{"id":30608,"date":"2020-08-28T15:00:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/countries\/ecuador-and-galapagos\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:58:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:58:58","slug":"ecuador-and-galapagos","status":"publish","type":"countries","link":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destinations\/latin-america\/ecuador-and-galapagos-travel","title":{"rendered":"Ecuador and Galapagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Versatile Ecuador<\/h3>\n<div><strong>Ecuador<\/strong> (equator in Spanish) is a small country that hosts a great diversity of attractions, from snow-capped volcanoes to tropical rainforests to colonial cities. In the Andes you will find giant volcanoes, beautiful high crater lakes and authentic and colorful markets, typical Indian villages, hidden in the highlands.  East of the highlands begins the immense<strong> Amazon<\/strong> forest, rich in tropical flora and fauna. On the coast, more than a thousand kilometers of beaches stretch out and into the sea. Magnificent colonial architecture, particularly in UNESCO cities <strong>Quito<\/strong> and <strong>Cuenca<\/strong>, is some of the best preserved in Latin America, characterized by its white facades, wooden balconies, 17th-century churches with detailed gilded carvings and attractive courtyard gardens. <\/div>\n<h3>Galapagos Islands<\/h3>\n<div>Due to its isolated location, the <strong>Galapagos<\/strong> Islands are home to many special animal and plant species that are found nowhere else on earth and are not shy of humans. Therefore, nowhere else in the world will you come face to face with giant tortoises, iguanas, sea lions and many endemic bird species such as blue-footed boobies, frigate birds, the Galapagos Cormorant, Albatross and even penguins. The best way is to explore the <a href=\"\/?continent_category=galapagos-per-cruise\">Galapagos<\/a> by cruise. From the boat, you can swim or snorkel among playful sea lions, sea turtles and colorful fish.   <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South America in a nutshell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":198573,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"country":[],"continent_category":[224],"class_list":["post-30608","countries","type-countries","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","continent_category-latin-america"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/countries\/30608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/countries"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/countries"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=30608"},{"taxonomy":"continent_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent_category?post=30608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}