South America - pocket sized! Get to know the diversity of South America travelling one single country: Amazon jungle, active volcanoes, Páramo highlands, Inca ruins, the unique Galápagos Islands, colonial towns and colorful Indian markets.
A round trip leads you through many of South America’s diverse vegetation zones: from the snow-capped Andean peaks with its active volcanoes near Quito, through extensive evergreen rainforests around the headwaters of the Amazon river near Tena, to the Paramo landscapes surrounding Cuenca. Ecuador, the smallest of the Andean states, within very short distances truly unites everything South America has to offer!
In the Cotopaxi region, you find genuine mountain villages with their friendly inhabitants and authentic Indian markets. Without a doubt, one of the highlights is the ride along the “Avenue of the Volcanoes”. Imposing and mighty, the earth’s highest active volcano, Mt. Cotopaxi, towers in front of you with its 5,897 m above sea level. Also inactive volcano Mt. Chimborazo, 6,310 m, and numerous other volcanoes complete this fascinating panorama.
An adventurous train ride past the notorious “Devil’s Nose”, once one of the most difficult railway routes in the world and a visit of Euador's largest Inca Ruins, Ingapirca, are as much a must in this program as the unique Galápagos Islands.
The historic cities of Cuenca and Quito, protected as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, whose colonial style makes them some of the architectonically most beautiful cities in Latin America, complete this exciting tour through the smallest but most diverse of the South American Andean countries.
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Ecuador - Peru - Venezuela - 2014