Quito & Vicinity - Adventure Guide to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands - page 96

deep in the Oriente, and organizes Andean treks, horseback rides,
and Galápagos excursions. Other destinations include El Mitad del
Mundo and the solar museum.

Also on the higher end is Canodros , at Av. Portugal 448 and Isabel
de Aldaz, 2-2256-759, www.canodros.com, [e-mail].

ec. Their specialty is the Galápagos Islands and the new, world-class
ecotoursim jungle lodge at Kapawi Ecological Reserve (see page 378).

Klein Tours specializes in mid-plus to high-end custom group tours.
With multi-lingual guides and their own vessels in the Galápagos Is-
lands, this is a good company to travel with. They also offer various
city tours in Quito and day-excursions to surrounding cities. In the
jungle they offer several different luxury options, all centered around
impressive ecolodges. They are located at Av. Los Shyris 1000 and
Holanda,

2-2430-345, /fax [phone], www.kleintours.com, ec-

[e-mail].

Ecoventura has been around for awhile, at Colón 535 and 6 de
Diciembre,

2-2507-408, from the US, 800-633-7972, www.
ecoventura.com, [e-mail]. Specializing in the
Galápagos Islands, they offer trips and services in other areas as well.

Ecuadorian Tours , Av. Amazonas 329 and J. Washington, 2-

2560-488 or 2-2560-494, /fax [phone], www.ecuadoriantours.

com, [e-mail], is another highly respected outfit-
ter offering various services, including Quito city and museum tours.
They also participate in the Ecuadorian Ecotourism Association.

Angermeyers Enchanted Expeditions , Foch 726 and Amazonas,

/fax [phone], www.angermeyer.com, angermeyer@
accessinter.net or [e-mail], offers various tours to the
Oriente and the Andes, as well as Galápagos excursions.

2-2569-960,

Explorandes , at Wilson 537 and Diego de Almagro, 2-2556-936,

[e-mail], does just about everything. In addition to climbing
and trekking, they offer rafting trips near Quito as well as jungle
trips in the Oriente.

The German-owned Ranft Turismo , www.ranfturismo.com, ecua-
[e-mail], offers tours to pretty much everywhere in Ec-
uador. I can't vouch for the quality of their organization, but they
have a great website.

Quasar Nautica-Galápagos Expeditions , 2-2441-550, /fax 2-

2436-625, in the US, 800-247-2925, Carlos Montúfar E14-15 and

La Cumbre, www.quasarnautica.com, [e-mail], offers lux-