Cluster · Quito
La Carolina
The city park and botanical garden: a flat, open half-day for day 2 when the old town's steep streets are done.
28″ bags
ok
Time budget
half
Rescue coverage
100% ≤7′
max p90 6.2′
Places
2
1 sleep area in reach
Rules in force · 7Old-town streets are steep, cobbled and often stepped
- Ecuador ↗Check entry rules for your passport with Ecuador's Ministry of Foreign Affairs or an Ecuadorian consulate.
- Ecuador ↗The Galápagos has its own entry controls: a transit control card bought at the airport before departure, a national park entrance fee, and inspections for food and plants. Check official Galápagos rules before booking.
- Ecuador ↗Several coastal provinces (including Guayas, where Guayaquil is) are under official warnings and periodic states of emergency; read your government's advice before routing through them.
- Quito and the northern Andes ↗Spend two or three nights in Quito before hikes above 3,500 m; go up in steps.
- Quito ↗Day 1 at 2,850 m: no more than two hours of walking, drink water, skip alcohol, and keep hard hikes for day 3 or later.
- Quito ↗After dark in the Historic Centre and La Mariscal, use a taxi or ride-hail car from door to door; do not walk between clusters.
- Quito ↗Old-town streets are steep, cobbled and often stepped: large suitcases go from the car to the hotel door, never on a walk.
Map to the centre
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Walking weather, next 5 days
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Bound and physics
Parque La Carolina and the botanical garden inside it, with the malls on its edge.
- Slope
- flat
- Stairs
- None
- Shade
- medium
- Surface
- paved paths, grass
- Sleep here or visit
- visit
Rescue anchors
A — Park south gate café (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
B — Park lake-side kiosk (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
C — Botanical garden entrance shade (field-verify)
seated_rest · toilet · valid: always
D — Mall edge café (AC, field-verify)
seated_rest · food · ac · toilet · valid: always
E — Park central pavilion (field-verify)
shelter · seated_rest · valid: always
always: 100% covered, max p90 6.2′, worst cell 6.2′ · heat: 100%
Nodes in this cluster
- Quito's central park: an easy, flat morning walk on day 2 with the city's ridge in view.
- Greenhouses and garden beds inside La Carolina: about an hour, and a good rain-shelter choice.
Edges out
| To | How | p50 | Climb |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Mariscal | Taxi south | ~12 min | flat |
Sleep within reach
- La Mariscal — 25–32 min
Around this cluster
Straight-line distance; walk time adds 30% for streets.