The Andes Mountains
Stretching for 7000 km (4300 miles) through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina, the Andes is the world’s longest continental mountain range.
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Ecuador
Climbing Cotopaxi
Located in the Parque Nacional Cotopaxi, mainland Ecuador’s most popular national park hosts the world’s highest active volcano. At over 18,000ft, Volcan Cotopaxi is Ecuador’s second highest peak and this snow-capped giant just begs to be climbed.
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Visiting the Galápagos Islands
The Galapagos Islands, 700 miles of the western coast of Ecuador, are one of the world’s great natural wonders. If you are looking for something unique and memorable in Ecuador it doesn’t get much better than this. Ecuador’s most popular national park boasts scenic volcanic vistas and extraordinary wildlife attracting 60,000 visitors a year.
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Exploring the Mighty Amazon
The Amazon has long been the epitome of trekking into vast, unexplored wilderness .The second longest river in the world, the Amazon stretches 3900 miles from the Andes in Peru to the Atlantic and supports ten percent of the world’s plant and animal life.
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Otavalo Animal Market
The animal market is a veritable menagerie of animals to eat and buy like cuyes (guinea pigs), goat heards and skinned calf heads mingling with the sound of andean pipes, and the indigenous sound of Quichua, the native tongue.
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