Ecuador Travel and Destination Guide
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Highlights
- Cuenca
- Banos
- Cotopaxi National Park
- Otavalo market
- Quito
- Galapagos islands
Compact and diverse, Ecuador is like a tasting menu for South America. There are Andean mountains, complete with glacial volcanoes. At Otavalo, site of the largest market in South America, Ecuador's numerous indigenous groups come to barter for both crafts and staples. There are Amazonian jungles and charming colonial cities, like cobblestoned Cuenca. Best of all, all these flavours are packed together, so you can be in the jungle in the morning and at the foot of a glacier by the evening. Ecuador also has one gem found nowhere else: the pristine and fragile Galapagos islands, made famous through the writings of Charles Darwin.
Featured Trips in ECUADOR
23 days | From $ 2599 USD Above the Equator - Caracas to Quito (JCQ)
South America > Venezuela
Highlights
Caracas, Choroní, Santa Marta, Cartagena, Tayrona National Park, Otavalo, Cayambe, ...
Trip Style: YOLO
Service Level: Basic
Physical Grading: 3
This tour combines some of Ecuador's highlights with fabulous off-the-beaten-path destinations in Colombia and Venezuela. From pristine beaches to natural mud baths, this trip has it all!
7 days | From $ 1049 USD Project Ecuador Family Adventure (SEPE)
South America > Ecuador
Highlights
Quito, Bahía de Caráquez, Rio Muchacho volunteer project
Trip Style: Family
Service Level: Basic
Physical Grading: 2
Join us on this unique family volunteer adventure of a lifetime! A true cultural immersion, this experience is comprised of a hands-on volunteer project in the coastal community of Rio Muchacho that is fun for the whole family. Explore all this coastal community has to offer including wildlife, canoeing, horseback riding and waterfalls with time spent volunteering on an organic farm and at the environmental primary school. This tour gives you the chance to experience rural Ecuador and share in a different culture.
15 days | From $ 1699 USD Ecuador Hike, Bike & Raft (EHB)
South America > Ecuador
Highlights
Quito, Cotopaxi Volcano, Mount Chimborazo Biking, Urbina Mountain refuge, Ingapirca ...
Trip Style: Active
Service Level: Standard
Physical Grading: 4
Hike, bike and Raft your way through Ecuador on this adrenaline-filled adventure of the country's highlights! From the colourful local handicraft market of Otavalo to the lush Amazon Jungle, this action-packed 15 day Adventure of one of South America's gems has it all.
16 days | From $ 1299 USD Ecuador and Peru Experience (JQM)
South America > Ecuador
Highlights
Ecuador, Quito, Amazon rainforest, Baños, Cuenca
Trip Style: YOLO
Service Level: Basic
Physical Grading: 2
From the Equator to the jungle to the Coastal desert, this trip offers a variety of landscapes, cultures and flavours during your 16 day trip from Quito to Lima.
24 days | From $ 4199 USD Full Ecuador (EF10P)
South America > Ecuador
Highlights
Quito, Papallacta Hot Springs, Quichua Homestay, Amazon Jungle, Baños, Cuenca, ...
+Transit Control Card: 10 USD
Next Departure: Sat, Apr. 24, 2010
Trip Style: Classic
Service Level: Standard
Physical Grading: 3
This popular 24-day adventure offers the best of mainland Ecuador with a once in a lifetime exploration of the Galapagos Islands. Get to know Ecuador inside out as you visit the Amazon, the Andes, and the Islands, missing nothing in between.
18 days | From $ 999 USD The Ecuador Experience (REE)
South America > Ecuador
Highlights
Quito, Quichua Homestay, Amazon Jungle, Baños, Chimboraza Volcano, Riobamba Train ...
Trip Style: Classic
Service Level: Basic
Physical Grading: 3
Immerse yourself in Ecuadorian culture in the remote interior jungle and cultural heartland of the country. Highlights include a wild train ride through the Devil’s Nose, called the “most difficult railway in the world,” and visits to local community projects.
