Private Mindo Cloud Forest Adventure

Quito, Ecuador

9 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Escape the city for a full-day adventure in the Ecuadorian Andes on this private tour from Quito. Get your adrenaline pumping as you zipline through the Mindo Cloud Forest, sample coffee and chocolate on a tour of the El Quetzal Chocolate Factory, and walk along the equator line at the Mitad del Mundo. Tour includes lunch, hotel pickup, and all activities.

Full-day private Mindo ziplining, chocolate tasting, and Equator line tour from Quito
Zip through the treetops of the Mindo Cloud Forest
Indulge with a coffee and chocolate tasting at the El Quetzal Chocolate Factory
Visit the Intiñan Museum on the Equator Line
Great-value tour includes lunch, hotel pickup, and all activities
This private tour can be customized to your interests and ensures you’ll receive personalized attention from your guide

What's Included

Professional driver/ guide
Transportation from and to hotel in Quito (urban zone)
Meals as described in the itinerary
Activities as described in the itinerary
24/7 assistance in Dutch, English and Spanish

Extra food and drinks
Optional tips for the guide

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Itinerary

Your tour begins with pickup from your Quito hotel. Traveling by private vehicle, set out on the journey to the Mindo Valley, the meeting point of the Chocoan lowlands and the tropical Andes.

The first stop of the day is the El Quetzal Chocolate Factory, where you can watch the chocolate-making process during a guided factory tour, then sample Ecuadorian coffee and a delicious chocolate brownie.

With your appetite sated, it’s time for the adventure portion of the day at Mindo Canopy Ziplines. After listening to the safety briefing and getting suited up with your harness and safety equipment, get your adrenaline pumping as you tackle the 10-line zipline course and zoom through the treetops.

Stop for lunch at a local restaurant, before continuing to the Mitad del Mundo—Ecuador’s famous Equator Line. Visit the Intiñan Museum, where you can walk along the "equator line," learn more about Ecuador’s indigenous tribes, and watch a demonstration of the Coriolis Effect.

Return to Quito where your tour ends with drop-off at your hotel.

Please note: This is a private tour so departure times can be altered to suit your preferences.

Mindo

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Mindo

3 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Mindo

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Quito

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Not recommended for travelers with back problems
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
Essential items to bring include comfortable and lightweight clothing (with a jacket as a precaution), water, sunblock, sunglasses, and your passport.
If you would like to change activities or restaurants please let us know, the tours are completely customizable.

Time Disclaimer: For an optimal experience, it’s advised to commence this private tour by 07:00 A.M. to ensure a leisurely pace and avoid potential activity disruptions caused by traffic or unforeseen circumstances with later departure times.
Insurance is mandatory including personal medical insurance. Please inform us of any known medical conditions you have.
The operator reserves the right to change the itinerary without previous notice due to weather conditions, availability, National Park regulations or notifications and unforeseeable circumstances.
Please let us know the pick-up location, so we can communicate that to the guide.
Transportation included is from and to Quito’s hotel, located in the Quito urban Zone. It does not include Valleys, Tababela or hotels close to the airport. The extra charge of $ 40 (for the round trip per group) must be paid directly to the driver.
Inform yourself about food safety when traveling to tropical countries. Take the necessary precautions to avoid food poisoning (always wash your hands before eating, don’t eat street food, only eat peeled fruits, etc.).
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

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Reviews

4.8

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Amazing Tour, Amazing Guide

Cassandra_R, Oct 2023

My guide Jose was the best. The ziplining was super fun, but just be warned there is a bit of walking to get to each line. Everything was super amazing 100% recommend.

Response from Host, Nov 2023

Hello Cassandra, We are glad you had a wonderful experience ziplining! Hope to see you again soon!

DAY 3 Mindo, Amazon Rainforest...

