Before visiting Ecuador, the eponymous equator wasn’t the most eagerly-anticipated moment on my bucket list trip. There were giant tortoises to meet, cloud forests to climb and Indigenous markets to ...

This popular tourist destination in Ecuador draws roughly half a million visitors per year, but its primary selling point is actually based on a mistake.

As long ago as 1736 scientists were exploring Ecuador, with, among other goals, the aim of defining and marking the Equator. At some point, the current Mitad del Mundo line was painted proudly on ...

Our trip to Quito also included a trek to Mitad del Mundo, also known as the equator. At the Intiñan Solar Museum you can stand on the official equator, latitude 0-0-0 as measured by GPS.

Stone huts sit just below the line of permanent snow and ice on Ecuador three tallest volcanoes -- 20,701-foot Chimborazo, 19,347-foot Cotopaxi and 18,996-foot Cayambe -- allowing the peaks to ...

Before visiting Ecuador, the eponymous equator wasn’t the most eagerly-anticipated moment on my bucket list trip. There were giant tortoises to meet, cloud forests to climb and Indigenous ...