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 ...
Just 70 kilometres north of the UNESCO city of Cuenca sits another World Heritage Site – Ecuador’s largest and most significant Inca ruins of the Ingapirca Fortress. It is believed that I...
The Jacchigua Folklore Ballet Show in Quito is a popular evening show aimed to showcase traditional dances and songs of Ecuador, based on ancient celebrations and myths. A group of 60 exceptional danc...
The Mitad del Mundo (‘Centre of the World’) is one of the most popular attractions outside Quito. Located just 20 km north of the city, the Equatorial Monument is said to mark the exact Mi...
Ecuador lays claim to being the origin of the famous Panama Hat – known locally as sombreros de paja toquilla. Traditionally made in Ecuador from the fibre of a plant of the ciclantacea f...
The Antisana Ecological Reserve lies at the foothills of 5705-meter, glacier covered peak of Antisana volcano. Enjoy the spectacular montane scenery with jagged rocky peaks and the glacier-covered su...
West from Papallacta and covered by extensive humid forest in the eastern slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes, the Baeza and Cosanga area combines agreeable temperatures with a combination of large wildlif...
The Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve is located 107 kilometres northeast of Quito and is one of the most biodiverse areas of Ecuador. Divided in two parts, Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve encompasses ...
