All the "green" hotel stuff -- not washing the sheets and towels every day, planning to start an organic-produce-buying program -- just doesn't seem like a good enough gift to the world this year. Not when barefoot vendors in ragged clothes are still hawking jewelry outside big, luxurious resorts, and schoolkids in nearby villages can't get their hands on a book.

All the buzzwords are confusing: ecotourism, geotourism, ethnotourism, sustainable tourism. They've become so ubiquitous they're nearly meaningless.

Quito because of its geographical location can offer different kind of adventures. Bird watching, paragliding, rafting, mountain biking, hiking, tubing, climbing, are some of the different kind of adventure activities close to Quito, that you can enjoy just after to arrive and check in you Quito hotel.

Tour operators and also some hotels in Quito will help you in organizing trips in and around the city covering every detail as possible. They will also help you with the adequate equipment and transportation to any destination of your choice.