Ecuador

10 places to see in this region.

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   1. mindo, ecuador

   The Gateway to Ecuador’s Cloud Forest About a 3-4 hour drive from Quito, Ecuador will bring you to a completely new environment on the Western Andean Slopes.

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   2. Isolated Beach

   Although one typically thinks of the Galapagos as a haven for Darwin's finches and giant tortoises, there are now 40,000 people living on the islands.

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   3. Darwin Center

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   4. Fish market

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   5. Banos

   Banos is where Ecuadorians go to relax.

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   6. Lagunes Mojanda

   Beautiful lakes set in the high Andean grasslands (Pàramo) about 17km from Otavalo Ecuador.

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   7. Otavalo

   The scenery of The Paramo (High Andean Grasslands) consists of tough grasses and beautiful patchwork foothills.

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   8. Mitad del Mundo, Ecuador

   Ecuador got its name from this line circling the earth and dividing it in the northern and southern hemisphere.

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   9. Saraguro

   Shrouded in the fog of the Southern Andes, this pueblo is home to a thriving indigenous population.

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    10. Galápagos

    The Galápagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands located about 600 miles off west of Ecuador.