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Many travelers have a quite normal question or concern to know if a country is safe or unsafe before traveling, and this question are asking many travelers as you as of 2023, is Ecuador safe to travel? Therefore we have made a list with 13 most important safety tips when traveling to Ecuador as of 2023. For now, things are generally safe for people with typical precautions (situational awareness, don’t flash expensive electronics, and take of any jewelry off your body. Overall climate of people and Ecuador still remains the same very open friendly and caring, Ecuador is a country where the pros, far outweight the cons.

Ecuador, a country full of culture and diversity every where you look and go, and with this, many traditions are still preserved in this small but unique country, either from the Spanish or Inca heritage and in many cases a culture that has merged into one through centuries, some of the Ecuador unique traditions and festivities are: Inti Raymi or Sun Fest, Semana Santa or Easter, Dia de los Muertos or Day of the death, Carnaval, or Carnival, Navidad or Christmas, Año Viejo or New Years,

Mindo cloud forest has a lot to offer, there are plenty of things to do in Mindo, this is a place where you can spend several days if time permits, with active or relaxing days, meaning that if you don’t feel like being active, you can just chill out, relax and read a book or just watch for some of the many (+/- 450) species of birds that can just pop in front of you, and feast your eyes with their bright, vivid colors. Mindo and its natural beauty is hard to be described with words only, you have to experience it by yourself.

Mindo cloud forest has a lot to offer, there are plenty of things to do in Mindo, this is a place where you can spend several days if time permits, with active or relaxing days, meaning that if you don’t feel like being active, you can just chill out, relax and read a book or just watch for some of the many (+/- 450) species of birds that can just pop in front of you, and feast your eyes with their bright, vivid colors. Mindo and its natural beauty is hard to be described with words only, you have to experience it by yourself.

Altough Quito has activities for several days, there are also places worth visiting just outside Quito at a relative short distance, in different directions towards the country side and surroundings of the capital city. Where Quito can be an excellent base for day tours or over night tours close to Quito.

Why book and travel with an Ecuador Local tour Operator? because you are supporting the local economy, since the money you payed for a tour, you have decided to take, will stay and be spent in the host country, in this case, in Ecuador. Avoiding money leakage which affects badly the country’s economy, it can be taken as unethical and unfair for the country which owns all the beauty as, beaches, mountains jungles, forests, islands or anything that was visited, where the hosts gets a tiny fraction in return, as a tourist you can play a big and important role when shopping for tours correctly to local tour operators, this way you can make sure the money stays where it belongs

Altough Quito has activities for several days, there are also places worth visiting just outside Quito at a relative short distance, in different directions towards the country side and surroundings of the capital city. Where Quito can be an excellent base for day tours or over night tours close to Quito.

MIndo day tour from Quito,this day, you will enjoy a unique and comfy experience, we will pick you up from your hotel in Quito or from any of the airport hotels at 8am to start with this adventure, while driving towards the north end of Quito, you will go through different neighborhoods and have the chance to see part of the long narrow city and its intricate topography. Our first stop will be at the Pululahua inhabited crater and geo-botanical reserve to observe it from a panoramic lookout and learn some facts about this interesting place. Next

There are four main ways to get from the Quito Airport to Baños, they all have advantages and disadvantages, that we mention on this short but helpfull article and, hope you make the best decision for getting from Quito airport to Baños 1.- Bus 2.- Tour3.- Transfer services/Taxi 4.- Private Transportation, car rental