A snow-capped active volcano, 5,897 m, with wild horses and páramo grassland. Hike from the car park to the José Rivas refuge and the glacier edge, and around Limpiopungo lagoon.
Access depends on volcanic activity. It's 1.5 hours from Quito.
One of the best-preserved colonial centres in Latin America, a UNESCO site, at 2,850 m, with the gold-covered La Compañía church and the Basílica del…
A volcanic crater filled with a green lake.
An adventure town below the Tungurahua volcano, with hot springs, waterfalls such as the Pailón del Diablo, rafting, and the 'swing at the end of the…
One of the largest indigenous markets in South America, at its biggest on Saturdays, selling textiles, ponchos and crafts made by the Otavaleño people.
A community-run ecotourism project on the western slopes of the Andes, in the subtropical forest near San Luis de Pambil in Bolívar province.
A colonial city of blue-domed cathedrals and cobbled streets, a UNESCO site, famous for Panama hats, which are made in Ecuador.
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