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Hike the slopes of Antisana Volcano in search of the Andean condor.
A private day trip to Antisana Volcano for a guided hike along the Andean slopes with real chances to spot Andean condors, caracaras, and — with luck — puma sign, finishing with lunch at a local restaurant.
A private guided hike with your own pace — wildlife sightings can't be guaranteed, but Antisana is one of the more reliable places near Quito to look for the Andean condor.
A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.
Private hotel pickup in Quito.
Hike along the Andean slopes of this volcano with your private guide.
Watch for Andean condors, along with carunculated caracaras and other high-Andes wildlife.
Finish the day with lunch at a local restaurant before returning to Quito.
Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.
A private day trip to Antisana Volcano for a guided hike along the Andean slopes with real chances to spot Andean condors, caracaras, and — with luck — puma sign, finishing with lunch at a local restaurant. A private guided hike with your own pace — wildlife sightings can't be guaranteed, but Antisana is one of the more reliable places near Quito to look for the Andean condor.
Antisana is a real, glaciated volcano rising to 5,758 meters (about 18,900 feet) — one of Ecuador's highest peaks, roughly 30 miles southeast of Quito. Snow and ice still cap its upper slopes year-round, feeding the rivers and wetlands of the high-altitude páramo grassland spread out below it.
The surrounding Antisana Ecological Reserve protects a large stretch of that landscape — estimates of its size vary by source, with figures commonly cited in the roughly 120,000 to 140,000-hectare range — and it has become one of the most important remaining strongholds for the Andean condor anywhere in the northern Andes. Researchers estimate that as much as half of Ecuador's entire condor population nests and roosts on cliffs within this protected area, which is part of why conservation groups have specifically targeted land purchases here in recent years to secure known condor nesting sites.
The Andean condor itself is officially classified as Critically Endangered in Ecuador. National surveys have found the country's total population to be very small — a 2015 census recorded 93 individuals directly, and population estimates from different studies have ranged from roughly 94 to around 150 condors nationwide. Habitat loss, along with poisoning and hunting, are the threats most often cited by conservationists working on the species' recovery.
With a wingspan that can reach 3.5 meters — among the largest of any flying bird on Earth — a condor riding the thermals above Antisana's slopes is visible from a genuinely long way off, which is part of what makes this particular reserve one of the more reliable places near Quito to actually spot one in the wild. As the tour's own FAQ already makes clear, no wildlife sighting can ever be guaranteed, but Antisana's real concentration of nesting condors is why guides keep bringing visitors back to these specific slopes rather than elsewhere in the Andes.
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