SOUTH AMERICA

Eco Travels in Ecuador

ECUADOR WIKI
SOUTH AMERICA FORUM

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PHOTO GALLERY: Responsible Tourism

YOUR TURN

SURVEY SAYS - Latin America Travel Survey asks where you are heading in 2010. Details...

OPERATORS -- If you run an eco-friendly, people-friendly, place-friendly travel service that should be featured in the World Travel Directory, here is our criteria. Premium coverage includes a directory listing and a link to your site from the regional guide. There is a small fee. Application

PHOTOGRAPHERS - Do you have photos of ecotourism and responsible travel in Ecuador? Please share them in the Re-Imagining South American Ecotourism Group.

HERE COMES EVERYBODY - The Travel Definitions Survey asks readers to rate the definitions. Are you seeking or avoiding trips touted as geotourism, ecotourism and adventure travel? Details ...

HEADLINES

Ecotourism Spotlight Award
Latin American Travel Planner
Tourism and Biodiversity
Tourism and Climate Change
Food, Health and Building Communities
Latin America Travel Survey
WEATHER

WIKI

Quito
Quito Web 2.0 Seminar
World Tourism Day

WORLD TRAVEL DIRECTORY

Black Sheep Inn - Tropic Journeys in Nature - Adventure Life Journeys - Latin Trails - Hands Up Holidays (PREMIUM LISTINGS, COMPLETE DIRECTORY HERE)

SPANISH LANGUAGE SCHOOLS

Academia de Español Surpacifico (PREMIUM LISTING, COMPLETE DIRECTORY HERE)

Ecuador is bordered on the north by Colombia, the south and east by Peru and the west by the Pacific Ocean. Ecuador is Spanish for equator - and it is actually located directly on the world's equator.

FEATURES

Exploring Ecotourism: Ecuador
Ecuador's Equator

PARKS

Ecuador's Parks Wiki
Quito Parks
Podocarpus National Park - Julian Smith
PARKS

ANDES

Quito
Mindo
Otavalo
Chocó
Rockin' The Volcano in Ecuador - Robert Greening
Community Tourism in the Northern Andes

AMAZON

Ecuador's Amazon
Napo
Amazon Guide
Take me to the river - The Guardian

PACIFIC COAST

Guayaquil
Manta
Bahía de Caráquez
Cerro Blanco Protected Forest - Eric Von Horstman
Rio Muchacho: Tourism for a Better Planet - Scott Braman
Adventure in Chirije

GALAPAGOS

Galapagos Islands

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

Indigenous People and Tourism in Ecuador

TOURISM INDUSTRY

Photos from 2008 Travelmart, Quito, Ecuador
Results from Ecuador Travel Survey
Results from Galapagos Travel Survey
Ecuador White Paper - GIFEE
Conversation with Andres Hammerman and Michelle Kirby
Working Notes from Ibarra Conference
Plan de Turismo 2020
Plan Q (PDF)

PLANETA FORUM

Ecuador
Ecuador News
Exit Strategies
Galapagos
GUIDELINES

OTHER FORUMS

South America - Thorn Tree
RECOMMENDED FORUMS

WEB 1, 2, 3

Strategies for using Web 2.0
Web 1, 2, 3 Forum
Indispensable Tools

BLOGS

Equator Gringos
BLOGS

FLICKR

Quito
Ecuador Collection
Huaorani Ecotourism
Tropic Journeys in Nature
Re-Imagining South American Ecotourism Group
Quito 2.0 Group
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI

Ecuador
ONLINE WIKI

YOUTUBE

ECUADOR

RECOMMENDED READING

Featured Titles: Viva Travel Ecuador, The Gringo Trail, Lonely Planet Ecuador | Ecuador Handbook
Bibliographies: South America | Ecotourism | Environment
South American News Sources
Ecuador Newspapers | Newgoogled
More Books: New Titles | Top Shelf | Publishers

Interested in eco travel and ecotourism? Register for the Planeta Update by sending a blank email. We also host a South America working group to improve regional coverage.

IMPROVING OUR COVERAGE

To improve our South America Guide, we ask the following questions:

What are recommended sources of information for travelers in South America?
Are there maps of protected areas?
What current work deserves kudos?

Editorial suggestions are welcome.

ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB

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Quito City
Ecuador Explorer
Ecuador - Viva Travel
South American Explorers: Quito
Country Profile - BBC
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