Ecuador (Andes, Cloud Forest & Galapagos)

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Ecuador is a small but extraordinarily diverse country straddling the equator on South America's Pacific coast, home to four distinct worlds: the Amazon rainforest, the Andean highlands, the Pacific coast, and the legendary Galápagos Islands. The Andes backbone runs through the centre of the country, lined with towering volcanoes like Cotopaxi and Chimborazo, while cloud forests draped in mist and biodiversity connect the highlands to the lowlands. Quito, the capital, sits at 2,850 metres and boasts one of the best-preserved colonial old towns in Latin America. Travellers come for world-class wildlife encounters in the Galápagos, high-altitude trekking, indigenous market culture in towns like Otavalo, and some of the most accessible and concentrated biodiversity on the planet.