Hacienda Manteles: Activities

Hacienda Manteles in Baños (Banos) Ecuador offers the most incredible range of activities which can be included in your Andes tour, enough to fill days if not weeks with adventure, fun and memories. You can enjoy the views of the surrounding mountains such as Chimborazo, Carihuayrazo, Tungurahua, Altar and even Cotopaxi on really clear days whilst hiking, horseback riding or mountain biking. If you are looking for something more unique and extreme there are canyoning tours which allow you to rappel down cascading waterfalls, canopy tours which send you along zip line cables over the tree tops or white water rafting.

For a less strenuous, but equally enjoyable day, there are cart rides on the typical oxen driven hay carts and agricultural and horticultural tours in the hacienda’s gardens and private cloud forest reserve where many species of orchid flourish. Spanish and cooking lessons are also available for those interested in learning the ins and outs of the Spanish language and secrets of the local cuisine.

Fishing, camping, birdwatching and visits to the local areas around Baños, such as the indigenous community of Salasaca or the waterfalls along the Pastaza river, are also available.