Ecuador Guide: Travel & Leisure

Our travel guide gives you useful advice on getting about using public transport, driving by car as well as explaining how to buy, sell, rent or import a car.

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  Transport in Ecuador

  Getting around the country

  Transport in Ecuador is cheap on the whole, especially if you go by bus. Though not a particularly large country, getting around it can take time due to the mountainous landscape, as well as poor quality roads off the main routes (less than twenty percent of Ecuador’s roads are paved).

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  Wildlife in Ecuador

  The world’s most biodiverse country

  Being one of the smallest countries on the continent, it’s surprising to think that Ecuador has one of the biggest ranges of flora and fauna of any country in the world.

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  Climb Cotopaxi

  Ecuador's most enigmatic peak

  One of the highest active volcanoes in the world, Cotopaxi dominates the serene Cotopaxi National Park’s stunning skyline. Large enough to be seen from Quito, it had a reputation for relentless destruction up until its last eruption in 1904.

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