Explore Live Cams in Ecuador

Ecuador takes its name from the equator, which runs right across it, and covers about 109,480 square miles (283,561 km²) on the Pacific coast of South America. In a small space it packs four very different worlds: a warm coast, the volcanic peaks of the Andes, Amazon rainforest in the east and the Galápagos Islands out at sea.

Its most famous natural treasure is the Galápagos, about 600 miles (1,000 km) offshore, where giant tortoises, marine iguanas and fearless sea lions helped inspire Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution. In 1978 the islands were among the first places ever added to UNESCO's World Heritage List. On the mainland, snowy Cotopaxi is one of the highest active volcanoes on Earth.

Ecuador is one of the most species-rich countries on the planet, with around 130 kinds of hummingbirds flitting through its cloud forests. Yasuní National Park in the Amazon is one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, and the Andean condor, the national bird, soars above the high páramo grasslands of the Andes.

Did You Know? Because Earth bulges at the equator, the summit of Ecuador's Chimborazo volcano is the farthest point on the planet from its center, even farther than the top of Everest.

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