Before visiting Ecuador, the eponymous equator wasn’t the most eagerly-anticipated moment on my bucket list trip. There were giant tortoises to meet, cloud forests to climb and Indigenous markets to ...

In this Ecuador travel guide we will show you THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW before visiting Ecuador. Situated along the Equator you ...

I had planned to travel to Africa this week to climb Kilimanjaro, highest peak on the continent, but I lost my chance when I injured a knee training. So here's a story about some climbs I did in ...

The Americans and Canadians in our group of 10 gasped and then laughed as our guide explained that guinea pigs are considered a good source of protein and were never kept as pets in Ecuador. In fact, ...

We continue our tour of South America by bringing you 10 crazy facts about Ecuador. Located in the northwestern corner of South America, Ecuador is 7 th most populous country on the continent and 9 th ...

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Ecuador’s Mount Chimborazo, not Everest, is the closest point to space due to Earth’s equatorial bulge and unique shape.

Created after the dissolution of Gran Colombia, Simon Bolivar’s great South American nation, Ecuador gained its independence in 1830. Before Spanish colonization it was a part of Inca Empire. Today, ...