Premium Wine, Chocolate and Panama Hat Experiences in Ecuador – 9-Day Example Tour Experience

Arrival in Guayaquil

Arrive to Guayaquil’s international airport. Reception and transfer to the hotel.
Overnight Hotel del Parque

Guayaquil City Tour

Today we’ll visit the administration square, where the local government buildings are located. Then we’ll go Parque Seminario, also known as ‘Parque de las Iguanas’ due to the colonies of land iguanas that can be found there and visit the Metropolitan Cathedral of Guayaquil. We will walk to the Malecon 2000 to visit Torre Morisca and La Rotonda before our bus takes us to the bohemian neighborhood of Las Peñas, which was declared as a Cultural Heritage Site in 1982.
Overnight Hotel del Parque

Wine Tour Culinary Experience

Today we will embark on a culinary experience by traveling to Dos Hemisferios Winery. This winery has achieved the unthinkable by producing high quality wines where the two hemisphere’s meet (the equator).
During this journey, which started 13 years ago, the winery discovered the paradox of producing an Ecuadorian wine. A voyage of unique scents and tastes that reveals the enigma of producing wines from our own land.
The vineyard is located in San Miguel del Morro, Playas, on the coast side of Ecuador. This area is characterized for its sunny days, mild nights, chalky soils, and an everlasting sea breeze. Dos Hemisferios winery has defied the theory that the ideal conditions to produce wine are to be on specific latitudes of the planet and with four seasons.

Overnight Hotel del Parque

Chocolate Culinary Experience

Our tour will begin in an authentic and natural place where you will experience a traditional dairy and cacao farm with 145 years of rich heritage and history that is located about 1 hour and 30 minutes from Guayaquil City. Here you will visit the cocoa plantation to learn the history and process of the cocoa in Ecuador and at the same time you will have the opportunity to elaborate artisan chocolate at the cacao plantation and taste 100% pure raw chocolate. After experiencing the cocoa process, the farm will offer you a unique gastronomic experience inspired in a Farm-to-Table ethos with products that are produced at the farm.
Overnight Hacienda la Danesa

Hacienda la Danesa

Today you can enjoy from several inclusive activities on your package that include Horseback riding, traditional farm Milking, tubing down a lazy river or biking. All of your meals are inclusive in your package.

Overnight Hacienda La Danesa

Hacienda la Danesa / Cuenca

After breakfast, we will head south to Cuenca that is located about 4 hours from the Hacienda Danesa. Free afternoon to walk around this beautiful UNESCO World Heritage City.
Overnight Hotel Cruz del Vado

Cuenca City Tour

Today we will visit the most important neighborhoods and streets of Cuenca, a UNESCO World Heritage city. We will visit the downtown historical area, the central market, Abdon Calderon Park with its new and old cathedral. We continue the tour to the Homero Ortega factory to observe the complete process of manufacturing of the so called ‘Panama hat’ which is undoubtedly of Ecuadorian origin and manufacturing. Finally, we will visit the ‘Turi’ where we can see a panoramic view of the city of Cuenca. 

Overnight Hotel Cruz del Vado

Cajas National Park / Guayaquil

Today we will drive back to Guayaquil stopping at Cajas national park located 30 minutes away from Cuenca. Here we’ll visit Llaviuco lake for a one and a half hour walk. After the visit we will continue to Guayaquil, located 3 hours away approximately.

Overnight at Hotel del Parque

Guayaquil / Home Destination

Transfer to Guayaquil’s airport for flight back to home destination or connections to Quito & the Galapagos Islands.