Trekking and Hiking
in Ecuador
Our treks in Ecuador
Andes, Amazon and Galapagos
Trekking in Ecuador
Ecuador is tiny by South American standards yet it can claim to be the most diverse, friendly, and colourful of all the Andean countries. Here we find rainforest, snow capped volcanoes, high open paramo, mangrove swamp, beautiful tropical beaches and one of the world's great places - the Galapagos Islands.
All of our trips to Ecuador visit the incomparable street markets of Otavalo. Weavings and woollens, arts and crafts, vegetables and fruit are traded furiously with the entire populace seemingly in national dress.
The elegant snow-capped volcano, Cotopaxi (5897m) is world famous. It is only a short distance from Quito and features on our new itinerary 'Andes Amazon and Galapagos' , We know the mountain well and can offer private trips to climb it and other Ecuadorian volcanoes. On our current trip the Cotopaxi National Park is our first walking location and although the summit is not our objective we can try the challenging climb up to the climber's Refuge at nearly 4800m.
Lying 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands are home to an incredible array of birds, mammals and reptiles, whose isolation enabled Darwin to develop his 'origin of the species' theories on evolution. A place that must be visited!
There will be other experiences and memories - landing at Quito airport Whooaa! - the splendour of Old Quito - hotel stairs at 3000m - guinea pigs on the BBQs - perhaps a condor - field patterns and traditional dress - driving down the 'Avenue of Volcanoes' - hot pools at Baños and Papallacta - tigua paintings and balsawood toucans - the steamy rainforest - and of course the magical world of the Galapagos Islands.
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