Information about Ecuador & Galapagos

Here you will find basic facts and information about Ecuador & Galapagos. From suggestions on the best times to travel, to information on Ecuador & Galapagos culture and history, to information on how to get to and from Ecuador & Galapagos.

The Galapagos Islands have become famous worldwide for their unique wildlife and hauntingly beautiful landscape Nicknamed.....more

Most of the coastal region is lowland at an altitude of less than 300m and there is only a hilly belt, which runs west from Guayaquil ......more

The fascination of the Galapagos Islands is that each island is so different. Each has its own wildlife, and will change depending on the time ......more

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did you know...

Hatuey, an Indian chief to be burnt at the stake in 1511 in Cuba for insurrection, was compassionately invited to embrace the faith and so go to heaven. He asked if white men would already be there. When told this was a probability, he replied: "Then I will not be a Christian; for I would not go again to a place where I must find men so cruel."