Yoga, its 5 elements in one country

Arrival to Quito, where you will be met at the airport by our guide and transferred to your hotel, overnight.

Quinta La Constanza
San José de Puembo
La Palma Polo Club

Early in the morning our expert in yoga and our guide will be waiting for you in order to have the contact with the first element, the Pachamama that in kichwa means Mother Earth.

The earth element is often invoked through grounding poses that cultivate a sense of stability and rootedness connecting your body to the natural earth.

Departure to Quito where a delicious typical lunch will be waiting for you. In the afternoon you will explore the colonial site of Quito where you will walk through the Main Plaza. Visit the Government Palace, the Cathedral and some of the most important churches built around the XVI and XVII centuries.

After this visit you will return to your hotel, overnight.

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In the morning you will have your second Yoga experience in Ecuador.

After breakfast you will continue to the north of the city to visit the famous Equator Line or Mitad del Mundo that is located at just at 40 minutes north of Quito. This monument marks the closest point from where the Equator passes. Archaeological evidence indicates that the pre-Incan and the Inca civilizations recognized and worshiped the path of the equator as the marker of the equinox.

Lunch in a local restaurant and then you will continue to Calacali town where you will visit The Fungus garden, here you can learn about the production of five different organic fungus like: shitake, white and pink oysters and many others. Besides the owner will let you about all the medicinal properties and uses of the species of this magic fungus’s world and you can taste different kind of fungus prepared in different ways.

After this visit you will depart to San Miguel de Los Bancos in the cloud forest where you will diner and overnight in Kapari lodge.

Kapari Lodge

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Early in the morning our expert in yoga and our guide will be ready to have the contact with the Water in this amazing place, you will walk through the trails of this reserve until arrive to a waterfall or to the river.

The water can have a healing association and it often connected with cleansing, purification, and renewal of our body.

Full day to enjoy of Kapari Natural Lodge where you can immerse yourself in nature and its renewed energy.  Stimulate good health, concentration, increase creativity, anxiety relief, reduce fatigue and insomnia, among other benefits. Dinner and overnight.

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In the morning you will have a short Yoga session surrounded by the amazing nature.

After breakfast you will depart to Mindo town where you live great adventures: you will visit a butterfly farm, where the local guides will explain you about the metamorphosis of this insect and will introduce you to a different world, the butterflies’ world where they can eat from your hands.

After this interesting experience you have to choose between 2 activities: canopy tour, an amazing journey on which you will travel through 10 cables of different sizes that permit you to fly from tree to tree like a bird; or you can experience the tubbing feeling the adrenaline in your bodies while you will go down along Nambillo river.

Lunch in a local restaurant and in the afternoon, you will visit the Quetzal of Mindo that is a chocolate farm where you can see and experience the process of how is made the chocolate from “bean to bar”.   After this wonderful day, in the afternoon you will return to Quito, overnight.

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After our daily session of Yoga you will take your breakfast and then you will depart to the north of Quito until arrive to Otavalo, you will go to Cuicocha Lake located at 30 minutes from Otavalo.

En route you will stop in Cotacachi town known for its famous leather handicrafts; here maybe you can visit one of the leather factories where you can learn the leather process that they use to get their products like: purses, shoes, boats, wallets, hats, jackets, pants, etc.  Then you will go to Cuicocha Lake that is part of Cotacachi Cayapas Ecological Reserve. This lake lies inside the crater of an active volcano surrounded by native vegetation.

Lunch in a local restaurant and then you will depart to the north of our country.  In the afternoon you will arrive to Polylepis Lodge where you will have time to rest.  Diner and overnight.

Polylepis Lodge

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Early in the morning our guide will be waiting for you in order to hike through the trails of Polylepis lodge to be in contact with the third element, the Air.

Air represents love, openness, freedom, mobility, positivity and intellect. The sense most associated with the air element is touch because you can feel the fresh and cold air of the paramo in your face.

This reserve it is the only place in the world where you can find two ecosystems in the same area, the Millenary forest of Polylepis and the Frailejones Paramo, which is a native plant of the Andes Highlands and one of the favorite foods of the Spectacled bear.

Lunch and free afternoon to rest and enjoy of the extra services of the lodge. At night the local guide will be waiting for you in order to hike through the Polylepis magic forest where elves and gnomes come to life for the cold nights of wasteland. Return to the lodge, overnight.

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After short session of Yoga surrounded by this amazing paramo you will take your breakfast and then you will return to Otavalo (2 hours and a half approximately).

You will take your lunch in a local restaurant and then our guide will drive you to the famous Ponchos’ Market that is considered the most important indigenous market of South America; Here you can find colorful handicrafts like rugs, clothes, Panama hats, pictures, jewelry, etc.

Shopping time and then you will go to Cabañas del Lago where you will diner and overnight.

Cabañas del Lago

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After breakfast, you will have your Yoga session based on the fourth element, the Fire.

Fire is at the core of yoga practice. In the spiritual sense, fire refers to the core of consciousness, the infinite divine energy, which has the capacity to be and to become whatever it wishes.

In base of this element, after breakfast you will depart to Iluman, a famous village for its traditional healers who drive away sickness using ancient rituals and their vast knowledge of local herbs and plants, some of which are now used in Western medicine.

Lunch in Hacienda Pinsaquí, one of the most beautiful haciendas in Ecuador and then you will be ready to depart to Papallacta region located in Cayambe – Coca Ecological Reserve this protected area has approximately an area of 400,000 hectares (1 million acres) composed mainly by páramo, primary forests, rivers and lagoons.

Late afternoon you will arrive to Papallacta Hotel where you can rest, dinner and overnight.

Termas de Papallacta SPA

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Early in the morning you will have your last Yoga session in order to connect with your ether element.

Ether is space, stillness, that which contains and holds. Ether is the element that connect us to spirit and intuition.  An etheric person demonstrates qualities of imagination, expansion, subtleness, and dreaminess.

After breakfast, you can walk through the trails of the area or we can rest and enjoy of the hot springs and the thermoludic area (SPA) that this place offers.

The SPA’s hydrotherapy area consists of five hot thermal pools and one cold pool. The Thermoludic Area is the ideal place to experience a variety of different hydro massages using either water jets or air bubbles.

After an unforgettable expedition in Ecuador full of exercise, meditation, healthy food, amazing landscapes, nature and adventure you will be transferred to the airport to catch your international flight home.

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