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Photo credits

Place photographs are from Wikimedia Commons, under licenses that allow publication here. Non-commercial licenses were not used. The route map and the small terminal photo are ours. The black SUV is a reference photograph, not a vehicle in our fleet. We do not publish pictures of our drivers.

Passenger terminal of Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) in Tababela

TomasVial. CC0. File: Aeropuerto Internacional Mariscal Sucre en 2025 02.jpg.
Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) terminal, Tababela

Quito Airport Transfer. Our photograph.
Road map from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Old Town Quito, with Cumbayá on the valley path

Quito Airport Transfer. Our map.
Gothic towers of the Basílica del Voto Nacional in Quito

Ymblanter. CC BY-SA 4.0. File: Quito Basílica del Voto Nacional seen from Avenida 12 de Octubre.jpg.
Plaza de San Francisco in Quito’s historic center, with El Panecillo beyond

Ymblanter. CC BY-SA 4.0. File: Quito Plaza de San Francisco seen from the northeastern corner.jpg.
Quito and the Basílica del Voto Nacional from El Panecillo

Cayambe. CC BY-SA 3.0. File: Quito as from panecillo Basilica.jpg.
A street in Quito’s historic center

David Adam Kess. CC BY-SA 4.0. File: Calle Marañon, Quito Historic Center of Quito, street scene.jpg.
Ilaló and the Tumbaco valley, the eastern valley that holds Cumbayá

Cristian Paliz. CC BY-SA 3.0. File: Matices del atardecer - Ilaló, Tumbaco - panoramio.jpg.
Black Changan CS55 Plus SUV

Retired electrician. CC0. File: Moscow, Changan CS55plus black, Apr 2026 02.jpg.
The Mitad del Mundo monument outside Quito

Diego Delso. CC BY-SA 4.0. File: Mitad del Mundo, Quito, Ecuador, 2015-07-22, DD 02.JPG.
Stalls at the Otavalo artisan market

David Adam Kess. CC BY-SA 3.0. File: Otavalo Artisan Market - Andes Mountains - South America - photograph 001.JPG.
Laguna Cuicocha with the Imbabura volcano behind it

Ymblanter. CC BY-SA 4.0. File: Laguna Cuicocha Imbabura volcano seen from the entrance to the park.jpg.
Snow-covered Cotopaxi in the Andes

Bernard Gagnon. CC BY-SA 3.0. File: Cotopaxi 01.jpg.
The turquoise crater lake of Quilotoa

Eric Schmuttenmaer. CC BY-SA 2.0. File: Quilotoa crater lake, Ecuador, Jan 2010.jpg.
The green crater of Pululahua

diego_cue. CC BY-SA 3.0. File: Crater del Pululahua - panoramio.jpg.
The TelefériQo climbing Pichincha above Quito

Paulo JC Nogueira. CC BY-SA 3.0. File: Teleférico de Quito - Equador - panoramio (9).jpg.
Cloud forest in the Mindo reserve

Ayacop. Public domain. File: Mindo-Cloud-Forest-03.jpg.
Pailón del Diablo waterfall near Baños

Sebastian Reategui. CC0. File: Pailón del Diablo, cerca de Baños, Ecuador (3257).jpg.
Páramo scenery at Papallacta, east of Quito

Don Henise. CC BY 2.0. File: Papallacta Scenery 2015-06-11 (2) (39680265964).jpg.
Pinnacle Rock and the bays of Bartolomé, Galápagos

kuhnmi. CC BY 2.0. File: Bartolome Island, Galapagos (50122421803).jpg.

Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) terminal, Tababela

Road map from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Old Town Quito, with Cumbayá on the valley path