Ecuador’s Pacific Coast is best known for its upmarket resorts interspersed amidst tropical rainforest inhabited by an incredibly diverse variety of wildlife. Visitors can road trip along this spectacular coastline traversing the entire Ecuadorian shoreline. It features glitzy beach resorts, small ports, sleepy villages, lush tropical forests, and pristine stretches of golden-sand beaches. Catch a glimpse of the blue-footed booby, enjoy some of the best surfing on the entire South American Pacific Coast, and discover the 8000-year-old burial grounds of Los Amantes de Sumpa, the famous site of the ‘Lovers of Sumpa’. Don’t miss a visit to the Puyango Petrified Forest, the largest petrified forest in South America covering almost 2500 hectares.

