Antonio – 096-874-4771. Reliable/on time. Pick up with extended cab. $50 to Quito airport. Haul or deliver. Little English. Recommended by Stan Marlow.
Claudio – Spanish only. 099-121-5684
Christian (Jorge’s Cousin) – 099-761-9092
Daniel Andres – Really good English, Argentinian who lived in Florida for several years. 098-302-4025. danielandresq@hotmail.com. No longer has transportation but does translation service. Available for emergency medical transportation. Just verified this 07/15/14 (Terri S.) Used him today 10/20/14. (Paula R.)
Dilan 098-997-1901. Speaks English
Edgar – Spanish only. Drives to the airport 24 hours a day for $45. If you want a quote for anywhere else, just call him. 098-804-4741
Edison – 099-742-6929
Fernando – Some English – 099-790-2157
Franklin – car holds six people. 098-944-6259
Freddy- Speaks great English – has yellow cab & 4 door pickup truck – 098-004-0538 www.freddyj@hotmail.com
German Morales – He speaks little English and can be contacted at 0990786456
If anyone needs car service to/from the airport or anywhere else, he has a new car and he himself is a very good driver. Recommended by Ed Parise.
Javier Garces 098-969-2199 To new airport-$40 from Otavalo and $45 from Cotacachi. Javier has a nice new car and was pleasant.
John Alvarez-Limited English, great tours, has van. 096-978-0303
Johnny-no English 099-378-9132
Jorge Morales Yellow Taxi-no English 096-975-7393
Jorge (Patricio’s brother) Has SUV for larger luggage. Little English. Airport
runs $50/day and $55/night 098-694-1889
Juan Carlos – Van, well maintained. Room for 11 passengers and has a luggage
rack. Some English. Airport runs – $50 up to five people, 6+ $10/person. $10/hour
for driving you around, waiting, etc. 099-303-8230. juank37-9@hotmail.com.
Juan Carlos Justicia M., 099-45207755 or 099-299-3051 justicia713@hotmail.com
Julio Moreno E.-speaks some English. Has 7 passenger van. 099-342-4960.
Mario Guerra – 099-435-7442 Spanglish. Recommended by Joel Kaplan.
Luis Gueverra – 099-222-9144. Can be found at Luis’ Place on 10 de agosto across from the bus station.
Speaks English.
Modesto Vaca – familiar with area around Hacienda San Isidro. 099-238-6896.
Patricio Andramunio (Jorge’s brother). Speaks English. 7-passenger van.
098-872-1203 patricioandramunio@gmail.com. Will match Jorge’s prices.
Patricio Moya 098-351-6645
Richard 098-183-9006 – Some English. Can get van.
Rodrigo Flores 098-563-5136. English speaking. Airport pickup/drop off $60. Five person pickup truck.
Personally recommended by Terri Scarberry. On Facebook.
Silvio Ruiz – 099-866-0723 Recommended by Astara Mathews for honesty.
Wendy Morales – 098-895-1983 Chevy Luv truck with high sides.
She only speaks Spanish. Parks at the bus depot.
William Hood – has truck. All day shopping to Quito $80. Drives you to Quito.
Parks and you will have to take a taxi in-town. Requires three days’ notice.
mongo9421@gmail.com 099-099-2392
BUSES
From Cotacachi to Otavalo or return – .25
From Cotacachi to Ibarra or return – .45
To get to Quito: Take bus to Otavalo bus station – .25, then board bus to Quito $2.00.
To get from new Quito Airport into Quito: Stop reading if you have more than two bags. For lighter travelers, “just say no” to that big fancy bus that charges $12 dollars to take you to the old airport only to then find your only option to get the rest of the way into Quito is a taxi for $5 extra. Instead, walk 10 steps past that bus to the second island to get on the Kermit-the-frog-green colored “Tumbaco” bus. You’ll be given a ticket to Rio Coca for $2, the northernmost station of the Ecovia, where then for only 25 cents you can board all the freshly emptied ecovias heading straight downtown. What’s also nice about the Tumbaco bus is that it’s faster (50 minutes vs. 70 minutes) and they keep all the luggage right on the bus behind the driver with the cobrador watching it like a hawk instead of in cargo bays.
To get to the Quito airport by Steve Bennett: