🇪🇨 Ecuador

Ambato sits in the central Andean Highlands as a working industrial city rather than a polished tourist town. If you are looking for colonial architecture, leave those expectations at the bus terminal. Most visitors only see the transit hub while cat

Babahoyo works best as a grounded stopover rather than a primary destination. Situated just an hour from Guayaquil and seven hours from Quito, it functions as a natural transit hub where coaches on the main coastal route pause. The town feels unprete

The Galapagos feel like stepping onto another planet. In Puerto Ayora you’ll watch sea lions sprawl on sun‑warmed sand, then walk a short distance to the Charles Darwin Research Station where hatchlings are fed daily. If you hike up Sierra Negra on I