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Ecuador & Galapagos Blog Posts
Happy Gringo’s blog is designed to provide information and travel tips to our readers.
Our blog posts cover travel topics in:
- Ecuador.
- The Galapagos Islands.
- Peru.
- Colombia.
- Rest of South America.
We endeavor to keep our Ecuador blog as accurate as possible. If you do find any information that is out-of-date, factually incorrect, or missing in detail, then please let us know.
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August 8, 2016
Alpacas roam the slopes of the Cotacachi Volcano. They belong to the indigenous community of Morochos. José Flores, vice-president of the community, says the alpacas are the best friends of the highland moors (páramos).
July 31, 2016
Carnival has an ethnic flavor in the Sierra Norte (northern Andes). There are mestizo, indigenous and Afro-Ecuadorian celebrations
July 17, 2016
Monkeys are similarly abundant on either side of Ecuador’s central Andes mountain range. Following on from last week’s blog on inhabitants of the Amazon jungle
June 26, 2016
July and August are the peak months for whale watching in Ecuador, as hundreds of humpbacks put on spectacular mating displays, physical and audible.
June 12, 2016
So you've decided that a cruise boat, rather than a hotel stay or island-hopping, is the best way to see a great variety of Galapagos wildlife with the minimum of fuss.
May 15, 2016
Though dwarfed by its larger neighbors, Ecuador boasts one of the planet's densest volcanic regions, including over a dozen craters on the Galapagos islands.
May 1, 2016
When is the perfect time for that once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Galapagos Islands? If your tolerance for humidity (or rainfall) is low, both are lowest from May to December.
April 24, 2016
To go deep into the lower Amazon basin, where biodiversity is highest, an extended canoe ride is a usual element of the trip. Though there are many wonderful rainforest lodges in Ecuador
