Mindo Private Tour, Full Day from Quito
Description
Are you looking for a 100% private and personalized tour of the Mindo Cloud Forest? where you can enjoy a great adventure with your partner, family or friends. This is the right place for you. I have the license of national guide of Tourism, with some years of experience working in the area. In addition, I enjoy what I do and take care of operating the tours according to the tastes and needs of the tourists. Book your tour!
Tour Options
Itinerary
Imagine visiting the Crater of an active Volcano and observing people living inside it. On the way to our destination Mindo (Cloud Forest) we will stop to observe this wonderful place.
Afterwards, we will visit the Alambi Reserve which is located within the Cloud Forest. This reserve is characterized by a large number of species of hummingbirds and other birds. This space is perfect for taking pictures, recording videos and even feeding hummingbirds.
Once in Mindo and if you like to observe butterflies on all their faces. The Mindo Butterfly is the perfect place to watch over 1000 butterflies flying around you and take amazing photos with them.
After a wonderful cable car ride admiring the beauty of the landscape, it will be possible to walk in the forest for around 1h30. Depending on your physical conditions, to visit some waterfalls, where you could take a refreshing swim! During the walk, you can observe several species of flora and fauna typical of the area.
Inside the Mindo village, you will have time for lunch, if you deem it necessary. Otherwise you can take a short walk and take pictures with the main attractions of the place.
To finish the tour, we will have a fantastic tour of approximately 1 hour where we will learn about the properties of chocolate produced based on fine aroma cocoa. In addition, you will be able to experience several percentages of chocolate with different aromas, flavors and even have the opportunity to make your own chocolate.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
The guide will pick up passengers at the hotel reception, Airbnb or home about 5 minutes before the start of the tour. In addition, you will have your respective tour guide identification previously notified to the passenger.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(14)
Lovely day spent around Mindo. Jhonatan was a great guide, he customized the tour to suit us, and was good fun and very knowledgeable about the places we visited.
Ruben was an excellent guide who had a lot of knowledge to share about various topics and contributed greatly with his flexibility to make it an unforgettable day. We could decide for ourselves where we wanted to go and how much time we wanted to spend there, but the best and easiest option was to trust his recommendations. Our personal highlight was feeding the hummingbirds, but also the viewpoint over Pululahua, the waterfall, and the way there by cable car, the butterfly farm with a small subsequent birdwatching session, the chocolate tour with tasting, and the lunch at a restaurant on Ruben's recommendation were simply a 10/10. Even during the car rides, he was very responsible and always made us feel safe traveling from point A to point B. On the way to Mindo, he bought a piece of local cheese for us to try from the car window, which we enjoyed very much. It was an absolutely fantastic day, highly recommendable.
Our guide Jhonatan was excellent, very knowledgeable. He shared a lot of information and facts about country history, local customs. Everything was on time and good pace. Car was comfortable and very clean. Jhonatan's English is excellent. The whole tour was perfect. I will definitely recommend him. Thank you.
Since this was a private tour, the guide was willing to tailor the experience to things we really wanted to do. Our guide, Johnathan, was like a walking encyclopedia of the area--he provided so much interesting information about the area and local customs. Jaime was our driver and we felt very safe in his hands. We loved seeing the hummingbirds and butterflies!
This was the best day tour! Everything went so smoothly. I can’t pick a highlight has everything was so good and engaging: butterfly centre, chocolate tastings, coffee and birdwatching and the amazing food and fruits. Overall the guide and driver made the experience- Jhonathan was so knowledgeable, lovely person and Jimmy is so sweet. We learned a lot and want to come back to Quito soon.
“Hi Bibi, thank you so much for your kind words! We'll pass your feedback along to Jhonatan & Jimmy; they'll be thrilled to hear that they made your trip a special experience in Mindo. Our team is the heart of Bacan Ecuador Tours, and knowing that you felt well taken care of is our greatest reward. See you next time!”
We had the best guide ever...Jhonaton. Jhonaton and his driver, James aka James Bond 007 were a great team!! Jhonaton was truly the best....very knowledgeable, friendly and perhaps most importantly, FUN. When I come back to Ecuador I will search him out for another tour. I can't say enough good things about this tour.
Our guide, Jeannin, was incredible. She spoke perfect English, drove quite well, and constantly checked in on us. Our hotel was by the Quito Airport, which isn't listed on their pick-up locations, but Jeannin picked us up there anyway. She was early and accommodating when we were running a bit behind. My grandmother was having digestive issues and she helped us get medicine at the local pharmacy. She was friendly, knew lots, and we had an incredible day with her. Entrance to Volcano viewing ($5 per person), hummingbird watching ($5 per person), butterfly garden ($8.50 per person), chocolate tasting ($10 per person and includes a lot of chocolate and chocolate related products), and lunch in Mindo (we went to Sisakuna) not included. It was 45 minutes to volcano from Quito airport, 2 hours to Mindo (butterflies, birds, town in cloud forest), and about 2 hours back. We left at 7:30 and got back at 5:00. Would recommend to anyone, felt totally safe and supported.
“Hi, thank you so much for your kind words! We'll pass your feedback along to Jeannin; he'll be thrilled to hear that they made your trip a special experience in Mindo. Our team is the heart of Bacan Ecuador Tours, and knowing that you felt well taken care of is our greatest reward. See you next time!”
Our tour of historic Quito was so wonderful - we booked a second day with Jon! He took us up to Mindo with a few stops along the way. We enjoyed butterflies and hummingbirds, a fabulous lunch and great time learning how to make chocolate! [Yum]. Once again, rave reviews for Jon and Bacan Ecuador Tours!
“Hi, thank you so much for your kind words! We'll pass your feedback along to Jon; he'll be thrilled to hear that they made your trip a special experience. Our team is the heart of Bacan Ecuador Tours, and knowing that you felt well taken care of is our greatest reward. See you next time!”
We absolutely loved this private tour with Jhonatan and Jaime. They were so knowledgeable about Ecuadorian history, biodiversity, and indigenous practices. We learned so much, tried many new fruits, and appreciated the ease in which our trip was personalized to our preferences. Would highly recommend!
Thank you so much for your review, Paloma! We're thrilled to hear that you enjoyed the Mindo Full Day Tour. It was a pleasure having you with us. We hope to see you again on your next adventure!
This was an epic day trip ! Our host Jhonathan and driver Jamie were personable and accommodating all day giving us options for our time in Mindo cloud forest. We saw humming birds, went zip lining and made chocolate we also saw beautiful volcanic crater and the middle of the world and butterflies 10 out of 10
Hi, Terica! Reading comments like yours really brightens our day. We’re so glad you enjoyed the Mindo's highlights. We put a lot of care into our work to make sure every detail counts. We send you our warmest regards, and this home is always here for you whenever you’d like to come back!
