This April 2010 edition is the most up-to-date guide to Ecuador available anywhere. Ecuador has everything travelers comes for in South America: beaches, mountains, cloud forests, meandering jungle rivers and charming colonial cities. It also has something you won't find anywhere else: the otherworldly Galapagos Islands. VIVA's Quito-based team will point you in all the right directions. With this guidebook, you can -Navigate the magnificent Galapagos Islands by land, air and sea -Trek through the alpine valleys and misty cloud forests of the Andes -Hang your hammock at wild, hidden beaches or in steamy jungle villages -Party like a local during the Fiestas de Quito, Guaranda's Carnaval or any Saturday night in Atacames.