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  • The Best Nature and Adventure Road Trip in Ecuador

    The Best Nature and Adventure Road Trip in Ecuador

    The Best Nature and Adventure Road Trip in Ecuador

    Nature and Adventure Road Trip in Ecuador
    The Best Nature and Adventure Road Trip in Ecuador

    The Best Nature and Adventure Road Trip in Ecuador, Driving and Exploring Andean Volcanoes, Cloudforest and Amazon Rainforest, Drive to the Pacific Beach.

    To experience the Best Nature and Adventure Road Trips in Ecuador, its easy! a country with many unique natural ecosystems, seriously to any direction you choose, you will be delighted by the new experiences you will add to while exploring Nature and  and doing Adventure Road Trips in Ecuador.

    Here we list a few Classical Ecuador Road trip

    • The Beloved Road Trip Quito Baeza Tena Misahuallí
    • Andean and Cloudforest Road Trip
    • Andean Forest, Choco Cloudforest to Pacific Coast Highway, Manabi.
    • Pacific Coast Highway, From Colombia to Peru.
    • Papallacta, Baeza, Chaco Lago Agrio Cuyabeno National Park
    • Papallacta, Baeza, Sumaco, Yasuni
    Nature and Adventure Road Trip in Ecuador
    The Best Nature and Adventure Road Trip in Ecuador

    The Pan-American Highway

    The Pan-American Highway is a network of roads measuring about 30,000 kilometres (19,000 mi) in total length;  the roads link almost all of the Pacific coastal countries of the Americas in a connected highway system. According to Guinness World Records, the Pan-American Highway is the world’s longest “motorable road”.

     

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    GOING TO PARADISE IS GOING TO MISAHUALLÍ When growing up, this was my office, a fun office, playing soccer with friends in the beach, feeling sand between fingers connect with NATURE, swimming across the river and jumping off from tree canopy, the free fall sense… #FunTown #MonkeyTown Next to it is a piece of Amazon Rainforest where I do #FreeNatureWalk using #INaturalist for any NATURE lover. It just takes 20 minutes loop. We learn about the nature of the TROPICAL RAINFOREST. #Misahuallí #MisahuallíNature #MisahuallíWildlife #Yasuni #YasuniWildlife #YasuniNationalPark #YasuniWilderness #ShiripunoLodge #EcuadorWildlife #Ecuador IR AL PARAÍSO es IR A MISAHUALLÍ Cuando crecia, esta era mi oficina, una oficina divertida, jugar al fútbol con amigos en la playa, sentir la arena entre los dedos conectarse con la NATURALEZA, nadar al otro lado del río y saltar desde el dosel, el sentido de caída libre … Al lado hay una parte de la Selva Amazónica donde hago #FreeNatureWalk usando INaturalist para cualquier amante de la NATURALEZA. Solo lleva 20 minutos en bucle. Aprendemos sobre la naturaleza del TROPICAL RAINFOREST.

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    SNOW in Ecuador!!! Was great to see NATURE with a different perspective. SNOW in my way to the Jungle!! 🏞 🗺 🌋 🍀 🌻 #SNOW #Snowfall #QuitoSnow #QuitoNieve #QuitoWilderness #Antisana #PapallactaEcuador #Sumaco #CloudForestRestoration #SumacoÑahui #Crowdfunding #Cloudforest #Ecuador #EcuadorWildlife #INaturalist #Wildlife #Conservation

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    The Best and Most Scenic Road Trip in Ecuador

    Nature and Adventure Road Trip in Ecuador
    The Best Nature and Adventure Road Trip in Ecuador

    Below are listed the Best and Most Scenic Road Trip in Ecuador you can drive when decide to drive in South America.

    Road Trip to Pasochoa & Antisana

    The Road Trip to Pasochoa & Antisana Wildlife Reserve will introduce to the most beautiful side of the andes going to still unexplored. Passing haciendas

    Andean Road Road Trip Cotopaxi & Llanganates National Parks & Indigenous  Communities.

    The Road Trip to Cotopaxi National Park & Llanganates National Park will introduce to the most beautiful side of the andes going to still unexplored. Passing indigenous communities.

    Classic Road trip to the Adventure in Ecuador: Baños  a destination by tradition

    Embark into the Classic Road Trip to the Adventure in Ecuador: Baños a destination by tradition, we leave Quito to enter the Cotopaxi National Park and explore the Andes to continue to Banos, where we have several day trips to explore the surroundings of these active destination in Ecuador.

    The Beloved Road Trip Quito Baeza Tena Misahuallí

    After visiting the Colonial Town of Quito and seen the Old City is time to head East, where the clouds are coming from; we drive along the Beloved Road Trip Quito Baeza Tena Misahuallí. Passing the Andes, Scenic views of the Quijos and Napo River drainages

    Southern Ecuador Trail and the New National Park.

    Parque Nacional Río Negro-SopladoraIn the south of the Ecuador, in the Cordillera Real Oriental, adjacent to the Sangay National Park is Río Negro-Sopladora, an area dominated by paramos and almost intact Andean forests that harbor a great wealth of animal and plant species.

    Where are the best places to go on a road trip in Ecuador?

