The Best Time To Visit

Ecuador is characterized by a rapidly changing climate due to altitude differences and geography affect the temperature in each city. During the day, it is common to spend great time with high heat in a heavy rain or vice versa, and this, in a few hours. The country has only two main seasons: a wet season and dry season. During the dry season from June to September, the country has low rainfall and temperatures relatively bearable. During the wet season extending from April to June, the heat is strong enough. We note however that in the rainy season, spring seems to last throughout the year in the Central Valley, with temperatures approaching 24 ° C. In Ecuador, the rainy season does not mean incessant rainfall and the country remains largely accessible to visitors during this period. Finally, note that if the period from June to September is the most favorable to the visit, Ecuador remains a country humid throughout the year, even during the period known as "dry".

Small country, Ecuador is nevertheless a destination among the most surprising variety of landscapes and multiple cultures, beautiful colonial architecture, all these elements combine to make this country a land of adventure and discovery.

Quito, the capital, has a reputation as a city beautiful: bordering the 3000 meters, surrounded by mountains, it offers the visitor its labyrinth of narrow streets, beautiful churches, peaceful squares, colonial houses, the monastery San Francisco, and many other wonders.

Follow the road from Quito to Otavalo, with its unforgettable landscapes, and learn the Indian market, offering crafts of great beauty, and when you come across people wearing their traditional costumes.

Then visit the Indian villages of the valley of volcanoes, south of Quito, nestled between soaring mountains, and whose way of life seems unchanging in the midst of magnificent sites.

The city of Cuenca is also a step not to be missed: you can stroll through its streets and will then visit pre-Columbian Ingapirca 50 km further north.

The Galapagos archipelago is obviously a must for lovers of animals: sea lions, pelicans, gannets, penguins, dolphins, giant turtles, you will leave an impression of the first dawn. To be organized exclusively circuit, to preserve such sublime.

There is a flight to Quito from Paris via Amsterdam.

The EU nationals do not require visas for stays of less than 3 months.

The current currency is the U.S. dollar.

The budget plan is quite modest: a double room costs less than 30 €, and a hearty meal 6 or 7 €.

Regarding health, it is good to respect certain basic rules: no tap water, no vegetables, due diligence of acute mountain sickness, protection vis-à-vis the mosquitoes, and vaccine against yellow fever and hepatitis A in addition to conventional vaccinations.

To travel around the country, internal flights are frequent and quite affordable. The bus is the means of transport most used and most picturesque.