![]() ![]() Offering the spirit of independent travel with a little handholding, this B-Corp listed company is run and led by native, English-speaking guides. Explore aboard Wanderbus: Ecuador’s first hop-on-and-off tour bus makes looped routes nationwide from the capital, Quito. Responsible travel tip: Ecuador’s network of eco-stays, often owned and operated by Indigenous communities, include places like Mashpi Lodge (cloud forest), Black Sheep Inn (Andes) and Kapawi Eco lodge (Amazon). Or head into the cloud forest, the jungle strung between Andes and Amazon lined with hiking trails, a plethora of orchids and the hummingbirds that feed on them. ![]() While on the coast, it’s time for spotting whales, or bagging a mini-Galápagos experience on Isla de la Plata that sits within day-tripping reach of the mainland, complete with blue-footed booby birds, manta rays and green turtles. It’s also dry season when the Amazon is less muggy, buggy and boggy, thus great for wildlife watching and clear Andean skies allow exceptional views of towering volcanoes, Spanish-settled cities and colourful market towns. You can travel from high-altitude Andes to deep Amazon, the Pacific coast and beyond in a two-three-week trip, making this a South America-in-microcosm experience you don’t need a sabbatical for.Īugust is Ecuadorian winter, when you’ll need a light jacket and a woolly hat at higher altitudes. EcuadorĪ land of geographical extremes, Ecuador has record biodiversity and wildly contrasting topography. In places like South America, the dry season comes with great wildlife watching opportunities, while in Kenya and Tanzania, August is the time for migration safaris when river crossings, and the most spectacular mass wildlife spectacles take place. The southern hemisphere experiences its winter now, which can mean better value deals and less competition for tours and accommodation. It's worth thinking of alternatives if you want more than a packed fly-and-flop beach break or an overheated European city visit where half the venues are closed for the summer.Īugust is a great time for families to head to far flung destinations when most have more travel time available. It’s a prime time to be in Europe but you need to be nimble to avoid the crowds and escalating prices across the Med and beaches radiating beyond. Travel in August is all about being canny. This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). ![]()
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