Hotels Hacienda La Danesa

Hacienda La Danesa

Hacienda La Danesa is a family-owned lodge situated on a working dairy farm, cacao and teak plantation offering gracious hospitality and active adventures.

Activities

During your stay, you will have the opportunity to take part in a variety of activities including cacao and chocolate making, cooking classes, hikes into the cloud forest, horseback riding, tubing in the nearby rivers, as well as tours of the hacienda’s dairy operations. For those seeking a little relaxation, consider a in room massage or spa treatment.

Extension Itinerary

Hacienda La Danesa may be added as an extension to any Galapagos cruise

Day 1: Morning private transfer from your hotel in Guayaquil to Hacienda La Danesa. Brief orientation of lodge and grounds, morning chocolate and cacao workshop, followed by three-course farm to table lunch. Following lunch, try your hand at milking at the working dairy, then relax tubing in the river or book an optional horese-back ride or spa treatment. Join other guests for drinks on the terrace before dinner.

Day 2: After breakfast, head to Esperanza Cloud Forest for a hike through pristine woodlands dense with bromeliads, orchids, ferns and elusive wildlife to a series of three waterfalls where you can take a dip in the refreshing waters and book an optional rappel down the falls, followed by a visit to local sugar cane farmer to produce your own sugar cane juice. Return back to the hacienda in time for lunch. Enjoy an afternoon at leisure, wandering the gardens, go horseback riding or book a rejuvenating in-room massage. In the early evening, join other guests for drinks on the terrace before enjoying a three-course farm to table meal.

Day 3: Enjoy breakfast in the gardens before returning back to Guayaquil.