Natural features in Ecuador

Natural features

Galápagos Islands

Puerto Ayora, Galápagos

Volcanic islands 1,000 km off the coast where the unique wildlife inspired Darwin's theory of evolution: giant tortoises, marine iguanas, blue-footed…

Natural features

Cotopaxi National Park

Machachi, Pichincha

A snow-capped active volcano, 5,897 m, with wild horses and páramo grassland.

Natural features

Yasuní and the Ecuadorian Amazon

Orellana

One of the most biodiverse places on earth, in Ecuador's Amazon, visited from lodges reached by boat from Coca, often run by indigenous communities.