The best times to visit the 4 amazing worlds of Ecuador

So, just when is the best time to travel to Ecuador? Ask any tour operator in the country, and they’ll tell you that there’s NEVER a bad time to experience this South American nation.

Still, for those looking to visit our country at “ideal” times — when there’s the least rain, the most days of sunlight, the most comfortable temperature, etc. — we’ve identified those travel windows just for you.

Remember, though, traveling to Ecuador and its distinct and varied regions is almost like journeying to four different countries. So what are these areas?:

1. The Andean Highlands: a colorful patchwork of rolling fields at the feet of majestic mountains with stormy grey clouds simmering up from the jungle beyond.

2. The Galapagos Islands: A Jurassic world of ancient volcanoes and indisputable evidence of the evolution of life on earth

3. Ecuador’s Amazonian rainforest, a virtual Garden of Eden, which — inch for inch — is the most…