In Ecuador converges an extensive variety of overlapping worlds, an array of times and places that seem to occur at the same time and that together create a unique and enchanting universe. Ecuador redefines the term diversity as its territory holds within unmatchable natural resources and unique cultures. Due to its capricious geography, the country holds four distinct regions.

Galapagos Islands

Unique conditions conspired towards the emergence of an ecosystem beyond compare. Between three and five million years ago, submarine volcanoes surfaced from the bottom of the ocean forming thirteen major islands, six lesser islands, and about forty two islets, six hundred miles away from the continent. (read more...)

Natural Ecuador

Sixty-seven kilometers northwest of Quito is the small agrarian community of mindo, located in an isolated pocket valley surrounded by tall-forested ridges, known locally as the "Valley of Eternal Spring", Mindo has a reputation of one of the best places for birdwaching, with more than 400 species including the Cock of the Rock. (read more...)

DMC Companies

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• Condor Travel
• Kleintours

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