BY cometoecuador Galapagos Travel Tips Visitors to the Galápagos Islands numbered +100,000 last year and they all come with high expectations. The islands (all of which were declared a national park in 1959) are about 960 km off the coast of Ecuador and are oddly untropical, their flattish landscapes covered in green furze with volcanic lumps bursting […]
BY cometoecuador 10 things to do in Quito Having a spiritual awakening with shamans, spending a night in prison, drinking pisco sours with the best views of the city at sunset… There’s plenty to write home about from Ecuador’s exuberant capital 1. Take mind-expanding drugs with shamans Forget phony ceremonies in a Notting Hill basement, ayahuasca […]
BY cometoecuador The mountain city of Quito is not only Ecuador’s capital, but a historic city that features one of the Americas’ largest and best-preserved colonial districts. Quito’s 130 historic buildings include ornate and art-filled 16th and 17th century basilicas, churches and palaces, connected by winding cobblestone streets leading to broad open plazas. In 1978 Quito joined Krakow, Poland […]
BY cometoecuador Routinely at the top of travelers’ bucket lists, the Galapagos Islands are celebrated around the world for their pristine, relatively undisturbed natural environment and their abundance of distinct fauna and wildlife. Of course this archipelago off Ecuador’s Pacific coast also holds a significant place in history as the inspiration for Charles Darwin’s theory of natural […]
