Mindo is a special place for vacations and weekends located in Ecuador that offers various nature activities such as canopy tours, tubing down rivers, birdwatching, visiting beautiful waterfalls, and touring a butterfly farm. Visitors can zip line through the forest above rivers for $8, float down streams on rubber tubes for $5, see over 1200 butterflies across 25 species in the farm for another $5, and cross cable cars to view free waterfalls in the reserve. Transportation to Mindo is available via car or bus.