How do you combine Ambato and Quito?
Yes. Ambato and Quito combine well on one trip. As a rough guide, allow a full day in Ambato and 3 days in Quito, around 4 days in total.
How the two connect
Ambato and Quito are only about 114 km apart, close enough to combine on the same trip without long transfers, and easy to do as a day trip in either direction. The nearest airport to Ambato is Cotopaxi International Airport (LTX), about 38 km away; for Quito it is Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO), about 22 km away, so you can fly into one and out of the other.
Suggested days
- Ambato
- a full day
- Quito
- 3 days
- Together
- 4 days · about 114 km apart
These are starting points, not fixed rules. Add a day to whichever place matches your interests, and build in the travel time between them.
Explore both places
Tours and day trips from Quito
- Mindo Cloud Forest Private Day Tour
- Middle of the world and Cable car Private tour
- Cotopaxi Full-Day from Quito Including Entrances
- Private and Personalized City Tour of Quito Teleferico and Middle of the World
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Day suggestions are a planning guide based on each place's size and profile, not fixed itineraries. Distances are great-circle figures derived from place coordinates; airport data from OurAirports. How Head Your Way compiles its data.