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Private Mitad del Mundo Tour & 3 Hour Horseback Ride in Pululahua Crater

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Destination: Quito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Duration: 8 hours
Price: $141.03
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Enjoy a day away from the city by visiting one of the best attractions in Quito, The complex of Mitad del Mundo.
Experiment on your own the only phenomena that happen in the latitude 0´0´0 in Ecuador!
Take a 3 hour horseback ride through the Pululahua Crater to discover its lush landscape, which makes it one of the only calderas in the world and the only one cultivated by its inhabitants. While circling the central lava cone, we witness volcanic history and nature, interesting geological formations, mineral avalanches blooming with wild orchids and traditional Andean agriculture

Itinerary
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Stop At: Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve, Crater Volcan Pululahua mirador de Pululahua, Calacali 170154 Ecuador

Pululahua Volcano is inactive but its past eruptions, the last around 2500 years ago, have left a huge crater full of fertile soil. At 34 square kilometers, the volcanic crater is one of the largest in the world. The lava dome in the middle rises around 500 meters above the crater floor and is covered in lush cloud forest vegetation.

Pululahua is one of only 2 inhabited volcanic calderas in the world and the only one cultivated by its inhabitants. It is believed that it was first settled by the Incas. The small agricultural communities here grow various crops in the rich soil of the fields around the floor of the crater.

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Intinan Museum, Autopista Manuel Cordova Galarza, a 200 metros del redondel de la Mitad del Mundo, San Antonio de Pichincha, Quito 170180 Ecuador

An interactive museum that showcases the history of ancient towns in the country and answers all your pressing equator-related science queries.

Duration: 3 hours