Guest Travel Stories from Ecuador

My mom and I have always loved hummingbirds. It’s “our thing.” Watching them at the feeder was a favorite shared activity with my late grandmother—especially in her dementia years, when collecting “yard doo-dads” and birdwatching became the most exciting and accessible thing we could all…

In the Galapagos, travelers trade traffic and screen time for playful swims with sea lions and up-close encounters with penguins, tortoises, dolphins, and iguanas. But pair that with an Amazon River expedition, and you’ve got something even more extraordinary: the closest thing to an African…

In the Ecuadorian Amazon, nature pulses with life. Bird calls, buzzing insects, and the chatter of monkeys echo through vibrant greenery, pulling you into a world that feels deeply, wildly alive. My time at La Selva Lodge with Quasar deepened that connection in ways I…

When you think of a family-owned business, you might picture a son running a local car shop or cousins working together in a cozy café. But how many families have nurtured and sustained a business for nearly forty years, seamlessly blending their relationships and values…