Ecuadorian eco-resort Mashpi Lodge sits in the middle of the Chocó-Andean forest. Constructed using environmentally friendly techniques, the property is designed to be at one with nature. It's ...

The world is silent as mist swirls about in the tree canopy, and a row of ridges peeks through the cloud forest. As your gondola slowly travels for more than a mile through a steady drizzle, all ...

'Welcome, Mr Moss,” said the rather formal-seeming man with thinning hair. “Let me take you to your room.” I followed as he carried my case across a bare grey floor. “This will be your home for four ...

Ecuador is home to some fabulous nature and wildlife opportunities, ranging from the Galapagos Islands to the cloud forests of the Andes. Yet only three hours from urban Quito, you'll find one of the ...

Old Eco: Build the lodge on the border of a national reserve, to take advantage of its abundant wildlife. New Eco: Become the reserve. Mashpi created a 42,000-acre protected area and employs an ...

Sitting in the six-acre Mashpi Reserve, the lodge offers complete immersion in the Choco rainforest. It’s a three-hour drive across the equator from Quito (Mashpi has its own car and minibus service ...

Despite being a small country, Ecuador is amazingly diverse. What it lacks in physical size it more than makes up for in unique cultural history, four distinct geographical regions and rich ...

It’s not often you get to appreciate the sound of silence. Suspended in an open gondola high above Ecuador’s Mindo cloud forest, we were enjoying an 'almost silence' – a hushed reverie interrupted by ...