Colonial cities, misty cloud forests, towering Andean peaks, Amazonian rainforest and the otherwordly Galâapagos - for such a small country Ecuador has a stunning array of natural and cultural wonders.

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Machine generated contents note: PLAN YOUR TRIP -- Welcome to Ecuador -- Ecuador Map -- Ecuador's Top 20 -- Need to Know -- If You Like -- Month by Month -- Itineraries -- Ecuador Outdoors -- Galapagos Planning -- Regions at a Glance -- ON THE ROAD -- Quito -- La Mitad del Mundo -- Volcan Pululahua -- Northern Highlands -- Cayambe -- Reserva Ecologica Cayambe-Coca -- Oyacachi -- Otavalo -- Around Otavalo -- Reserva Ecologica Cotacachi-Cayapas -- Ibarra -- La Esperanza -- Intag Valley -- Northern Carchi -- Reserva Biologica Guandera -- El Angel -- Tulcan -- Western Andean Slopes -- Mindo -- Cloud Forest Reserves & Lodges -- Central Highlands -- Machachi & Aloasi -- Reserva Ecologica Los Ilinizas -- Parque Nacional Cotopaxi -- Latacunga -- The Quilotoa Loop -- Ambato -- Banos -- Ruta de Ias Cascadas -- Parque Nacional Sangay -- Guaranda -- Salinas -- Volcan Chimborazo -- Riobamba -- Laguna de Colta -- Guamote -- Alausi -- Cuenca & the Southern Highlands -- Cuenca Note continued: Around Cuenca -- Parque Nacional Podocarpus -- Zamora -- Vilcabamba -- Zumba & the Peruvian Border -- Catacocha -- Macara & the Peruvian Border -- The Oriente -- Lago Agrio -- Reserva Produccion Faunistica Cuyabeno -- Coca -- Via Auca -- Lower Rio Napo -- Parque Nacional Yasuni -- Parque Nacional Sumaco Napo Galeras -- Cotundo & Archidona -- Tena -- Misahualli -- Upper Rio Napo -- Puyo -- Macas -- Sucua -- Gualaquiza -- Kapawi Ecolodge & Reserve -- North Coast & Lowlands -- Western Lowlands -- Santo Domingo de Los Colorados -- The North Coast -- San Lorenzo -- San Miguel -- Playa de Oro -- Reserva Ecologica Cotacachi-Cayapas -- Esmeraldas -- Atacames -- Tonsupa -- Sua -- Same & Tonchigue -- Corredor Turistico Galera-San Francisco -- Muisne -- Mompiche -- Isla Portete -- Cojimies -- Canoa -- Bahia de Caraquez -- Manta -- Montecristi -- South Coast -- Guayaquil -- Bosque Protector Cerro Blanco -- Ruta Spondylus -- Puerto L6pez Note continued: Parque Nacional Machalilla -- Salango, Las Tunas & Ayampe -- Olon -- Montanita -- Santa Elena Peninsula to Guayaquil -- Salinas -- Playas -- South of Guayaquil -- Reserva Ecologica Manglares Churute -- Machala -- Puerto Bolivar & Jambeli -- Zaruma -- Peru via Huaquillas -- The Galapagos Islands -- Isla Santa Cruz (Indefatigable) -- Puerto Ayora -- Islas Seymour & Mosquera -- Islas Plazas -- Islas Daphne -- Isla Santa Fe (Barrington) -- Isla San Cristobal (Chatham) -- Puerto Baquerizo Moreno -- Isla Isabela (Albemarle) -- Puerto Villamil -- Isla Fernandina (Narborough) -- Isla Santiago (San Salvador or James) -- Isla Bartolome -- Isla Sombrero Chino -- Isla Rabida (Jervis) -- Isla Floreana (Santa Maria or Charles) -- Isla Espanola (Hood) -- Isla Genovesa (Tower) -- Islas Marchena (Bindloe) & Pinta (Abington) -- Isla Wolf (Wenman) & Isla Darwin (Culpepper) -- Understand the Galapagos Islands -- UNDERSTAND -- Ecuador Today -- History -- Indigenous Ecuador Note continued: Arts & Music -- The Natural World -- Ecuadorian Cuisine -- SURVIVAL GUIDE -- Directory A -- Z -- Transportation -- Language.