10/02/2026
🇪🇨 When you think Ecuador, do you immediately think Galápagos?
You’re not wrong. But you’re missing a whole country.
In just 11 days, you can travel from the historic streets of Quito into the Amazon rainforest, through Indigenous communities and Andean landscapes, past volcanoes and waterfalls, into colonial cities, and eventually toward Ecuador’s Pacific coast.
And you’ll do it as part of a Small Group Discovery tour.
Ecuador: Natural Wonders & Ancient Cultures is designed around the experiences that become possible when the group gets smaller.
🌿 Spend two nights in the Amazon, exploring by canoe and on guided nature hikes with Quichua naturalists
🏔️ Hike at the base of Chimborazo, Ecuador’s highest volcano
💦 Cross the hanging bridge at the spectacular Devil’s Cauldron waterfall
🚂 Ride the legendary Devil’s Nose Train
🧶 Meet a local Kichwa family, share a cultural lunch, and see traditional wool spinning and weaving
🌹 Visit an eco-certified rose plantation
🏛️ Explore Ingapirca, Ecuador’s most important Inca archaeological site
👒 Learn about the art of making an authentic Panama hat from the Toquilleras who continue the tradition
🍫 Visit a cacao plantation for a tasting and lunch
🎨 Explore Quito, Cuenca, Otavalo and the artisan villages of Gualaceo and Bullcay along the way
And then there are some pretty special places you’ll call home.
This Small Group Discovery journey includes select Small Group Exclusive Accommodations chosen to bring even more character to the experience.
🏨 In Quito, stay at Hotel Patio Andaluz, a 32-room boutique hotel in a colonial-style house dating to the 16th century.
🏔️ Near Riobamba, stay at Hosteria La Andaluza, a historic ranch beneath the Chimborazo Volcano.
🌿 And in Cuenca, Hotel San Juan is a restored private residence turned 25-room boutique hotel in the heart of the historic district.
These are the kinds of places that don’t just give you somewhere to sleep. They become part of the story of the destination.
This isn’t Ecuador seen through a bus window.
It’s Ecuador through its people, food, landscapes, traditions and stories.
And here’s the part that might surprise you:
✨ 11 days from $3,009 per person
This is an active journey with uneven trails, cobblestones, stairs, small watercraft and significant changes in elevation. Travelers should be comfortable with those conditions, including time spent above 8,000 feet and a maximum elevation of 16,610 feet.
For the right traveler, that’s all part of the adventure.
So maybe the next time someone says Ecuador, don’t immediately think about leaving the mainland.
There is an extraordinary country waiting there first. 🇪🇨
Which would you be most excited about: the Amazon, the Andes, the culture or the food?
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