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HIGHEST ECUADOR MOUNTAINS IN THE ANDES MOUNTAIN RANGE

How visit Ecuador's Highest Mountains

Let us help you to organize splendid visit to  Ecuador highest Andes Mountain, Chimborazo, and many other famous high mountains of Ecuador along the world famous Avenue of the Volcanoes, so dubbed by the famous German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt. In 1802 he dubbed the Central Andes Valley the "Avenida de los Volcanes" or Volcano Avenue referring to volcanoes of the central and northern Andes Mountain Range of Ecuador, that flank the central valley.

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Andes Mountain Range of Ecuador

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ANDES HIGHLANDS EXPEDITIONS TO ECUADOR's LANDMARKS

Almost 20% of Ecuador is protected as national park or other protected areas. In fact, Ecuador's Andes mountain range is great for hiking and mountain climbing. Your best option to hike them are during our National Parks Tours.

For getting to know the paramo, Cajas National Park is a very good choice, although other great parks include, El Angel Ecological Reserve, Cotopaxi National Park, Chimborazo wildlife Reserve, Sangay National Park, Cotacachi-Cayapas Ecological Reserve, Cayambe Coca Reserve, etc.

As tiny as they are, the Andes Tulips, as the locals call them - in reality they are gentians - are our favorite Andes flower.

Fauna of the Andes of Ecuador

WATERFALLS ARE TOP ECUADOR LANDMARKS

Ecuador is a nation of great quantities of water, with splendid lakes, like Lake San Pablo, and fascinating waterfalls, such as San Rafael and Peguche Waterfalls.

SNOW CAPS ECUADOR HIGHEST MOUNTAINS, THE HIGHLIHGTS OF ECUADOR's ANDES MOUNTAIN RANGE

Ecuador's Snow-capped highest mountains.

Many of the Snow-capped volcanoes are very active, such as the Cotopaxi, the world's highest active volcano, the 5,230 m high Sangay, the Antisana and the Cayambe,  the latter located right on the equator. From left to right, top to bottoms: Chimborazo, the world's highes volcano and highest point from the center of the earth. The Cayambe, the world's only snow-capped mountain on the equator as seen from the Papallacta hot springs, the Tunguragua rising over the thermal bath town of Banos, the Antisana, the Cotopaxi and the Sangay.

Other extremely active non-snowcapped volcanoes are the Chacana, Guagua, Pichincha, Reventador, Sumaco, and Tungurahua, most of which are located in national parks.

Tunguragua Volcano.

The Tunguragua Volcano is one of the most active volcanoes in South America. Other extremely active volcanoes include the Reventador and the Sangay.

Join us on our Ecuador Andes Expeditions

Some people like to make a trip switch backing from one destination in the Central Valley to another, while others like to do their hiking & biking in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador from a few centers of operation, like Quito, Otavalo and Cuenca. Whatever your prefer, we can help you plan it and arrange the logistics and accommodation. We can even arrange for bicycles if you like.

HIGHEST ECUADOR MOUNTAINS IN THE ANDES MOUNTAIN RANGE