Ecuador Travel

Travel to El Ángel:

For transport to all major cities in the northern Andes, look for the white and orange buses of the Cooperative Espejo (Tel: 06-2977-216) in the main square of the town. The following is the departure schedule for major destinations:

Quito (5 hours, $3.70) every hour from 3 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
Ibarra (2 hours, $1.25) at 7.30 a.m., 11.30 a.m., 12.30 p.m., 1.30 p.m., 7 p.m.,
Tulcán (1.5 hours, $1.50) at 5.30 a.m., 7 a.m., 8.30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
The white and green buses of TransMira also stop in El Ángel on their hourly services to Tulcán and Mira (30 minutes away).

Travel to Tulcán:

The main terminal in Tulcán is located a mile or so outside of the center of town. That said, a taxi to the terminal should only cost around a dollar. Buses run to Quito (5 hours), Ibarra (2.5 hours), Mira (2 hours), Guayaquil (14 hours) and Cuenca (14 hours).

San Cristobal (tel. 2980-273) goes to Quito every hour for $4.80.

Expreso Tulcán has 20 buses to Quito from 1.30 a.m. until 10.15 p.m.

Velotax has 25 buses to Quito from 2.25 a.m. until 10.35 p.m., trip costs $4.80.

Expreso Turismo (tel. 2980-831) goes to Ibarra ($2.50) and Quito ($4.50) every hour from 6 a.m. until 5.30 p.m.

Flota Imbabura (2986-831) goes to Guayaquil ($13) at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., to Cuenca at 4.30 p.m.

Panamericana (2980-339) goes to Guayaquil ($13) at 4 p.m., to Manchala ($13) and Milagro ($12).

Transmira has 9 buses to Mira (2 hours) via El Angel (1.5 hours, $1.50) from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

To cross over into neighboring Colombia, catch a colectivo van from the Parque Isidro Ayora. The trips takes about fifteen minutes and costs seventy-five cents. While the border is open from 6 a.m. until 10 p.m., for safety reasons it is recommended to make the trip during the day.

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