ecosystems. We'll greet you directly at the city center or hotels and ensure you return with ample time to relax and relish your day. Leave the details to us as we escort you on an extraordinary adventure, crafting memories that will stand the test of time!

Just outside of Cuenca, the towns of Chordeleg and Gualaceo preserve traditional ways of living through their well-regarded handicraft markets and typical town structures. Gain deeper insight into each location and Ecuadorian culture on this private 4-hour tour from Cuenca, which includes hassle-free transportation from the city.

The tour is a new way of getting to know a city, during the tour the history of Cuenca and its culture are known. We ride an electric scooter through the bicycle lanes of the city, discovering its architecture, its most emblematic squares and buildings and enjoying a tour in a silent and environmentally friendly vehicle. The tour starts and ends in the central square, Parque Calderón.

Discover the best of Cajas National Park without the overwhelming tourist crowds on a private hiking tour from Cuenca. Starting from the park's highest elevation, you'll follow your guide on a leisurely downhill trek through three ecological zones, each offering unique flora and fauna. With very few people on the backcountry trail, you'll enjoy unobstructed views of mountains, rivers, grasslands, and more.

The villages of Gualaceo and Chordeleg with their traditions of producing fine local handicrafts lie just east of Cuenca. With this private tour, browse the colorful wares at your leisure while learning about traditional artisan techniques. Watch as guitars, filigree jewelry, Panama hats, and shawls are being made, taste local fruits only found in Ecuador, and sit down for a local lunch. You’ll have plenty of time to shop in each village.

This tour allows us to know in a synthesized way the most important places of the archaeological and cultural offer of the provinces of Azuay and Cañar; our first stop is in the archaeological complex of Ingapirca, where our guides travel through the history of local aboriginal cultures and the expansion of the Incas in the territory corresponding to Ecuador. On this journey you can taste the typical gastronomic offer of the region (Biblián). We continue our tour to Gualaceo and Chordeleg. Places where the craft activity stands out. In Chordeleg we will visit the jewelry made in gold and silver with the technique of filigree, here our visitors will have the opportunity to have free time to know the town and visit the jewelers and craft shops in the area; To finish our tour we visit the House of Makanas.

This tour is a combination of a description of the best architectural sites with a description of the history of Cuenca. After the tour, not only you will know more about the city, you will love it more as well.

Hike the trails of the Incas and Cañaris on a private 9-hour tour to the UNESCO listed Cajas National Park. Thanks to comfortable round-trip transportation from your Cuenca hotel, you can avoid the headache of infrequent public buses. After arrival, follow your personal guide on a challenging 5- to 6-hour hike through the Andean Mountains. Along the way, have a boxed lunch amongst the Ecuadorian flora and fauna.

Experience our Full Day Private Tour to Ingapirca Ruins, Gualaceo & Chordeleg! Embark on a serene journey through the picturesque landscapes of Ecuador as you make your way to the heart of the city. Upon your arrival, meet your seasoned tour guide, ready to lead you on an enchanting tour of Ingapirca Ruins, Gualaceo & Chordeleg. Explore the historical wonders and contemporary culture of Ecuador on a full-day tour from Cuenca. Avoid the rush by having round-trip transportation from your hotel. Gain insights into the ancient Cañari and Inca civilizations at the Ingapirca Archaeological Complex. Witness artisans in action in Gualaceo. We'll greet you directly at the city center or hotels and ensure you return with ample time to relax and relish your day. Leave the details to us as we escort you on an extraordinary adventure, crafting memories that will stand the test of time!

Visit some of Ecuador’s top natural attractions without having to worry about arranging your activities, accommodation, and transfers on a private 4- or 5-day tour that comes with two different options depending on your budget. You’ll visit renowned sights such as Baños, Cuenca, Cotopaxi National Park, and Quilotoa Lake.

A guided tour makes it easy to visit the Mindo cloud forests from Quito in just one day. Visit a butterfly garden, bird-watching area, and optional zipline course along with your guide, who points out the rich diversity of wildlife like orchids, ferns, and bromeliads throughout the day. This tour also includes a stop at a chocolate factory to learn how one of Ecuador's most important exports is produced from bean to bar.

Cuenca City is one of the famous city in Ecuador for its architecture and the culture, in this experience by night will see how the city is illuminated for its own light, addition we will explore the most important part of the city like the old and the new church as El Turi viewpoint