2024

butterfly in the rainforest region of Ecuador

Ecuador in a state of emergency?! My personal experience

Update 24.5.2024: The state of emergency that has been in place since the beginning of January expired on April 7, 2024. As organized gang crime, particularly against politicians and public officials, continues in some provinces, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa declared another state of emergency for five provinces on May 2nd, 2024. Eight days later, this […]

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Yahuarcocha lake near Ibarra

The 10 most beautiful lakes and lagoons in Ecuador – Part 1

The small country of Ecuador on the equator is – among other things – very diverse in terms of landscape. The Andes mountain range, which runs through the country from north to south, is characterized by paramo plateaus, active and extinct volcanoes and calderas. Over the centuries, many of these calderas have filled with water

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view over the island of Floreana

Floreana – The small Galapagos island with an exciting history

Floreana in the south of the archipelago is the smallest of the inhabited Galapagos Islands, but certainly the one with the most varied history in terms of its settlement. Several books have been written about it, which we will refer to later. In the following, we would like to give you an outline of the exciting

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