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V!VA User‘s Description
Ecuador is the smallest of the Andean countries, just smaller than Italy. But, with the Pacific Coast, the Andean Highlands and the Amazon Basin packed into its small surface area, plus the Galapagos Islands off the coast, it boasts a little of everything the continent has to offer - like ‘South America in miniature’ as the locals are fond of saying.
Places in Ecuador
Andes
- El Paílón del Diablo -
- Quito -
- Isinliví -
- Cotopaxi National Park -
- Otavalo -
- Saquisilí -
- Quilotoa -
- Papallacta -
- Gualaceo -
- Chordeleg -
- Pujili -
- Zumbahua -
- Checa -
- Sigchos -
- Cuenca -
- Baños -
- Quilotoa Loop -
- Pichincha Volcanoes -
- Baños (Cuenca) -
- El Cajas National Park -
- Sigsig -
- Jima -
- Alausí -
- Chugchilán -
- Tigua -
- Ibarra -
- Loja -
- Central Andes -
- Latacunga -
- Northern Andes -
- Southern Andes -
- Fuya Fuya -
- Pasochoa Volcano -
- Iliniza Volcanoes -
- Sincholagua Volcano -
- Riobamba -
- Girón -
- Puyango Petrified Forest -
- Bulcay -
- Vilcabamba -
- Podocarpus National Park -
- Around Cuenca -
- Ambato -
- Guaranda -
- Salinas -
- El Angel -
- Peguche -
- Mascarilla -
- Cayambe -
- Cotacachi
The Northern Coast and Lowlands
- Atacames -
- Manta City -
- Manabí -
- Canoa -
- Jama -
- Parque Nacional Machililla -
- Isla de la Plata -
- Esmeraldas (Province) -
- Mindo -
- Esmeraldas (City) -
- Punta Gorda Reserve -
- Same -
- Súa -
- Muisne -
- Tonchigüe -
- Mompiche -
- Chamanga -
- Pedernales -
- Bahía de Caráquez -
- Crucita -
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados -
- Puerto Quito -
- Yunguilla
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Ecuador Travel Guide
General Info
- Ecuador's Economy
- Holidays and Fiestas
- Money and Costs
- Ecuadorian History
- Business Hours
- Politics
- Fiesta de la Mama Negra
- Good Friday
- Music in Ecuador
- Dance, Theater and Comedy
- Fanesca
- Festivities of Quito
- New Year's Eve
- The Day of the Dead in Ecuador
Facts
Before You Go
Land & Environment
All Activities in Ecuador
El Paílón del Diablo
Río Verde, 17 km de Baños a Puyo...
Museo Nacional del Banco Central del Ecuador
If you only visit one museum in Ecuador, make it this one. Even if you're not an avid museum visitor, ...
Alta
The ketch-rigged motor sailor, Alta, has capacity for 16 passengers in eight double cabins complete wi...
Top Rated Hotels
Backpackers' Inn
Centrally located in La Mariscal, in the north of Quito. Offers both double and shared rooms with a kitchen avai...
96% - 6 ratings
Hotel Sebastián
An elegant, spacious hotel perfect for business travelers. There are group discounts and ample meeting areas wi...
92% - 6 ratings
Cafe Cultura
Cafe Cultura has a lovely lobby with a roaring fireplace and lush couches. The restaurant and cafe is also...
87% - 11 ratings
Top Rated Restaurants
Capuleto Deli Cafe
Capuleto is a lovely Italian restaurant and deli with a large garden patio with ample seating and a strange fami...
98% - 4 ratings
Chelsea Bar & Restaurant
If you want to get your night started off right, head over to Chelsea, the newest bar in La Mariscal. Located pe...
95% - 5 ratings
Turtle's Head
An excellent Scottish-owned pub in Quito's Mariscal district and the only spot in Quito to get home-brewed beer....
93% - 18 ratings
Top Rated Tours
Ecuador Experience
Ecuador Experience is a tour operator based in Quito. We specialize in the country's natural heritage bringing y...
73% - 6 ratings
The River People
Founded by Gary Dent, an Irish transplant who has called Ecuador home for over ten years, River People Rafting p...
100% - 5 ratings
Caballos Gavilan
New Zealander turned longtime Ecuadorian resident Gavin Moore offers excellent day and overnight trips on his we...
75% - 1 ratings
Top Rated Schools
La Lengua
La Lengua provides one-to-one Spanish lessons in a flexible manner. La Lengua also provides a cultural understan...
45% - 5 ratings
APF Languages
APF Languages offers flexible schedules, experienced teacher and the typical variety of extra services like a Sp...
100% - 5 ratings
Surpacifico Spanish School
Academia de Español Surpacifico offer classes in a relaxed environment, in the coastal city of Manta. Classes a...
100% - 5 ratings
Top Rated Services
Stop ´n´Surf
Stop 'n' Surf is a great, if slightly expensive, internet cafe in the Centro Histórico. Snacks and coffee are...
86% - 9 ratings
Choclo Net
Choclo Net is a smaller internet cafe in the north of the Mariscal. All computers use a broadband connection an...
85% - 7 ratings
La Sala
An V!VA favorite, La Sala is spacious, speedy and inexpensive. Each computer has a flat screen monitor, a web c...
79% - 5 ratings
Top Rated Jobs
Volunteering and Working in Ecuador
Ecuador has seen an explosion in voluntourism recently. There are a huge choice of organizations, both in and ou...
0% - 0 ratings
Galápagos Work and Volunteer Opportunities
Since Puerto Ayora is a magnet for English-speaking tourists, there are a variety of tour operators looking for ...
0% - 0 ratings
Sacred Sueños Organic Farm
This organic farm is located in the beautiful mountains that surround Vilcabamba. It is open to anyone inte...
0% - 0 ratings
Traveler Reviews of Ecuador
Best place ever!!
100%I just came back from a 2 month trip to South America and Ecuador was the highlight of out trip. My boyfriend and I think that this is just an amazing country to visit. We are from Norway but lived in the States for couple of years, and we found Ecuador to be an especially great experience.
Ecuador '08
100%The varied range of landscapes in Ecuador's four regions and the conservation ethics on the Galapagos Islands are both inspring. Traffic in Quito is not so endearing!
Ecuador review
100%I liked that everything is near each other, rainforests, snowy/chilly mountains and beaches.
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