GENERAL

www.mmrree.gov.ec Ministry of Foreign Affairs (useful for news)
www.britembquito.org.ec British Embassy in Quito
http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/ British Embassy Travel Advice for Ecuador
ecuador.embassyhomepage.com Ecuadorian Embassy in the UK

QUITO

www.quito.com.ec Quito's official tourism portal
www.my-Quito.com A personal guide for visitors to Quito
www.in-quito.com Comprehensive and informative site

TOUR OPERATORS

www.akdmc.com
www.ecuadoradventure.ec
www.galapagostour.com
www.allecuadortravel.com
www.ariesbikecompany.com
www.companiadeguias.com.ec
www.ecoandestravel.com
www.ecoventura.com
www.ecuadoramazing.com
www.ecuadorianjourneys.com
www.mirametours.com
www.nomadtrek.com
www.nuevomundotravel.com
www.palmarvoyages.com
www.metropolitan-touring.com
www.quasarnautica.com
www.galasam.com
www.southamericantours.com
www.grayline.com
www.cotococha.com
www.explorecuador.com
www.surtrek.com
www.rwittmer.com
www.galapagosecuador.com
www.greenpacific.com
www.georeisentours.com
www.bikingdutchman.com
www.advantagecuador.com
www.ecuadornaturexpeditions.com
www.enchantedexpeditions.com
www.ecuadoriantours.com
www.oceanadventures.com.ec
www.yacuamu.com
www.gentiantrails.com
www.lata.org Go here for the Latin American Travel Association's list of Ecuador operators in the UK
www.palmarvoyages.com
www.transcord.com

GENERAL ECUADOR LINKS

www.samexplo.org The South American Explorers
www.ecuadorexplorer.com Very good facts and information site
www.vivecuador.com Ministry of Tourism's site
www.away.com/southamerica Useful site
www.ecuador-pictures.org Some great images
www.ecoturismo.org.ec Ecuadorian Ecotourism Association and information site
www.travel-ecuador.net good site from the authors of the Hunter Guide to Ecuador
www.ecuadorial.com useful site by various guidebook writers

PARKS

www.ambiente.gov.ec (Ministry of the Environment (del Ambiente)) In Spanish. Look for Areas Proegidas en the Mapa del Site section.

MUSEUMS

www.museos-ecuador.bce.ec (Spanish)
www.museos-ecuador.bce.ec (English)
www.ilam.org/ec/ec.html
www.vivecuador.com/html2/eng/museums.htm
www.abyayala.org Runs the Museo Amazónico in Quito, and also a publisher

AIRLINES

www.tame.com TAME
www.icaro.com.ec Icaro
www.aerogal.com.ec AeroGal
www.lan.com LAN (flies internationally, but always via Guayaquil)

GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS

The International Galápagos Tour Operators' Association
The Charles Darwin Foundation
The Galápagos Coalition (of scientists, lawyers and biologists)
The author and guide Michael Jackson
Galápagos Chamber of Tourism
Galápagos Conservation Trust (UK)
Galápagos National Park site
Ferraro Films: Venezuela film maker's site with excellent footage and still of the Galapagos Islands

MEDIA

www.explored.com.ec/expagina/linkecua/peri.htm List of all Ecuadorian newspapers online
www.elcomercio.com National - based in Quito
www.eluniverso.com National - based in Guayaquil
www.washingtonpost.com
www.iht.com
www.bbc.co.uk