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Are Community Adventures tours safe? Our founder Marco explains how we choose guides, drivers and lodges, our jungle track record, and how we keep you ...

Old Town, La Mariscal, La Floresta, La Carolina or Cumbayá? Quito's local guides compare every neighborhood for safety at night, price, walkability and early tour ...

Local guides explain how to hike the Quilotoa Loop independently in 3–4 days: buses from Quito, where to leave your bag, each stage from Sigchos ...

Thinking about Cuyabeno? A Quito local with 20+ years of tours shares where it is, which 3, 4 or 5-day tour to pick, what animals ...

Three day-by-day Ecuador itineraries from our Quito guides: a 7-day Andes loop, 10 days with the Amazon or the Devil's Nose, and 2 weeks with ...

What a budget Galápagos trip really costs in 2026, fee by fee, from local Ecuadorian guides. Includes a sample 5-day island-hopping budget and a DIY ...

Our local guides pick the 25 best things to do in Quito, from the gold-leaf churches of the Old Town and the TelefériQo to market ...

Cotopaxi or Quilotoa? A Quito local who has run tours for 20+ years compares both day trips, says if you can do both in one ...

Quick answer: Citizens of the US, Canada, the UK, the EU, Australia and most of Latin America need no visa ...

Quick answer: Pack layers for Quito and the Andes (2,850 m, roughly 9–20 °C in one day), light long sleeves ...

Quick answer: Bartolomé is a small volcanic island off Santiago where a 600 m boardwalk of about 372 steps climbs ...

Choosing an Amazon trip? A Quito local compares Cuyabeno with Yasuní, Iquitos, Tambopata and Manaus on travel time, wildlife, cost and experience.