Ecuador Off The Beaten Path

Going to the top of Cotapaxi,...

by Jon_Nordmark

Going to the top of Cotapaxi, 19,344 feet high, is thrilling. Starting off at 11:00 PM, wrapped in four layers of clothing. Walking through snow with a small group, tied together with ropes, guided by headlamps. Watching the sun come up, turning the sky red, over the huge glaciers. The round trip from basecamp at 15,000 feet takes about 10 or 12 hours.

Try out the little towns along...

by DesertRat

Try out the little towns along the Pacific Coast. We went to Sua, which is 30 or 40 kms southish from Esmaraldas, which, by the way, is one of S. America's more unpleasant cities. Sua, however, was superb with wonderful beaches and sunsets. Whether it's still like that some 23 years on is anyone's guess. Photo: Sunset at Sua

GUALACEO

by slometa

Pristine village near Cuenca with beautiful park.

Pan American Highway at 3,000 Meters

by tc4976

Galapagos Islands

by ljanezic

Latacunga : CaptainAmerica and the Cotopaxi

by Maillekeul

You will never see such a scenery in your all life !!!Vous ne verrez jamais cette scene deux fois !

Claylick at LaSelva`

by tropicalbirdartist

At the LaSelva jungle lodge in Ecuadors Oriente across the Rio Napo there is a Parrot claylick where hundreds of Parrots & Parrakeets come to eat the clay off the river bank.

Watch children playing - naturaly

by Luchonda

Somewhere in Quito - not in the center - visit local people enjoying life far away from our economical stress !

vicunas

by R.Dettmann

If you are lucky you might see some of the wild vicunas that life around the chimborazo area.

Picturesque conditions...

by EricLe_Rouge

We usually (want to) forget that lots of local people are living in miserable conditions.I find it most deplorable that some tourists consider this as ' picturesque' conditions.