Ecuador, named after its position on the Equator, boasts Amazon, Andes, Pacific coastline and the Galapágos Islands. This stunning archipielago, Darwin’s living laboratory of evolution, provides unique opportunities for viewing wildlife at close range.
AMAZON ECUADOR
The legendary Amazon, home to hundreds species of mammals, thousands of birds and insects, many endemic to Ecuador. Ancient tress some over 400 years old, tower above, entangled with tick lianas and supporting the huge variety of bromeliads. Wildlife apart, this is also a cultural experience, where we meet local communities whoshare their intricate knowledge of their surrondings; the medicinal propierties of plants and their unique relationship with the jungle.
ANDES
Remote villages and colorful Indian markets rest amongsts soaring cones of snowcapped volcanoes. The towns and people retain a distinctive identity with fascinating blends of Inca and colonial influences.
GALAPAGOS ISLAND
San Cristobal - Sea lions, three species of booby, frigate birds.
Floreana - Flamingos, blue heron, stilts.
Hood - Iguanas, sea lions, waved albatross, blue footed boobies, masked boobies, mockingbirds, red-billed tropicbirds, swallop-tailed gullsce.
Santa Cruz - Vermillon flycatchers, tortoise reserve, Charles Darwin Reserch Center.
Tower - Frigate birds, masked boobies, red footed boobies, swallop-tailed gulls, finches, storm petrels, lava gulls and owls.
Fernandina - Marine iguanas, flightless cormorant, penguins, Sally Lightfoot Crabs, volcanic landscape, marine turtles, Galpagos penguin, marine igunas, sea lions, brown noddy terns.
Bartolomé - Penguins turtles, harmless black -tipped reff sharks.
Santiago - Flamingos, marine iguanas, Sally Lightfoot Crabs.
North Seymour - Frigate birds, boobies swallop-tailed gulls, tropic birds, brown noddy terns, pelicans, marine iguAnas.
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