Category: Expert Insight

Top Mountaineering Tours in Ecuador:

Top Mountaineering Tours in Ecuador: Climb Antisana, Cayambe, Cotopaxi & Chimborazo with Expert Guides Ecuador is home to some of the most stunning and challenging peaks in South America. If you’re an adventure seeker looking to conquer majestic mountains, our guided mountaineering expeditions at Ecuador Eco Adventures are perfect for you. With peaks like Antisana, Cayambe, Cotopaxi, and Chimborazo towering over the Andes, these climbs will take your breath away…

Is Chimborazo safe to climb?

Is Chimborazo Open for Climbing?  Back on October 24th, 2021, there was a deadly avalanche in Ecuador´s highest peak, Chimborazo, triggered by a group of climbers that were attempting the summit, to the closest point from earth to the sun. 15 people involved 9 survivors, 3 confirmed dead 3 missings. Sadly they did not have any certified guide with them. We had climbed (Friday- Saturday) the night prior and had…

Travel to Isabela Island – Galapagos

Travel to Isabela Island - Galapagos Isabela Island, also called Albemarle in English, is one of the youngest island of the Galápagos archipelago, but also the biggest, and is located at the west of the archipelago. Isabela is around 1 million years old and has around 1,500 inhabitants. Travellers can only access to the island by the sea, from Santa Cruz island via ferry, the biggest city of Isabela is…

Visit Santa Cruz – Galapagos Islands

Visit Santa Cruz - Galapagos Islands Santa Cruz Island, also called Indefatigable in English, is one of the most famous islands of the Galápagos archipelago. You can access to the island by the sea, taking a boat from San Cristobal island, or by the air. The airport is located at the north of the island, on another little island called Baltra. There are around 30,000 inhabitants on this island, which…

Visit San Cristobal – Galapagos Islands

Visit San Cristobal - Galapagos Islandshttp://www.ecuadorecoadventures.com San Cristobal Island, also called Chatham in English, is one of the oldest islands of Galápagos. It is located at the east of the archipelago and is the capital of it. It is also one of the aerial access points to the Galápagos, as there is an airport on the island. San Cristobal counts between 5,000 to 6,000 inhabitants, and its biggest city is…

Exploring Yasuni Rainforest 2021

Exploring Yasuni Rainforest 2021

Exploring Yasuni Rainforest 2021 With more than one million hectares, Yasuni National Park is the biggest protected area of Ecuador. It is located in the provinces of Orellana and Pastaza, at the north of the country and near Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve. The park entered the National Parks and Protected Areas Program in 1979, in order to preserve its huge and rich biodiversity. Ten years later, in 1989, the park was…

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Riobamba – Tourism Internship

Ecuador Eco Adventure Welcomes Maika a student from  Université d’Angers - France, who is going to do a Tourism Internship. Maika is going to help us with articles, and with visits to our volunteer programs, we have a lot to work on after the covid-19 crisis and hope we can learn from her as much as she can learn from us. we share with our readers her first modest article…

Ecuador Travel Post Covid19 – 2021

Ecuador Travel Post Covid19 - 2021 Ecuador has been open to international tourism since November 2020, after 6 long months, due to the pandemic, our company has been working since July 2020 with local national tourists trying to adapt to the new reality post covid-19 Some local attractions have seized to exist such as the Nariz del Diablo Train which, has officially been closed down for good, the famous route…

Climb Chimborazo

Ecuador Mountain Climbing 2021

So 2020 is over, and our company as many others around the world suffered a huge impact due to the Covid-19 crisis, However, this post is not to look back into our struggle during the global reset, but more on the way we have been able to recover and work again after 6 months of stand by. As of July 1st, some of Ecuador´s National parks open again to the…

9 Recommendations to Train for Chimborazo Climb

As of July 1st, Ecuador is ready to receive international tourist on this new Post COVID c life, we are ready to start working, ad leading expeditions once again, if you have been thinking about training for Climbing Cotopaxi or Chimborazo, here are 9 Recommendations to Train for Chimborazo Climb. Chimborazo is a nontechnical climb, from start to finish, the gain in altitude is about 1,4 km (less than a…