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Cotopaxi and Baños Full-Day Andes Adventure

Cotopaxi's volcano views and the waterfalls of Baños, in one private day.

Private tour — just your group 10-14 hours Up to 25 guests Free itinerary changes Local expert guide
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Overview

A private full-day tour combining Cotopaxi National Park's bird-favored lagoon with the town of Baños — known for Salasaca weavers, views of Tungurahua Volcano, the Agoyan Waterfall, and Ecuador's famous Tree House swing.

Since this is a private tour, your personal needs and pace can easily be accommodated across this long, two-region day.

Highlights

  • Cotopaxi Lagoon Stroll around a highland lagoon favored by native birds, with Cotopaxi Volcano in view.
  • Salasaca Market Encounter Salasaca Indian weavers and their craft at a local market.
  • Tungurahua Volcano Views Take in views of Mount Tungurahua from the town of Baños.
  • Agoyan Waterfall See the Agoyan Waterfall, one of the region's most dramatic cascades.

What Stops Does This Tour Make?

A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.

P

Pickup

Private hotel pickup in Quito.

1

Cotopaxi Lagoon

Stroll around a highland lagoon favored by native birds, with Cotopaxi Volcano in view.

2

Salasaca Market

Encounter Salasaca Indian weavers and their craft at a local market.

3

Tungurahua Volcano Views

Take in views of Mount Tungurahua from the town of Baños.

4

Agoyan Waterfall

See the Agoyan Waterfall, one of the region's most dramatic cascades.

D

Drop-off

Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.

What's Included

A private vehicle and driver, just for your group
A professional, knowledgeable local guide
Door-to-door pickup and drop-off
A fully customizable itinerary built around you
All tolls, parking, and fuel

What's Not Included

Attraction admission tickets, unless noted as included
Meals and snacks
Gratuities for your guide or driver
Personal expenses

Why Book a Private Tour With Voyzo?

Your group only — never combined with strangers
Crowded 50+ seat group buses
Fully custom stops, built around you
A fixed script with no flexibility
Door-to-door pickup, wherever you're staying
Meeting at a fixed public meeting point
Direct, transparent pricing — no marketplace markup
Third-party booking fees

Important Information

Know Before You Book

  • Group size can range from 1 to 25 guests — we match the vehicle to your party.
  • Pricing depends on group size, vehicle, and tour length, and is confirmed after your quote request.
  • Tour duration is flexible — the times shown are a typical starting point.

Know Before You Go

  • We'll confirm your exact pickup time and vehicle details after booking.
  • Bring a camera, comfortable shoes, and weather-appropriate layers.
  • Your pickup address is required to finalize the itinerary.

Special Requests

  • Mobility needs, dietary notes, or accessibility requirements? Let us know when requesting your quote and we'll arrange accordingly.
  • Traveling with young children or larger groups — just tell us, and we'll recommend the right vehicle.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, it spans two regions and can run 10-14 hours depending on pace — a good option if your schedule doesn't allow separate day trips to Cotopaxi and Baños.
Yes — Baños has operated safely as a major tourist destination for decades alongside an active Tungurahua, with authorities continuously monitoring the volcano and adjusting access to specific trails or viewpoints if activity increases. Your guide and driver stay current on any local advisories on the day of your tour.
Once your quote is accepted, we'll confirm your exact pickup time, vehicle, and driver details by email ahead of your tour date.
Yes — reach out to our team any time before your tour and we'll do our best to accommodate itinerary or schedule changes.

About This Tour

A private full-day tour combining Cotopaxi National Park's bird-favored lagoon with the town of Baños — known for Salasaca weavers, views of Tungurahua Volcano, the Agoyan Waterfall, and Ecuador's famous Tree House swing. Since this is a private tour, your personal needs and pace can easily be accommodated across this long, two-region day.

Baños de Agua Santa sits at around 1,820 meters on the northern foothills of Tungurahua Volcano, and it's long been known as Ecuador's "Gateway to the Amazon" — the last town in the mountain region before the road drops down into the Amazon basin. Long before Baños became a tourist destination, Indigenous peoples already visited the area to bathe in its thermal springs, which local tradition attributed to Mama Tungurahua, the volcano itself; Dominican priests built the town that grew around those springs after the Spanish arrived in the mid-1500s, and the name Agua Santa — "Holy Water" — stuck.

Tungurahua itself is no backdrop detail: the volcano entered an active eruptive phase in 1999 after roughly 80 years of dormancy, with ash explosions and lava flows that, for years, were visible from the town below. Rather than scaring tourism away, Baños reinvented itself around the volcano's activity, adding canopy lines, paragliding, and dedicated viewpoints for watching Tungurahua from a safe distance — a shift that helped cement the town's reputation as Ecuador's unofficial "Adventure Capital." That same volcanic geology is also why the area has more than 60 waterfalls packed into a relatively small radius, including the Agoyán Waterfall this tour visits, with many of the best-known falls strung along the 58-mile Ruta de las Cascadas cycling route that starts in town.

The Salasaca people, encountered at the market on this route, are a distinct Indigenous highland community whose ancestors are believed to have migrated to this part of Ecuador from the Bolivian altiplano generations ago, settling in and around the town of Salasaca between Ambato and Baños. They're internationally recognized for their weaving, still largely done on traditional looms, producing everything from everyday woolen clothing to elaborate storytelling tapestries that depict Andean legends and daily life — a living craft tradition, not a staged performance for visitors.

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