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.
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.
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.
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