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• Take a Stroll through the Historic Center of Quito

  Featuring more than a hundred monuments and buildings with historic, architectural and cultural value, the historic center of Quito is considered to be one of Latin America’s most important ...

• Eco-Airport for Galápagos Islands

  Listed as a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve in 1985, the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador are among the country's most popular tourist attractions, particularly for nature lovers who are drawn by ...

• Explore Ecuador’s Avenue of the Volcanoes

  Following a 200 km route between the Eastern and Western Cordillera mountain chains, the Avenue of the Volcanoes (Avenida de los volcanes) offers adventurers the opportunity to view up to ...

• Talented Ecuadorian Filmmaker Sebastián Cordero

  Born in Quito on May 23, 1972, Sebastián Cordero is an Ecuadorian writer, film director and editor mostly readily recognized for his debut film - Ratas, Ratones, Rateros - portraying a life of ...

• Discover the Biodiversity of Ecuador

  Located in a 2,600-acre private reserve around 110 kilometers from Quito, Mashpi Lodge offers an eco-friendly vacation in the spectacular bio-diverse Tumbez-Choco-Darien region of Ecuador. The ...

• The Amazing Amazon River Dolphin of Ecuador

  Dolphins are generally associated with the sea, where they travel in large groups, frolicking in the surf. But there are, in fact, four species of dolphin that live in freshwater rivers and ...

• The Tower of the Sun – Marking the True Equator

  Although it has become common knowledge that Mitad del Mundo in Quito is not actually placed on the equator, it remains a popular tourism destination with visitors posing over the painted ...

• Explore Ecuador’s Spectacular Ruta de las Cascadas

  The spectacular Route of the Waterfalls – Ruta de las Cascadas – runs between the towns of Baños, located between four impressive volcanoes, and Puyo, the capital of the Pastaza province of ...

• Preserving Foothill Rainforests in Ecuador

  Established by the owners of Wildsumaco Wildlife Sanctuary, the Rio Pucuno Foundation (RPF) operates as a non-profit organization dedicated to buying and preserving foothill rainforest in ...

• Take a Stroll Through Quito’s Independence Square

  Located in the heart of Quito's historic district, Independence Square has as its main feature a monument honoring those who first called for independence from the Royal Audience of Quito in ...