“Our destiny is never a place, but a new way of seeing things”.

Henry Miller

Ecuador is home to some of the most fantastic landscapes, habitats and species on the planet. With the highest biodiversity per square kilometre of any country, it is one of the seventeen most megadiverse countries in the world. The richness of its biodiversity is deeply linked to its location, geographical, atmospheric and climatic conditions present in the territory.

The coastal region has the most important hydrographic basin of the West Coast of South America and a marine area driven by productive marine currents. It is made up of a diversity of ecosystems: beaches, bays, cliffs, islands, mangroves and forests. Moving towards the centre of the country, one finds the highland region formed by the Andes Mountains where the avenue of volcanoes is located, surrounded by valleys, hills, and rivers that rise from their glaciers. Descending from the Andes to the east, the mountainous landscape decreases in altitude and the jungle is found, with a myriad of forests and rivers running through the dense jungle, some of which end up flowing into the Amazon. About 1,000 km of distance exists between the coast of mainland Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands archipelago. The islands harbour very high levels of endemism because several species found here are not present anywhere else on Earth. According to the Galapagos Conservancy, approximately 80% of the terrestrial birds, 97% of the terrestrial reptiles and mammals, and over 30% of the plants are endemic, and over 20% of the marine species of the Galapagos are found nowhere else in the world.

Of all the world’s biodiversity, Ecuador is home to approximately 10% of its total. Its ecosystems are home to 18% of the world’s bird and orchid species, 10% of the world’s amphibians and 8% of the world’s mammals, many of which are endemic to mainland Ecuador and its Galapagos Islands. The country has about 23,056 reported taxonomic species of animals and plants, which constitutes 6.1% of all species reported worldwide. A country truly megadiverse in its nature that we must preserve through time.

Exploration happens every day, everywhere. It can happen on high mountain tops or in deeper caves. Places in the city centre or in distant small villages.

It is to consider important subjects, like those things that happen before and after, like those things that nothing changes as much as time and rocks.

The information of each place deepens to explore the culture or the nature on the visited site by an extensive research documented under a sharp, creative and organized design with a high level of illustration.

Epic trails are present, but there are also those that are covered in a couple of hours. Its historical legacy, The focus is on understanding the world in general, not on mastering it.

Epic trails are present, but there are also those that are covered in a couple of hours. Its historical legacy, The focus is on understanding the world in general, not on mastering it.