Ecuador

Chimborazo VolcanoAn exotic Coast along the Pacific, majestic Andean highlands, a mysterious Amazon jungle, and some enchanted islands, Galapagos, make up one country, Ecuador. A Land of contrasts you shall never forget, Divided by nature, yet solidly held together by a common cultural heritage. At one of earth’s most biologically diverse intersections, cradled between two of the most fertile environments on earth, the Pacific and the Amazon Basin, boasting 25 interdependent life zones, which spawn complex environmental systems sustaining an incredible variety of species.

For most visitors, Ecuador’s outstanding appeal lies in the colorful spectacle of the native, country markets and in the Galapagos Archipelago, isolated from other land masses, on one of the most active volcanic regions on earth, uniquely dramatic and with a deep desolate volcanic beauty. This living natural laboratory, inspiration for Darwin’s theory of evolution, is home to marine and land creatures - some found nowhere else to the world - which have no Instinctive fear of man.


Information on the Galapagos Islands


Information on Quito

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