* While at the Hacienda:

• Enjoy the 24 acre enclosed pristine park with indigenous vegetation and shaded paths. For walking or bicycling.

• Horseback riding (no riding lessons, some experience required).

• Tennis, bicycles.

• Schedule a 4 to 8 hours horseback trip with carry-along lunch (advanced reservation).
  
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• Relax in comfort.  Sit by the fireplace and have a drink.

• Stay in a tranquil and unpolluted estate, right on the city limits, convenient both to visit the Colonial city of Quito and the Andean region.

* Nearby:

• Visit the Colonial country museum of  "La Herrería"  (2 km away by car or horse).

• Play golf in the best 18 hole course in the country. Ten minutes away from the Hacienda.

• There are three highly recommendable restaurants in the vicinity. Open for lunch or dinner.

* In Quito:

• Visit the old Colonial city, and the beautiful landscapes of the modern town.

• Visit the world famous 16th and 17th centuries gilded baroque Churches.

• See any of many museums ranging from pre-Inca archeology to modern art.

• Attend folkloric ballet performance.

• Eat out at the very best restaurants in town. Ecuadorian and international cuisine.

• Schedule special work meetings (business, government, universities).  The Hacienda is happy to help with such arrangements if requests are made with sufficient time.

* Full-day programs:

• Indian markets, handicraft centers, and Andean villages.

• Visit the Mt. Cotopaxi National Park and the Pasochoa ecological reserve.

• Relax in volcanic Hot springs in the high-Andes.

• Visit other countryside estates and farms (some with restaurants).

• Go to other National Parks and ecological reserves (Mt. Antizana, Mt. Cayambe, the Quilotoa crater lake, other volcanoes, lakes, cloud forest, etc.)

* The rest of the Country:

• Visit the Galapagos Islands.  Four, five and seven day cruises.

• Explore the Amazon jungle.  From regularly scheduled programs to custom made stays with the Amazon Indian tribes.  From full comfort to trekking.

• Immerse yourself in real country life with a high quality Andean haciendas program, especially designed in conjunction with other Haciendas.

• Drive down the "Avenue of the Volcanoes", north to south along the Andes.

• Travel to the city of Cuenca (declared a "World Heritage" location by the UN).

• Spend two or three days in cloud forest reserves.

• Visit Machalilla, Isla de la Plata, and other National Parks on the Andes, the Amazon basin and the Pacific coast.

• Relax at Pacific coast beaches and resorts.

• Visit the "Valley of Longevity", at Vilcabamba, and the Podocarpus National Park.

• Schedule private visits to banana plantations, shrimp farms, flower growing farms, etc.