Ecuador: Guayaquil & Galápagos

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Ecuador's Guayaquil is the country's largest city and main port, serving as the primary gateway to the Galápagos Islands — an archipelago sitting roughly 1,000 km off the Pacific coast. The Galápagos are world-renowned for their extraordinary wildlife: giant tortoises, marine iguanas, blue-footed boobies, and sea lions that show almost no fear of humans, making encounters unlike anywhere else on earth. Travellers come to snorkel with hammerhead sharks and sea turtles, hike volcanic landscapes, and explore the islands that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Guayaquil itself offers a vibrant Malecón waterfront, colonial architecture in Las Peñas, and a buzzing food and nightlife scene.