10 MITAD DEL MUNDO MONUMENT MUSEUMS QUITO, ECUADOR

0 latitude Equator Monument;
0 latitude Equator Line;
Ethnographic Pavilion inside the Equator Monument;
Guayasamin Pavilion;
Planetarium;
Quito Pavilion;
Ecuador Pavilion;
Restaurants;
Inti-?n Solar Museum;
Nestor Kirchner Building.

Mitad del Mundo Monument

10 MITAD DEL MUNDO MONUMENT MUSEUMS QUITO, ECUADOR is a cute museum park at the equator line featuring a 1736 French Geodesic study. Getting there and what to do.

Carried out by the French Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the Spanish government, the objective was to prove the flattening of the poles by measuring the earth at a location near the equator and another meridian in Sweden. Unfortunately, the mission did not leave a measuring mark in the field. In 1936, geographer Luis Tufi? measured with the equipment available at the time, the location of the equator of the equator and erected a small monument at a distance of about 25km from the center of Quito. In reality, the location was about 240m south of the equator set by the World Geodetic System WGS84. As the original landmark had already become rather famous, the province of Pichincha constructed a museum park, which was inaugurated in 1982, in which the original monument was replaced by a 30 m high monument with a 4.5 m globe on the top and an overlook with a spectacular view over the valley. The older monument was moved to Calacal? a small town 7 km away.

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NEW! CUYABENO DAY TRIP

For those that are limited in time, we are now organizing the Cuyabeno Day Trip that takes you at 9 AM from the park entrance to the surroundings of Lake Cuyabeno, to the Siona village and back by 5 PM.

Price: $ 99

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NEW YASUNI / NAPO RIVER TOUR

Lodges along Yasuni National Park are excessively expensive and just organized along each lodge. We developed a fabulous and affordable tour to all the highlights along the Napo, while staying in 2 different decent Quichua lodges.

Price: $ 450

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NEW LAGARTOCOCHE EXPEDITION

The most remote part of the Amazon is the Lagartocoche lake system at the border with Peru. Hosted in a Secoya Indian Village

Price: $ 450

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CUYABENO LOOP

The Cuyabeno Loop explores the breathtaking scenery of lower Cuyabeno and Zabalo Rivers and the Cuyabeno Lake. Watch the amazing birds and wildlife. Pass 2 nights with the amazing Cofan Indians in the Cofan Lodge and enjoy 2 nights of comfort in the famous Cuyabeno Lodge.

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The Located in Southern Cuyabeno, the Cofan Lodge is the only lodge in that part of the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve with quality programs and great facilities. It is owned by the Cofan Indians and provides a totally different experience from any other lodge in Cuyabeno.

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CUYABENO LAKE PROGRAMS

The Cuyabeno Lake Programs explores all the wild places surrounding the Cuyabeno Lake. Bonsai-shaped Macrolobia trees with the whispering of the mysterious prehistoric Hoatzin birds and the noisy Blue and Yellow Macaws. Our Cuyabeno Lodge is on the best location, because we were the first and chose the best location on a seasonal island in the Cuyabeno Lake itself.

Price: from $ 390

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NORTHERN ANDES CUSTOM ECO TOUR

Our Northern Andes Tour lets you get a taste of some of the best Andean National Parks, visiting the highest groves in the world: the Polylepis trees, the highest mountain in the world calculated from the center of the Earth, the Chimborazo with Vecunhas and Lamas, the highest active volcano in the world, the Cotopaxi.

Price: from $750

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NATIONAL PARKS TOUR

Our National Parks Tours take you on a fantastic journey along the best possible sample of Andean and coastal parks. They have been designed to complement Galapagos and/or Amazon cruises. They can start from different places, particularly Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca. While the full program lasts 9 days, it is possible to make a limited selection of parks, like the 6 days' "Andes and Coast" module.

Precio: $ 1999

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GALAPAGOS LAST MINUTE

We have a fabulous selection of Galapagos programs, including cruises, island hopping, scuba diving or relaxing on one of the many different hotels varying from modest inns to deluxe resorts.

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PERU HIGHLIGHTS

A fabulous program for visiting the most famous cultural highlights Lima, Cusco, Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley. At the same time it serves as the Lima hub for the Peru National Parks Tour. This module is an extension to our National Parks Tour Ecuador and/or Galapagos National Park and/or Amazon Cruises.

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Mitad del Mundo Museums

In its interior, the monument houses the modest but charming Ethnographic Museum Mitad del Mundo featuring objects and scenes of activities of the indigenous cultures of Ecuador. On weekends, musical and cultural events are organized for tourists under a roofed but open plaza surrounded by restaurants and art shops in a colonial style complex. A yellow line runs from the monument to the plaza, suggesting to be the equator where tourists have had their pictures taken, supposedly with one foot on the Northern and the other foot on the Southern Hemisphere.

The park also has some other attractions, such as a small planetarium, center displaying the geodesic mission, a miniature model of Quito and an art display about the artist Guyasamin. Tour guides often perform tricks that supposedly only work on the equator, such as water flowing both counter-clockwise and clockwise, balancing eggs on end, etc., but in reality they are mere tricks un-related to being on or near the equator.

About 200 m northeast of the park is a small private attraction, the Inti?n Solar Museum, supposedly on the real equator, but that still is about 40 m off.

The main promenade towards the monument Quito, Ecuador.

The park is tastefully designed with flags of Latin American nations, welcoming visitors at the entrance.

The monument is an imposing modern landmark, with in its interior the ethnographic museum and on the top an overlook over the valley.

Visitors posing in front of the monument.

The Mitad del Mundo Monument, surrounded by flags in a breathtakingly beautiful landscape.

The yellow Equator Line symbolizing the equator, where tourists have their picture taken, supposedly with one foot on the Northern and the other foot on the Southern hemisphere.

The view of the park and the valley from the monument.

Restaurants and art shops are housed in colonial style buildings.

Tasteful gardens in the park.

The Guayasamin Pavilion.

Hosts at the Ethnographic Pavilion.

Display at the Ethnographic Pavilion inside the Equator Monument.

The Geodesic Pavilion.

A map of Quito during the days of the geodesic mission.

The Planetarium.

A miniture model of Quito in the Quito Pavilion gives a nice overview of old town Quito.

Ecuador Pavilion

The Inti-?n Museum, just outside the Mitad del Mundo city

Another Mitad del Mundo Quito Ecuador is the very important Nestor Kirchner Building, the headquarters of the Union of South American Nations, UNASUR, located in front of the park, which opened end 2014. Quito is the headquaters of the UNASUR, the equivalent of the European Union for South America, and comparable to what Brussels is for the European Union.

Mitad del Mundo Monument [10 Museums] Quito, Ecuador

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