Wilderness Yacht & Lodge Safaris

Galapagos & Amazon Yacht & Lodge Safaris
( 15 days from £1,780)

Galapagos and the Tropical Andes
£2,695 Quito - Quito 21st Nov - 3rd Dec led by BBC TV Presenter Mike Dilger

Galapagos and Amazon by Sea Kayak, Hike, Bike and Horseback
( 15 days £1,950)

Tailor Made Travel

Andes, Volcanoes & the Choco-Andean Cloud Forests
( 3 days £395)

Cloud Forests, Incas, Panama Hats and the Avenue of Volcanoes
( 7 days £860)
by Horseback, Trekking, 4WD and Rail

Ecuador Lake District Trek
( 4 days £495)

Ecuador Tailor Made

Volcanoes & Haciendas - Andes Trekking
( 7 days £860)

There are few countries which can match Ecuador's diverse range of habitats and rich wildlife, especially if you include its Galapagos islands which lie 600 miles to the west.

The Andes runs through the centre of the country, punctuated by ice capped volcanoes.  Many of these are active with smoking vents - others lie dormant and whose craters have filled to form lakes.

To the east, tributaries of the River Amazon wind their way through luxuriant lowland rainforest - home to mammals which include howler monkeys, pink river dolphins and giant river otters.

To the west of the Andes lies the Choco-Andean rainforests which begin at around 5,000 metres as ancient Polylepis forest and end as the world's tallest mangroves on the Pacific Coast.  The cloud forests between are a superb place from which to combine mountain scenery with intense botanical displays of bromeliads and orchids.  Ecuador contains an estimated one in ten of all known species of plant and in a country similar in size to England it contains 1,641 known species of bird - the fourth highest number in the world.

Ecuador's diverse range of habitats, rivers and coastline lends itself to inspiring ways to explore the country.  The Amazon can be experienced from waterside wilderness lodges, by dugout canoe or inflatable raft led by one of our expert guides.  Horseback, hiking, rafting and mountain bikes each provide excellent access to the flanks of the Andes, with evening stays in an inspiring cloud forest lodge or highland hacienda.

We arrange tailor made trips to Ecuador and the Galapagos throughout the year.  The trips listed to the left provide idea of some of the expert led itineraries we run.  All of these can be adapted to suit your own timing, interests and budget.  For further ideas of what you might want to include in to your own itinerary, please Click Here.