Ecuador

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Ecuador is a small but incredibly diverse country in northwestern South America, straddling the equator between Colombia and Peru. It's best known for the Galápagos Islands — a living laboratory of evolution — as well as the Amazon rainforest, the Avenue of the Volcanoes in the Andes, and the UNESCO-listed colonial capital of Quito. Travellers come for world-class wildlife encounters, trekking and mountaineering, cloud forest exploration, and indigenous market culture. Despite its compact size, Ecuador packs in more ecosystems and experiences per square kilometre than almost anywhere else on Earth.

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Ecuador · 5 days

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Self-Launched Ecuadorian Amazon: Sacha Lodge & Quito

Skip the Exodus markup and head into the Ecuadorian Amazon on your own terms. This self-launched itinerary mirrors the original Sacha Lodge add-on experience — flight to Coca, motorised canoe down the Napo River, and days of wildlife spotting in one of Earth's most biodiverse ecosystems. You'll book Sacha Lodge directly (it accepts independent guests), arrange your own Quito–Coca flights, and stay in a comfortable Quito guesthouse on the final night. All the canopy walks, dug-out canoe paddles, parrot clay-licks, and nocturnal caiman searches are included in Sacha Lodge's own all-inclusive package — no tour operator middleman required. Costs below are realistic per-person estimates for an independent traveller.

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~£775

Missions

Nobody's posted a Mission for Ecuador yet — which, frankly, is an opportunity.

Wait, what's a Mission?It's not a scheduled trip with dates and a minimum group size like a Departure — it's a goal. Learn to dive, do a Muay Thai camp, live somewhere for a month and work on something, chase one very specific experience. Post it, and other people chasing the same thing find you.

Be the first to post one: "Learn the first 20 seconds of a local dance, then perform it, uninvited, at every bar you visit."

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