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• Supporting Producers in Ecuador Through Fair Trade

  Fair Trade is designed to help producers in developing countries to benefit from trading with developed countries, while promoting sustainability and social development in local communities ...

• Visit the Museo Casa de Sucre in Quito

  The Museo Casa de Sucre is located in the former home of Antonio José de Sucre in Quito's Centro Histórica. The museum collection includes clothing, furniture and an interesting assortment of ...

• Explore the Spondylus Route of Ecuador

  Stretching along the Pacific coastline of Ecuador from Esmeraldas in the north into Peru in the south, the Spondylus route features some of the country's most beautiful natural areas, as well ...

• Ecuadorian Entertainer Diego Spotorno

  Most readily recognized for his role as Juan Carlos Martinez Cucalón in the Ecuadorian television series Solteros Sin Compromiso (Singles Without Compromise), Diego Spotorno has been carving a ...

• Reptilian Residents of Simón Bolívar Park

  Named in honor of Simón Bolívar, the legendary Liberator of South America, the Simón Bolívar Park in Guayaquil is a fascinating place to visit. Located just a few blocks from the city's ...

• The Ivory that Grows on Trees in Ecuador

  Found in swampy regions of the tropical rainforests of Ecuador, Tagua palms grow up to eight meters high and produce seeds or nuts that have come to be known as 'vegetal ivory'. The scientific ...

• Explore the Cloud Forests of Tandayapa

  Set in a private reserve of more than 700 hectares in the cloud forest of Tandayapa, Ecuador, the Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve offers eco-conscious tourists the vacation of a lifetime. ...

• Lonesome George – The Passing of a Conservation Icon

  Ecuador's Galapágos Islands are well known for their fascinating prehistoric-type animals, and are closely linked with the ground-breaking work of evolutionist Charles Darwin. It is in this ...

• Take a Train Trip Through Scenic Chimborazo

  With its mountainous terrain and outstanding scenery, Ecuador is a country to be explored at leisure, and traveling by train is one of the ways visitors can enjoy the natural beauty of this ...

• Tecnocumbia in Ecuador

  Believed to have originated as a courtship dance among the African slave population on Colombia's Caribbean coastline, cumbia has long been a popular music genre among Latin American ...