eCUADOR TOURS
Ecuador is an extraordinary biodiverse country that covers a wide variety of habitats. Its geographical location in the Tropics right on the equator, the influence of the ocean’s currents and the fact that it’s crossed by the largest mountain range on the planet -the mighty Andes- allows for the presence of multiple microclimates in 4 well- defined natural geographical zones: Andes, Amazon, Coast and Galapagos Islands. During our trips you’ll be amazed with the richness of this small charming place. Nowhere else is it as easy to experience such a range of habitats, so close to each other and yet so different.
DAY TRIPS CLOSE TO QUITO
Quito has multiple fascinating biodiverse destinations close enough to the city for perfect for a day scape, which will allow you to experience and admire the lush evergreen slopes of the tropical Andes to majestic Volcanoes surrounded by paramo. Join us if you have free days and wanted to have a break from the big city to get acquainted of the magnificent diversity so close to the equator.
HUMMINGBIRD ROUTE & WESTERN SLOPES
Explore the most diverse corners the western Andean slopes. Once you get in this unique tropical Andean ecosystem, hummingbirds will take your full attention. The cloud forest concentrates the highest diversity of these winged jewels. Ecuador host over 130 species of hummingbirds!. This tour will allow you to photograph them and enjoy their unmatched beauty.
AMAZON RAINFOREST & EASTERN SLOPES
Ecuador is an outstanding country with the highest concentration of bird species per square km in the world. The Yasuni National Park is a uniquely diverse area that covers over 9,800 square kilometers (2 million acres) of pristine amazon rainforest. The Park was declared a Biosphere Reserve in 1989 by UNESCO; it is a true hot spot of biodiversity where amphibian, bird, mammal, and vascular plant diversity reach their maximum levels within the Western Hemisphere.
Our Southern Ecuador tour is the most comprehensive tour of the Tumbesian Region, a diverse region, with a rich habitat diversity that host as many as 40 endemic birds species shared only with adjacent parts of northern Peru. This tour cover the coastal region, wetlands, arid scrub, deciduous forests, tropical rainforest, montane subtropical forests, high altitude elfin forests, and páramo
HARPY EAGLE PHOTO TOUR & LIMONCOCHA
A new Harpy Eagle nest was discovered in late 2020 within a high priority area for conservation at the Limoncocha Biological Reserve in the amazonian rainforest of Ecuador. This breeding pair is already caring for and guarding a chick. This couple is nesting in a very accessible zone- only a 20 minute boat ride from Limoncocha and a short 20 minute walk along a beautiful flat easy trail from the Napo River. We have developed a comprehensive tour together with community guides and members of the indigenous village of Limoncocha. This successful nest is currently protected and will serve as a powerful tool to promote the conservation of the area through the development of sustainable activities with the direct participation of the community members in activities related to tourism, research, education and conservation.
BIRDS AND MAMMALS OF THE ANDES
The surroundings of Quito provide different opportunities to find wild bears and other emblematic fauna with good chances of close encounters. Spectacled Bears can be found in the cloud forests and paramos (highlands) around the District of Quito. However, because of the dense vegetation in cloud forests, the encounters are difficult and depend on the availability of a special fruit in a private reserve and the surroundings (two months every year, no season pattern); or hiking to areas where researchers have deployed camera traps for monitoring the bear populations: exciting, but time- and physically demanding.
It is in the paramo, north east of Quito where, in few days, you can increase your probabilities of a great encounter with bears and other Andean wildlife, sometimes close enough to have wonderful views and photographs.
YASUNI NATIONAL PARK AT NWC
Ecuador is an outstanding country with the highest concentration of bird species per square km in the world. The Yasuni National Park is a uniquely diverse area that covers over 9,800 square kilometers (2 million acres) of pristine amazon rainforest. The Park was declared a Biosphere Reserve in 1989 by UNESCO; it is a true hot spot of biodiversity where amphibian, bird, mammal, and vascular plant diversity reach their maximum levels within the Western Hemisphere
GALAPAGOS iSLANDS
Located in the Pacific Ocean some 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador , this archipelago and the surrounding marine reserve have been called a unique “living museum” and showcase of evolution. This “living laboratory” of evolution inspired Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection, and continues to offer a unique opportunity to explore a pristine natural ecosystem.
TIPUTINI BIODIVERSITY STATION
The Tiputini Biodiversity Station (TBS) is a biological field station established in Amazonian Ecuador in 1994 by the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in collaboration with Boston University. We serve as steward of 638 hectares (about 1500 acres) of primary lowland rainforest approximately 300km (200 mi) East of Quito. TBS is situated on the north bank of the Tiputini River, a southern tributary of the Napo River within the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve.
CUYABENO WILDLIFE RESERVE
This protected area stablished in 1979 protects 590112 hectares and is named after the Cuyabeno River, which overflows in its midpoint creating a 14 lagoon complex and also the most extensive wetlands of the Ecuadorian Amazon. These flooded forests are the territory of dolphins, manatees, alligators, hundreds of birds, anacondas, unique plant species like the guarango tree (Macrolobium), creating a magic and mysterious environment.
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