The region surrounding the city of Guayaquil is one of Ecuador’s most important areas for cultivation of tropical fruits, bananas and cacao. Today many of these plantations are working hard to i...
Barrio Las Penas is one of the oldest neighborhoods of Guayaquil, whose wooden constructions have been beautifully restored, housing many art galleries, restaurants and bars. Located next to the Mala...
The protected forest of Cerro Blanco is a privately owned reserve which aims to preserve an interesting and unusual tropical dry coastal forest that used to stretch along much of the Pacific coasts of...
The historical centre of Cuenca is an example of one of the most beautiful colonial towns in the Americas. Whitewashed buildings with huge, old wooden doors and ironwork balconies line cobbled streets...
The National Park of El Cajas’s is around 290 square kilometres in size, and shelters everything from cloud forest to rocky lunar landscapes, but it’s the lakes of glacial origin (more tha...
The Gualaceo valley lies on the banks of the Santa Barbara River. Here, a slightly lower elevation makes it ideal for growing peaches, apricots, apples, cherries, guayabas and cherimoyas, making it a ...
Overlooking the city of Guayaquil, and with wonderful views over the Guayas and Daule rivers, the Guayaquil Botanical Garden is situated in a beautiful location, on top of a hill, 60 metres above the ...
One of Guayaquil’s recent rejuvenation projects was the creation of the Parque Histórico, a park that lies between the Daule and Babahoyo rivers, which confluence to form the Guayas river...
Threatened indigenous tribal communities deep in the Amazon. The Huaorani have long inhabited the headwaters of the Amazon, living as nomadic hunters and gatherers with no outside con...
Ethnic Tribal Reserve for threatened Amazon indigenous tribal community. Official Huaorani Territory lies to the east of Yasuní National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Oriente)...
