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Ecuador regionsThe Andes Mountains, which cross the country from north to south, divide continental Ecuador into four distinct geographical regions:

The Andes / Sierra
The Coast / Costa
The Amazon / Oriente
The Galapagos Islands

Despite its small size, the country boasts 24 different ecological life zones - from tropical rainforest to mangrove swamps to high altitude grasslands called paramo – making Ecuador more topographically diverse than the continental U.S.

Politically and administratively, Ecuador is divided in 22 provinces: 5 in the Costa, 10 in la Sierra, 6 in the Oriente, and 1 in the Galapagos Islands.

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Hip Ecuador is dedicated to providing the traveller to our small but beautiful South American country with up-to-date information, help and advice. On Hip Ecuador, you’ll find all you need to know about the ... read more
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A twin chain of Andean peaks, the Avenue of Volcanoes, cuts through the centre of Ecuador, from north to south, like the dislocated spine of some fossiliz... read more

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Amazon

Nobody knows how many species of plants and animals live in the tropical rainforests. Conservative estimates suggest a figure of about 30 million spe... read more

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Coast

Though better known for its Andean Mountains, Amazonian rainforest and the unique Galapagos Islands, Ecuador has a long, varied and fascinating coastline ... read more

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Galapagos

Stepping onto a beach on one of the Galapagos Islands you could well find yourself surrounded by dozens of sunbathing sea lions lying about on the sand li... read more

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National Geographic

Yet again the paradox that we know everyone on this planet through 16 other human beings or something like that and that no one remembers how the world was before the internet, made possible the meeting between David de Rothchild and Laszlo Karolyi. David was creating a multiple piece for various media sources from an artistic point of view, all based on the fact that the oil business has a profound influence on theworld’s economy, ecology and people. Being an emerging explorer with the National Geographic Society, an international figure, and above all a human being truly concerned about the seriousness of global warming, he needed a way to explore these issues on a tight schedule. He arrived in Quito with his team which included the world famous Mexican painter Gabriel Orozco, Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin, world’s top portrai... read more

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Adryanna Barros

More or less a year ago, the famous TV presenter from Brazil, Adryanna Barros, was interested in including a short piece about Ecuador in a programme she was doing about Peru. Through the good efforts of HIP Ecuador and its associates we managed to bring her TV crew to Quito and convince her that Ecuador is a subject big enough for a single programme.  We sponsored her travels throughout our beautiful country, using the infrastructure of Exclusive Hotels and Haciendas of Ecuador www.ehhec.com and vehicles supplies by www.rent-4wd.com. Soon enough Adryanna’s view of the future show changed, instead of one programme on Ecuador she ended up making four.  These programmes have been aired and shown on Sao Paola TV ABCD as well as other Brazilian channels with an audience of over 20 million in 13 cities. Other news {loadposition ln... read more

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Passport to Latin America

Literally no one remembers how the world was before the internet and the fact that we know everyone on this planet through 16 other human beings or something like that! A paradox like this has a funny way of working out. Dodger Films in Florida currently produces ‘Passport to Europe’ for the Discovery Channel and now has been commissioned to produce ‘Passport to Latin America’, so the paradox/email/friend ended up with two ends of the wood being put together. TV presenter Samantha Brown, Hollywood producer Sylvia Carminer,   Photography director Gideon Carpenter, Sound Engineer John Scott and Make Up Artist Ruth Tong all arrived in Quito with the goal of filming Episode 114 of Passport to Latin America. Here Hip Ecuador had prepared a bit of a surprise for them, literally all our contacts were activated and the filming ... read more