    The best to enjoy the country is outside, go find yours near the cities are an excellent place to start, most of the food in Ecuador grown locally farm lands are near with access for road trips, each location have water supplies with drivable road for adventure, most towns and cities are connected in the grid with athenaes located in high near locations.

    Nature and Adventure Road Trip in Ecuador
    The Best Nature and Adventure Road Trip in Ecuador

    What is the most beautiful road in the world?

    The most beautiful road would be in the smart location with facilities for electric cars.

    • Andean Forest, Choco Cloudforest to Pacific Coast Highway, Esmeraldas.
    • Pacific Coast Highway,  Machalilla National Park and Pto Lopez. Manabi.

    How long does the perfect Road Trip take?

    The Best Nature and Adventure Road Trip in Ecuador

    Combining the road trips with  exploration of emotions with Nature, you can easily add 2 or 3 weeks. Depending in your interest, localized explorations are worthed.

    How long does it take to drive Classic Nature Ecuador Road Trip?

    The drive on the Classic Nature Ecuador Road Trip along the Avenue of the Volcanoes, driving off to visit unique places like the Cotopaxi National Park, visit the capital of the adventure town in Ecuador Baños, Tena the capital for white water rafting and jungle tours in Misahuallí, move to the clouds in Baeza and visit the highest waterfall in Ecuador and others great waterfalls around and finish our road trip with an steamy bath at Oyacachi Hot Spring.

    Total Days: 15 Days

  • The Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador

    The Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador

    The Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador is tiny but it is one of the Most Biodiverse places in the World.

    The Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador
    The Nangaritza River in the Zamora Province. The Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador

    The Amazon Rainforest region in Ecuador is about 50% of the country but only represents 2 % of the half of the planet’s remaining rainforests in the world.

    The Ecuadorian Amazon has a mosaic of Ecosystems and vegetation types including rainforests, seasonal forests, deciduous forests, and flooded forests.

    The Typical Ecosystems of the Lowlands Rainforest in Ecuador.

    The different Ecosystems of the Ecuadorian Rainforest holds a huge Diversity of Life, here is a list of the habitats and niches:

      • Terra Firme
      • Várzea or Temporary Flooded Forest
      • Igapo
      • Moriche Swamp
      • Forest Swamps
      • River Islands
    Shiripuno Lodge ~ The Amazon Horned Rain Frog, it's a ground-dweller amphibian using its camouflage waits for its prey to pass by, the sit-and-wait technique is used by many species of the Amazon Rainforest.
    Shiripuno Lodge ~ The Amazon Horned Rain Frog, it’s a ground-dweller amphibian using its camouflage waits for its prey to pass by, the sit-and-wait technique is used by many species of the Amazon Rainforest.

    Major Rivers flowing in The Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador

    The Rivers in the Rainforest are the Lifeline and its history plays an important part in the local fauna flora and People.

    The Rivers are an import player in the dynamics of the Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador, Rivers brings rich volcanic sediments to the Amazon Basin.

    Shiripuno Lodge ~ The Amazon Rainforest is home of at least 5 species of cats, all of them can swim and climb trees.
    Shiripuno Lodge ~ The Amazon Rainforest is home of at least 5 species of cats, all of them can swim and climb trees.

    Here is a list of the Major Rivers, many bring water from the Andes and many are settled by indigenous and settlers today:

    • Putumayo River
    • San Miguel River
    • Napo River
    • Curaray River
    • Cononaco River
    • Aguarico River
    • Cuyabeno River
    • Yasuní River
    • Tiputini River
    • Coca River
    • Payamino River
    • Marañón River (Peru)
    • Tigre River
    • Pastaza River
    • Bobonaza River
    • Palora River 
    • Morona River

    The ethnic diversity of the Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador.

    For thousands of years, the Amazon Rainforest is home for thousands and now millions of people. People live in different locations with perfect conditions to raise their families and keep their cultures alive. Today they are the Guardians of the Rainforest.

    • Kichwa People in the Napo y Pastaza provinces
    • Siona and Secoya People living in Sucumbíos province
    • Cofan People live in the Sucumbíos province
    • Waorani People living in Napo y Pastaza
    • Tagaeri-Taromenani People living in the Pastaza and Orellana
    • Shuar and Achuar People living in the Morona Santiago, Zamora Chinchipe provinces
    • Záparo People living in the Pastaza province
    • Shiviar People living in the Pastaza province

    Ecuador protects many of the Amazon Rainforest Ecosystems 

    Ecuador put efforts to promote the Conservation of many ecosystems of the Amazon Rainforest in a series of conservation areas and education. Check the big ones below:

    • Cofán-Bermejo Ecological Reserve in Sucumbios with an extension of 55451 ha, it was created in 2002.
    • Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve in Orellana and Sucumbios provinces with an extension of 590.112 hectáreas, created in 1.979.
    • Limoncocha Biological Reserve in Sucumbios with an extension of 4.613 hectares, it was created in 1.985.
    • Sumaco Napo-Galeras National Park, Orellana and Sucumbíos Province with an extension of 206,749 ha it was created in 1994.
    • Yasuni National Park, Orellana and Pastaza Provinces with 1’022.736 ha, it was created in 1979.
    • El Condor Biological Reserve, in the Morona Santiago province with 2.440 ha, it was created in 1.999