Ecuador is the smallest country in the Andean highlands, but the options for travel within it’s boarders are plentiful. Ecuador can be divided into many geological areas - El Oriente (Amazon), La Sierra (Andes highlands), La Costa (Coastal lowlands), and of course the Galapagos Islands. The variety presented by the amazing landscape Ecuador has to offer gives travelers an array of options - swimming off of sandy beaches or with hammerhead sharks, trekking up volcanoes, watching humpback whales, canoeing along meandering rivers through the Amazon, experiencing an array of vibrant indigenous cultures, the list goes on. For bird watchers, mountain and sea fanatics alike, Ecuador’s biologically diverse and pristine landscape seams to be a goldmine for the eyes and ears.