General Information on Hacienda Yanahurco:
Location: Yanahurco is located 100 km from Quito, behind the Cotopaxi National Park to the southeastern side of the Cotopaxi Volcano. It is approximately 3 and half hours away from Quito in a 4x4 car drive.
Hacienda Yanahurco is the largest Andean mountain ranch and private wildlife refuge in Ecuador with 26,000 hectares approximately 65,000 acres only 100 km from Quito. It is a private ecological mountain reserve with comfortable accommodations and full board meals.
Hotels Facilities:
The Yanahurco hacienda offers 12 rooms in a ranch style buildings with single, double or triple accommodations, according to your need.
YANAHURCO is the perfect blend of peace and harmony, offering the most exciting adventures, awe inspiring landscapes, the best highland horses, and an abundance of wildlife and birds of the Andes.
Hotels Servives:
Dining room
Home made cuisine. International and national dishes prepared with high quality natural products
Bar
Open bar that offers variety of liquors and soft drinks
Family room
Ping-pong table, pool table, playing cards, game boards, among other. A cozy living room are here invites guests to share their days warmed by a sparkling stone chimney.
Hotels Activities:
Museum: The ranch has a small interpretation center where you can admire samples of some of the most important wild animals and plants on the hacienda.
Fishing: Only sport fishing allowed.
Hunting: It is totally forbidden.
Horses: More than 80 tamed highland horses.
Access: Restricted, Only for guests.
Trekking and Biking
Yanahurco is the perfect place to trek. Levels go from soft to medium and hard adventure. Pack animals and all collective equipment is provided. Overnights are in huts or tented campsites. See trekking section. A variety of: 2, 3, 4, and 5-day programs have been carefully planned so you can visit the most interesting and wonderful sites of the hacienda within the comfort and safety of a protected area. Bikers may also choose the tours according to their physical and technical conditions through the most exciting routes.
Camping
YANAHURCO hacienda has assigned special sites for those who wish to go camping. These campsites will provide the group (minimum 5 persons) with all the comfort and security they need for a pleasant, quiet, comfortable and unforgettable stay.
The Family House
The House grants those guests who want privacy and more comfort than a campsite, the ideal choice. The Hacienda House has two living rooms with large fireplaces, a dining room, a barbecue dining room and game area apart from the three bedrooms. These rooms have their private bath and can be sold as individual rooms or for groups of 10 to 12 people.
Yanahurco Festival
This is a special offer for groups of tourists. It involves a typical festival from the Andes with bullfights (no killing of the bull), local village music band "Banda de Pueblo", typical Ecuadorian cuisine, soft drinks and local drinks such as the “Spirit of Ecuador”. It is a custom made program; therefore we plan it together with our clients well in advance (Minimum 60 days).
Sebretana Waterfall Tour: Three days two nights
Whit Minimum 4 Clients departures any Day
First Day
Arrive at Yanahurco
Welcome cocktail introduction talk on various subjects
Guest accommodations
13h00 Lunch
15h30 Ranch tour, afternoon free for acclimatization, fishing and light hike to see deer
18h30 Guests will meet at the Family House room for some mid afternoon tee refreshments and some snacks
19h00 Presentation of some fascinating videos on the Hacienda
19h30 Dinner
Games: billiards, ping-pong, cards, videos, and juke box.
Second Day
06:00 Optional cow milking tour
08h00 Breakfast
09h00 Hiking or horse back riding activities are offered
Option riding routes: Millowaico Machai, Dead Man’s Rock, Arms Square, Contadero lookout point, Torriuco Towers at a distance of 3 Km to 8 km from the hacienda; Vicious Valley River about 6 km away and the Sebretana cliffs at about 8 km. Fishing in the rivers of the surrounding areas and horseback riding.
13h00 Box lunch or lunch at the hacienda house depending on the program chosen
Depart to the waterfall via Dead Man’s Rock at 09:30. Approximately 2 hours on horseback. Tour the waterfall and surroundings, and fish
Campsite lunch
Return to the ranch house via the magnificent cliffs of the Vicious Valley River where condors nest. Arrive at the ranch approximately at 17:30 to 18:00.
Third Day
08:30 Breakfast
Ride a 4x4 vehicle to special sightseeing places
Optional fishing and other activities
Lunch
Return to Quito at 14:30.
