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Ecuador

Wildlife vacations & tailormade tours to Ecuador

Galápagos Islands

Amazon Rainforest

Mindo Cloud Forest

Where to visit

From the Amazon to the cloud forest to the Galápagos, megadiverse Ecuador brings you closer to nature. This guide should help bring it closer still.

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Galápagos Islands — The Galápagos Islands offer arguably the greatest wildlife experience on the planet. Africa aficionados might disagree, but we’re unashamedly biased. Here's how we share it all... Read More

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Amazon Rainforest — The Amazon is a special place, so utterly removed from everyday life. Yes you'll see hundreds of birds, various kinds of monkeys, perhaps a sloth or two. But it's so much more than that... Read More

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Mindo Cloud Forest — Hummingbirds hovering around a fig tree, views across the canopy and an eco-lodge adored by all. Enjoy the simpler pleasures of life in the tropical lower reaches of the Andes... Read More

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Cotopaxi — Cotopaxi is one of the world’s highest active volcanoes, a raw and wild force of nature. On a clear day the sight of its snowy summit is one of Ecuador's most spectacular views...... Read More

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Quito — Sprawled in a banana shape along a tectonic fault and ringed by volcanoes, Quito is steeped in history and home to perhaps the best-preserved Spanish colonial centre in South America... Read More

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Galápagos Islands — The Galápagos Islands offer arguably the greatest wildlife experience on the planet. Africa aficionados might disagree, but we’re unashamedly biased. Here's how we share it all... Read More

1 of 5

Amazon Rainforest — The Amazon is a special place, so utterly removed from everyday life. Yes you'll see hundreds of birds, various kinds of monkeys, perhaps a sloth or two. But it's so much more than that... Read More

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Mindo Cloud Forest — Hummingbirds hovering around a fig tree, views across the canopy and an eco-lodge adored by all. Enjoy the simpler pleasures of life in the tropical lower reaches of the Andes... Read More

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Cotopaxi — Cotopaxi is one of the world’s highest active volcanoes, a raw and wild force of nature. On a clear day the sight of its snowy summit is one of Ecuador's most spectacular views...... Read More

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Quito — Sprawled in a banana shape along a tectonic fault and ringed by volcanoes, Quito is steeped in history and home to perhaps the best-preserved Spanish colonial centre in South America... Read More

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