By car from Quito.- Stay on the road past La Mitad del Mundo and continue to Calacali. After you pass the TEXACO gas station you will find a dirt road to the right, this is the park entrance to the Geobotanical Reserve. When you get to the bottom of the crater you will need to take one right at a âYâ, it should take about 30 minutes to reach this intersection. Stay on this road for another 2 km and you will arrive to the hostal on the left.
By bus from Quito.- The Pululahua Crater is about 25 km north of Quito near âLa Mitad del Mundoâ. Take the bus Mitad del Mundo on Avenida America & 18 de Septiembre, near Universidad Central. You must get off on the exit road to the crater which is about 5 minutes beyond âLa Mitad del Mundoâ. From there you must walk about 15 minutes uphill to the edge of the crater, also called âEl Miradorâ, and then 25 minutes down a steep dirt road
