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The Advantages of a Land-Based Tour Land-based tours of the Galapagos Islands offer• You get to sleep in a bed that is not moving! For several distinct adavantages many people being below deck with a slight constant to visitors. While many are motion is unsettling and makes sleeping well more happy to spend up to a difficult, if not leading to sea-sickness or dizziness. week living on the cruise boats which vary in size• There is greater freedom and flexibility with the from about 10 passengers land-based tours, so you can include or exclude up to a hundred, others activities that might not suit you. prefer to take advantage of the opportunities offered by• The land-based tours are more economically priced returning to shore each day than the boat cruises, and upgrades are available for after your activities. those wanting to stay in luxury accommodation.

The Andes mountains of Ecuador rise to over 6,000 meters and include many snow-cappedvolcanic peaks to scale, as well as offering some great hiking, trekking, mountain biking, andhorse-back riding activities. If you can do it on a mountain, you can do it in Ecuador!

A trip to the Amazon rainforest and cloud forests of Ecuador is an unforgettable experience,.overwhelming the visitor with the immense biodiversity and cultural history of the peoples whohave called the Amazon home for thousands of years.

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Create your own program combining all theelements that True Ecuador Travel can offer intoyour personalized and memorable sojourn inEcuador. Learn a little Spanish, travel throughthe Andes, explore the Amazon rainforest andthe cloud forests, visit the Galapagos Islands,relax in the fishing villages of the Pacific coast . .. There are so many options. Send us your ideas,preferences and time available and we will behappy to suggest a suitable itinerary for you.

Splitting the country of Ecuador into distinct regions, theAndes Mountains divide the Amazon rainforest to theeast from the Pacific coast on the west. The altitudetempers the climate, and although Ecuador lies acrossthe equator line, the climate of the Andes tends to bespring-like all the year around. At higher elevations it canbe warm while the sun is out, but deadly cold once thesun goes away!The Andes Mountains stretch over 7,000 kilometers from north to south through South America.The highest volcanic peaks are nearly 7,000 meters above sea level, and in Ecuador the summitof the Chimborazo volcano is the furthest point from the center of the earth due to its bulgearound the equator line.

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The cities of Quito and Cuenca represent the very best of urban Ecuador - two historic citiesnestled in the Andes Mountains. Quito was the very first UNESCO-declared World HeritageSite for its beautiful and well-preserved historic colonial center. Cuenca was alsosubsequently designated as a World Heritage Site in 1999 for its equally well-preservedcolonial center. Cosmopolitan Capital Quito Tranquil Colonial CuencaExplore the best-preserved and largest Enjoy walking around this beautiful andcolonial city in the Americas, enjoy the beat well-preserved colonial city set betweenof the new town with its bars and rivers, visit its museums and churches andrestaurants, experience whole-day hang out to watch daily life in the centralexcursions into the surrounding Andes Parque Calderón . . .mountains.

True Ecuador Travel is registered in Ecuador as a limited company, functioning as a travel agencyand tour operator. The three directors are also founder members of Fundación Yanapuma, anEcuadorian non-profit NGO, and Yanapuma Spanish SchoolTrue Ecuador Travel acts as the travel arm of these entities, organizing all travel andaccommodation details related to receiving individual students and volunteers as well asvolunteer and other groups. As a travel agency that is a limited company we offer the legalstanding and trustworthiness that our clients expect and require for their programs in Ecuador. Phone: +593 2228 7084 [email protected] | https://www.true-ecuador-travel.org