Mindo Adventure and Nature
Visiting Mindo for the first time. What to do in Mind?
This small town is the perfect place to enjoy trekking in the cloud forest ecosystem, big trees and exuberant plants will amazed you step by step, is the perfect place to what births and enjoy diversity.
Mindo is located 80 km (49.70 miles) northeast from Quito. It is part of the canton ‘San Miguel de los Bancos’ and it is still part of the province of Pichincha. This town has an altitude of 1250 meters above sea level and it a beautiful cloudy forest where you can find an impressive flora and fauna, besides activities.
Mindo temperatures oscillates between 15°C and 24°C the whole year, what facilitates you to have a pleasant stay there. We recommend a stay of one night in Mindo so you can really enjoy the attractions of this town. You will need a 2 hours ride to get there.
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Activities:
- Water Activities: Mindo has many rivers and waterfalls, so it makes it the perfect place to perform rafting or tubing (different ways to descend the Mindo River). You can also descend on waterfalls, also known as canyoning.
- Nature Activities: Mindo’s nature offers many activities such as trekking, visiting cascades, Birdwatching (Mindo has 1600 bird species including hundreds of Hummingbirds), or the famous ‘Canopy’, which consists of moving to one top tree to another in a big high with harnesses in a circuit of secure cables.
- The Butterfly house: This amazing and interactive garden called ‘El Mariposario’ hosts more than 25 species. In here you will be able to feed and hold one of the 1200 butterflies of the place. You can learn about the evolution process of a cocoon to butterfly and actually witness this experience.
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