Galápagos Islands
🗓 4–5 daysUnique fearless wildlife and snorkelling.
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Top places in Ecuador
The destinations worth building your trip around.
The Galápagos is the bucket-list draw — fearless wildlife and snorkelling with sea lions — while mainland Ecuador offers Quito, volcanoes and the Amazon.
It's compact, affordable on the mainland, and uses the US dollar.
The destinations worth building your trip around.
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Unique fearless wildlife and snorkelling.
Andean capital with a UNESCO old town.
Adventure-sports and waterfall town.
Unique fearless wildlife and snorkelling.
Andean capital with a UNESCO old town.
Adventure-sports and waterfall town.
Rainforest lodges and wildlife.
Unique fearless wildlife and snorkelling.
Andean capital with a UNESCO old town.
Adventure-sports and waterfall town.
Rainforest lodges and wildlife.
Visa rules change frequently. Most nationalities enter visa-free for 90 days; the Galápagos charges a separate park fee and transit card. Always verify with the official Ecuador immigration / e-visa website before travelling.
Giant tortoises, iguanas and sea lions.
One of the best-preserved in the Americas.
Snow-capped Andean peaks.
Swings, zip-lines and hot springs.
Jungle lodges and river wildlife.
A volcanic archipelago of giant tortoises, marine iguanas and blue-footed boobies — Darwin's laboratory, day-cruise or live-aboard.
The largest Galápagos island — flamingo lagoon, penguins, wild tortoises in Sierra Negra crater and the Wall of…
A Galápagos island where sea lions sleep on the town's benches — gateway to Darwin's living lab.
A near-perfect 5,897 m glaciated cone south of Quito — drive into the national park, hike the refuge…
At 6,263 m, the farthest point from Earth's centre — climb the glaciated Ecuadorian icon from a refuge…
Fernandina Island — the largest marine iguana colonies in the Galápagos, plus flightless cormorants on its volcanic shoreline.
