Contrast after contrast – that is what strikes you about this amazingly diverse country straddling the Equator that gives it its name. Splendid old Spanish colonial architecture and Inca remains vie for attention with magnificent scenery and some of the world’s most varied wildlife – especially in the astonishing Galapagos archipelago.
Did you know? Guinea pig is a favourite delicacy in Ecuador (and Peru). It tastes like a cross between rabbit and chicken