A vehicle can take you up to the Cotopaxi refuge at 4800m. above sea level (15700 ft) where you can start an extraordinary downhill ride ending at the park's entrance, where you will be met and driven back to San Agustín for a well deserved hot Andean drink and steaming bath before dinner. Other paths can lead you to the nearby, volcanic Rock of the Virgin located in one of Cotopaxi's ancient lava flows and can also be visited on horseback. Nearby rose plantations can be visited by foot or by bycicle.