Ecuador Explorer Trips

This tour was a fabulous introduction to this beautiful country with friendly people show casing their lifestyle. The landscape is very dramatic and changes quite quickly. I had never trekked at these altitudes and found the gradual introduction very helpful. Can't quite believe I made it to over 5000m on Chimborazo. The carefully chosen indigenous communities we visited showed the variety of cultures and lifestyles but essential showed people have the same problems the world over it's all about how they choose to deal with those issues. In the main the accomodation was good but I would have preferred to stay another night in Quito rather than return to our first hotel the San Jose, which was a little isolated. I wasn't very keen on the hotel in Rio Bamba + rocky toilet not great- and feel sure more appropriate accomodation could be found closer to Chimborazo. All the Guides were excellent - all the ladies showed a wicked sense of humour. Special shout out to Jason at le Jardin Aleman - his knowledge and field craft were remarkable. Dario and his trusty driver Wilson played such a key role in make Ng this such a memorable trip. Their passion for their country shines through and this together withe their kindness, humour and patience made them the dream team. We also fell lucky with the mix of our fellow explorers as we all seemed to have a similar focus (we weren't a shopping focused group It was a fairly full itinerary but aprming coffee break would have been appreciated and if it was possible to extend by a few days to include a vodysl dot it would be perfect.

Could not recommend this trip more strongly—Oswaldo was a phenomenal guide, and we got to see so many different animals and island landscapes. While I would have loved to stay for a longer tour, 5 days and 4 nights on the boat allowed us to see all of the highlights of the Galapagos. The crew was excellent, my travel group was so much fun, and everything we saw and did was absolutely incredible. Absolute 10/10 trip!!

It was an amazing adventure. Was anxious about travelling in a group but got on really well with everyone. Enjoyed going out for meals with everyone and having a guide to point out what otherwise might have missed. Was nice leaving the organisation to the guide.

We loved all aspects of the tour and the CEOs we had. The aspects of the tour which also supported Planeterra where incredible and helped us feel closer to the communities and culture.

G adventures is at the top of my list now for all future travel. I would have never thought I would have felt comfortable traveling solo until this trip. It has given me the courage and the wings to fly now and go all over the world to the places no one would go with me. I trust G adventures and I look forward to my next adventure which I’m planning now. Thank you for the owners and all the people who carefully create and organize these well planned out experiences. This was a life-changing experience and I’m looking forward to more in the future.

My Gadventures tours to Machu Picchu and the Galapagos Islands was the trip/adventure of a lifetime. I would definately do a Gadventure trip again and am looking at going to Egypt with my husband. I've travelled extensively (packpack trough Australia, SE Asia, Europe; family travel; business travel; we own a home in Barbados and travel frequently). However, I absolutly enjoyed the gadventures trips as the guides on the trips were terrific,, the level of organization was great,, and the opportunties to travel in a small group enabled us to gain a rapport with others from around the world. . I have recommended Gadventures to friends already!