IBARRA IN MORE THAN 2 DAYS

South Orientation

-Visit the rural parishes of Angochagua and La Esperanza.
-Go all over the handicraft workshops of hand embroidery, saddlery, pottery and wood or visit the Zuleta Fair on weekends and holidays.
-Visit the Imbabura Volcano, Mucha Naju Rumi viewpoint, Tahuando waterfalls and Cubilche Lagoon. Certified local guides offer outdoor activities and unforgettable experiences.
-Try the Andean gastronomy: chicken soup, roasted lamb, guinea pig, fresh grains (corn with cheese, beans).
-Practice horseback riding or mountain biking, while you fall in love with the landscape.
-Visit the tourist ventures of the sector and experience the Caranqui culture: rituals, medicinal plants, ancestral knowledge, ancestral cooking, purification baths, etc....
-Know more about the culture of the Caranqui people visiting the local museums: Casa Museo Carangue, Museo Malta Huasi and Museo Samay Huasi.
T-ake advantage of the landscapes beauty and richness and take incredible photographs.

North Orientation

-Visit to the northwest the parishes of Ambuquí and Salinas located approximately 54 km. from Ibarra (55 min. by car) where the Afro-descendant people, who arrived from Africa in the 17th century, are settled there and, experience their living culture, their handicrafts (clay masks), their delicious gastronomy, their dance (bottle dance) and contagious music (música bomba).
-Cycling or walk around extensive sugar cane plantations and take advantage of its exquisite dry warm climate, chosen by many for its health benefits.
-Try fresh and exotic fruits such as tuna and ovo, now with options of ice cream, jams, wines and refreshing juices.
-Visit the accommodation services of Ambuquí and enjoy with your family its facilities and tourist services.

Continue your trip to the parishes of La Carolina and Lita on the Ibarra-San Lorenzo way, located 87 km from Ibarra (1h30min by car).
-Enjoy the subtropical cloudy climate, exuberant flora and fauna, clear rivers, fords, waterfalls, bamboo forests in Limonal.
-Visit agro-tourist farms with coffee, cocoa and tropical fruit plantations and options of activities such as: sport fishing, hiking, bird watching, photography,
-Try an enjoy the exquisite local gastronomy (chicken broths, yucca, banana flower ceviche, tilapia, bala, exotic tropical fruit juices: arazá, borojó, noni, jackfruit, etc.).
-Visit El Santuario Orchidarium in Santa Ríta - Cachaco and admire the variety of orchids and local endemic flowers.