099 787 8570 info@tripecuador.com

After creating an account, you'll be able to track your payment status, track the confirmation and you can also rate the tour after you finished the tour.

Username*

Password*

Confirm Password*

First Name*

Last Name*

Email*

Phone*

Country*

* Creating an account means you're okay with our Terms of Service and Privacy Statement.

Already a member?

Price

From$320

Booking Form

Enquiry Form

Save To Wish List

2937

2 days

Availability : All year

Quito or Otavalo

Cayambe Volcano

Min Age : 12+

Max People : 10

Tour Details

Cayambe is a volcano in Ecuador, in the Cordillera Central, a range of the Ecuadorian Andes. It is located in Pichincha Province, some 70 km (43 mi) northeast of Quito. It is the third-highest mountain in Ecuador, at an elevation of 5,790 m (18,996 ft) above sea level.

Climbers on Cayambe
Cayambe, which has a permanent snow cap, is a Holocene compound volcano which last erupted in March 1786. At 4,690 metres (15,387 ft) on its south slope is the highest point in the world crossed by the Equator, and the only point on the Equator with snow cover. The volcano and most of its slopes are within the Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve.

Cayambe was first climbed by British adventurer Edward Whymper and his two Italian guides and companions Jean-Antoine Carrel and Louis Carrel in 1880, and it remains a favorite of mountaineers today.

Cayambe’s peak is the point of Earth’s surface farthest from its axis; thus it rotates the fastest as Earth spins.

Departure & Return Location

Otavalo city (Google Map)

Quito city (Google Map)

Departure Time

at 10h00am

Price Includes

1 Night refuge Accomodation
Specialist Tour Guide
Entrance Fees
All transportation in destination location
complete meals
Climbing Equipment

Price Excludes

Guide Service Fee
Driver Service Fee
Any Private Expenses
Backpack
Tips

Complementaries

Warm clothes
Sunscreen
T-Shirt
Hiking Shoes

Itinerary

Day 1 Leave from Otavalo or Quito

We will depart from Quito at 9:00 am and drive up to 4400 m where we will begin walking to the refuge center at 4600 m with our gear. After lunch, we will go through a glacier training course with the guide for inexperienced climbers before dinner and a short rest.

Day 2Cayambe Refuge and Climbing to Cayambe volcano

At approximately 1:00 am we will begin our climb to 5790 m over four to six hours, depending on conditions. The descent will take two to three hours before returning to Quito by mid-afternoon.