Mindo - Nono Biking Tour Ecuador offers a great diversity of routes for the mountain bike enthusiast. The geographic diversity that this country offers turns it an ideal destiny for the adventurer. The Nono – Mindo trail is very popular for both the bird lovers and the adventurous types since it combines both of these in one program. We`ll descend from a wonderful cloud forest and visit the Sierra and an enormous canyon, Tandayapa, and see the beautiful Pichincha
The tour itself starts in the Reserve Yanacocha with a 10 km descent until we arrive at Nono, where we will challenge your suspension as we encounter a cobblestone road. After that, enjoy 25km of downhill biking to give you enough strength for the next ascent at Bellavista. At some moments it seems to be a never-ending road, but you won’t have to worry since we’ll have a vehicle behind you just in case you get a bit tired!
After working hard to reach the final slope you’ll have the last descent arriving at the Calacali Road – La Independencia were we will go for 1.5km until we reach Mindo. Here, we will go down 6km more and finally we’ll arrive to Mindo
NECESARY EQUIPMENT
Light clothes
Extra water
Sun cream
Extra Snacks
Sunglasses
Camera
Lycra / Cotton pants
Extra dry clothes
ITINERARY
7:00 Meet at Coffee & Toffee for transfer to Reserva Yanacocha
9:00 Begin the biking ride
10:30 Meeting point in Tandayapa
11:00 Start the ascent from 8.5 km
13:00 2nd meeting point in Bellavista (bird watching)
14:30 Arrival to Mindo, lunch will be served
15:00 Visit the butterfly farm
16:00Return to Quito
Schedules (Note: All times are approximate, EXCEPT starting time.)
*Please note tips for our guides are not included in the price. If you enjoyed your trip, a tip of around 10% would be greatly appreciated
The Napo Wildlife Center
The napo wildlife center, part of the tropical nature conservation system, is a community-based ecotourism project that has turned the surrounding 82 square miles into a private reserve within Yasuní national park