MaryKay_W, Apr 2018

DAY 3 Mindo, Amazon Rainforest Canopy Tour, Ciudad Mitad del Mundo We were met by our drver Guillermo for our private tour at our hotel at 7:00 am. We started on our 2 hour journey to Mindo and had to go over Pichincha an active volcano that last erupted in October of 1999 which started activity in the ring of vocanos that cross Equador. Looking out the widow in the hotel room you can see the western side which is opposte where caldera exploded. It is over 15,000 ft high and we had to go over it to get to Mindal on a two lane road. When we arrived at Mindo we found a quaint little village with with a cobblestone mine street bordered by wooden colonnades reminicent of an old wester town however the architecture is one of mid 19th century. The standout in the middle of the main street was the beautiful church that was just letting out a Palm Sunday service. We followed the main street colonnades to a central square that had a colorful lanscaping with exoitic plants from the rainforest and a sculpture of a hummingbird feeding it's baby. We had time to visit a small cafe up a dirt side road and had some coffee fried plantains and brownies made from the chocolate they produce. The town of Mindo is known in the region for producing chocolate. After breakfast we headed up a dirt road into the Mindo Valley. The Mindo Valley is a mountainous watershed in the western slopes of the Andes, where two of the most biologically diverse ecoregions in the world meet: the Chocoan lowlands and the Tropical Andes. We were told it is set in beautiful cloud-forest, and it is surrounded by the Mindo-Nambillo Cloud Forest the forest is home to hundreds of species of birds, many of which are in danger of extinction. After a ten minute drive over the Mindo river where we could see river rafters washing down the choppy waters we arrived at the Canopy Tours of Mindo where we were in a group of 10 people who were going into the rainforest to take 10 zip lines that would traverse the canyons and ravines. This Canopy tour is supposed to be one of the top ten tours in the world. We were at the 10,400 foot elevation at the start of our Canopy tour according to one of our two tour guides. We hiked another 500 ft. The forest was alive with butterflies, and sounds of hundreds of species of birds. We were able even to see a Tucan. Let the fun begin! Freedom, excitement, exhilaration, thrills, adrenaline rush, it lets the average person feel the closest thing to flying without wings. The exhilarating feeling of soaring through the air can take your breath away. Ziplining is more than being attached to a cable and allowing gravity to pull you to the other side. Its about letting your inner child free, letting yourself laugh and cry and feel the adrenaline coursing through your veins. Its about getting an unforgettable view and in this case it was a view of inexplicable greens of the lush canopy that blanked the rainforest along with the reds and browns of the folage set against the rich blue of the late morning sky. As you fly down the cable you almost bush against the trees as you dive down to the ending platform. Half the fun is to watch and listen to the other members of your tour as they squeal and sometimes scream as they soar over the abyss with increasingly longer, faster and steeper lines. Two hours later we ended our tour with the last line landing where we started. Everyone in the tour group felt a special kinship with each other that comes from being on a unique and exciting adventure. We said farewell to our guides and left to go back to Mindo to have a lunch. Ziplining can work up an appetite. We found ourselves back in the square and went to a local family run restaurant called El Cheffsito where we had a seasoned broth soup with chicken, plantains, carrots, potatos, peas and yucca heart along with a plate of chicken that was so very flavorful and cookedso it fell of the bone, rice, potatos, and a small salad, which we washed down with refreshing passion fruit juice. The family worked the restaurant ant the three daughters that looked to be ages 8 - 13. served us and we enjoyed watching them teasing, giggling and playing around, but still paying attention to our needs. We were the only ones in the tiny restaurant.

The ziplining was great, the museum...

Carl_H, Apr 2018

The ziplining was great, the museum fine but i expected more from the chocolate tasting - it was just a coffee and brownie in a cafe. Andres our guide was excelent.

This what a great day! The...

Lauren R, Jan 2018

This what a great day! The activities were really awesome and our guide was knowledgeable. At times, our guide seemed a little disengaged and more like a driver than a guide, but overall an exceptional day and very recommendable.