Price 2008
USD 416.- per person
Single supplement USD 60.-
Jatuncocha Lake Tour Four Days Three Nights
Whit Minimum 4 Clients departures any Day
First Day
Arrive at Yanahurco
Welcome cocktail introduction talk on various subjects
Guest accommodations
13h00 Lunch
15h30 Ranch tour, afternoon free for acclimatization, fishing and light hike to see deer
18h30 Guests will meet at the Family House room for some mid afternoon tee refreshments and some snacks
19h00 Presentation of some fascinating videos on the Hacienda
19h30 Dinner
Time for some games: billiards, ping-pong, cards, videos, and juke box.
Second Day
8:00 Breakfast
9:30 Departure to the Jatuncocha Lake via Dead Man’s Rock and through the last counter forts of the Eastern Andes Cordillera (Cimarron’s)
Box lunch
Arrival time approximately at 13:00
Afternoon for fishing, hiking through Cimarron’s rain forest
At 19:00 dinner will be served
Comments on the trip
Rest and overnight in a comfortable rustic hut by the lake
Third Day
7:30 Breakfast
Trip to the waterfall
Campsite lunch at the waterfall
Return to the ranch house through the rain forest via Sebretana´s cliffs to see the magnificent condors.
Arrive at the ranch house
Time to freshen up and rest
Dinner
Games, music, and dancing and overnight stay
Fourth Day
Breakfast at 8:30
Ride on a 4x4 vehicle to special sightseeing places
Optional fishing and other activities
Lunch at 13:00
Return to Quito.
Price 2008
USD 516.- per person
Single supplement USD 90.-
Yanahurco Annual Rodeo: 3 days 2 nights
Whit Minimum 4 Clients
Every year at the end of November, YANAHURCO undertakes the largest round up of the Ecuadorian sierra with the assistance of nearly 60 cowboys during a two-week period. About 3000 heads of cattle are herded down to the ranch and on the last day they are gathered into large corrals for vaccination, branding, and counting.
Is absolutely a unique event where any guest can participate actively either accompanying the “chagras” Ecuadorian cowboys on their long daily rides, or simply watching the strenuous task of rounding up the cattle while admiring the cowboys´ expert horse-back riding skills, their dexterity with ropes and lassos called “betas”, and their typical attires.
This is an exceptional tour and event unique in Ecuador, that can only be enjoyed during these specific dates once a year in the month of November. For additional information about the exact dates please contact us.!
Price 2008
USD 525.- per person
Single supplement USD 100.-
Hacienda Yanahurco personal Equipment List
The following is a personal equipment list suggested for traveling to Yanahurco. Day temperatures can oscillate considerably in the mountains from 65ºF at daytime to 30ºF at night. Usually the temperature will average the 50's.
Clothing:
Shirt: Cotton or wool long sleeved or turtleneck
Sweater: Heavy wool, fleece jacket or vest
Trousers: Full length, wool or blend or pile or other warm pants.
Underwear: Thermal light-weight, top and bottom (polypropylene )
Headwear: Skycap or wool hat or wide brim felt hat; sky band.
Jackets: insulated or Gore-Tex, anorak or mountain parka for rain and wind
Gloves: Wool, leather or polypropylene
Socks: Wool or polypropylene
Footwear: Tennis, sport wear, lightweight hiking boots, or rubber boots.
If your size is 9 1/2 or less boots are available at Yanahurco
Camping Equipment:
Sleeping bag down to 32 degrees Fahrenheit
Accessories:
Toilet kit
Cosmetic kit (reduce to minimum)
Sunglasses
Sun-blocking lotions and lipstick ointment
Flashlight with extra batteries
Washcloth
Bandana
Optional accessories
Camera, lenses, film and two sets of extra batteries
Binoculars
Backpack or a duffel waterproof bag
Thermos water bottle (1 liter)
Reading and writing materials
Rates Include
Private Transportación: Quito – Yanahurco – Quito
Accommodation based in double occupancy
Full board meals
All excursions according to specific program
Soft drinks and bar
Provision of rain ponchos, rubber boots and riding chaps
Bilingual Guide (English/Spanish spoken)
Basic fishing gear
All community equipment on camping trips
Rates do not include
Sleeping bags in camping trips
Personal Equipment
Fishing Equipment
Tips
Travel Insurance
If you need any additional information please write us:
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