Galapagos & Ecuador Tours & Vacations

Did you know?

• Chocolate in Ecuador is a staple for most. With cacao being grown in South and Central America for years, the history is deep, including cacao being used for anti-inflammatory properties in the past.
• The summit of Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador’s highest mountain, is the point on Earth closest to the sun.
• Encebollado is Ecuador’s national dish. The dish is a fish stew (usually tuna, albacore, billfish, or bonito) served with boiled cassava and pickled red onion rings and ripe avocado.
• The Galápagos Islands lie in Ecuador.
• Ecuador is in fact the world’s largest exporter of bananas.
• This is for bird lovers! Ecuador has more birds per square miles than anywhere else in the world making the country bird-watcher’s paradise.
• The Galapagos Islands house more than 9,000 different species, with many of those species native to the islands.