The activities agenda includes camping, extreme sports, tours of altars and stories and legends.
This holiday is the longest day of rest that Ecuadorians can enjoy. The commemoration of Day of the Dead (November 2) and the Independence of Basin (November 3) are the reasons why thousands of people will spend their free time doing various activities.
Because, Quito gets ready to receive tourists nationals and foreigners, and offers an agenda full of color, art, music and sightseeing.
CULTURE AND COLOR
Altars tour
The embassy of Mexico on Ecuador invites you to live an experience full of Mexican tradition. The Museo del Carmen Alto will be the setting in which the Altar of Dead. Here you will be able to know the meaning of the elements of the altar that come from pre-Hispanic societies and Catholic customs.
When: From October 28 to November 28
Schedules: From 09:00 to 17:30 (last entry at 16:30).
Place: Museo del Carmen Alto (García Moreno and Rocafuerte, in front of the Arch of the Queen).
Telephone: (02) 295-5817
Cost: $ 3.00 for adults, $ 2.00 for students with a license (from 12 years old and over), $ 1.50 for girls and boys (from 3 to 11 years old). Older adults, people with disabilities and infants (under 3 years old) do not pay entry.
BREAK
Camping under a thousand stars
The Tambo de Guayará camp is a 60,000 square meter forest located in the parish of Pintag, 40 minutes from Quito. This space is suitable for camping, picnics and other activities such as horseback riding, biking, soccer and even a cinema “under a thousand stars.”
Attention: Every day, by reservation, up to one day in advance
Schedules: From 10:00 to 17:00 (picnic) and from 16:00 to 23:00 (camping).
Place: 9 km from the roundabout of Pintag in the valley of the Chillos, in the community of Tolontag.
Telephone: 0996617697
Cost: From 2 to 3 people $ 16 per person
From 4 to 5 people $ 12 per person
From 6 to 16 people $ 10 per person
* For picnics the cost is $ 6 per person
CHARM (Photo taken from the Quito Informa page)
‘Volare’, the Zoo’s educational proposal
The Zoo from Quito presents 400 butterflies and 100 pupae (a state that some insects go through in the course of metamorphosis) in its educational butterfly farm where young and old will be able to understand the importance of these insects.
In addition, they will be able to meet the famous butterfly Andean morpho-blue color and the owl-eyed butterfly, several of the species behind the ‘Volare’ proposal.
Schedules: Holidays from 09:00 to 16:00
Place: Guayllabamba (Quito Zoo)
Telephone: 099 804-6563
Cost: $ 6 adults
$ 4 boys and girls from 3 to 11 years old
$ 3 Seniors).
Tickets: You can purchase tickets at https://www.buenplan.com.ec/event/Zoolidarizate
COLOUR (Photo taken from Quito Informa)
Festival “Beyond life”
Music, art, color and painting are part of the activities offered by the Festival “Beyond Life”, which presents Quito Tourism.
The Metropolitan Cultural Center will be the space where national and foreign tourists can enjoy purple laundry, bread buses, admire handicrafts and participate in activities such as painted faces and tours with typical characters of the Day of the Dead.
When: November 1 and 2, 2021
Schedules: From 14:00 to 19:00
Place: Gabriel García Moreno and Sebastián de Benalcázar (Metropolitan Cultural Center)
Cost: Free entrance
EXPERIENCE
A tour of the largest neo-Gothic temple in America
The Basilica of the National Vow is the religious work most admired by the people of Quito.
For this holiday there will be night tours (with stories and legends) to the towers of the Basilica, as well as crypts and spaces that were previously not open to people.
When: From October 29 to November 3, 2021
Schedules: From 18:00 to 23:00
Place: Basilica of the National Vow (Venezuela and Carchi)
Cost: $ 10
ADVENTURE (Photo taken from Nayón Xtreme Valley’s Facebook)
Adrenaline and fun
Nayón Xtreme Valley is the largest adventure park in Quito. This place offers extreme adventure activities such as Canopy, a huge pendulum called “Falcon Fall”, paintball; as well as for lodging.
Schedules: Every day and holidays from 10:00 to 17:00
Place: San Pedro de Nayón Valley
Entrance fee to the park: $ 2 Adults
$ 1 Children
$ 1 Parking
