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TROPIC - Journeys in Nature
Is our award–winning ecotourism company which has been operating in Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands since 1994. TROPIC provides high quality travel experiences in Ecuador’s most spectacular natural areas in the company of its native peoples. As part of our commitment to community development, TROPIC is supporting the promotion of a number of community based tourism projects in Ecuador.Planeta.com
Global Journal of Practical Ecotourism The internet's foremost clearinghouse of environmental news and ecotourism information
ECUADOR, Ministry of Tourism
Official travel information for Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands from the Ministry of Tourism of Ecuador
The International Ecotourism Society
TIES represents a growing membership of international tourism practitioners and professionals
ASEC
Tropic is proud member of the Ecuadorian Ecotourism association and active member of the board.
Rainforest Alliance
The Rainforest Alliance's Sustainable Tourism Program works with tourism entrepreneurs and community-based businesses in Latin America.
Tropic Journeys in Nature and Rainforest Alliance have established an alliance to work with the operator’s suppliers in Best Management Practices in Sustainable Tourism Program since 2005.
Tropic joint ventures with Rainforest Alliance promoting sustainable tourism:
A Sustainable Alliance with the Huaorani of Ecuador
Travel Daily News
Asian PR news
Green Media Toolshed
Smart Voyager Program
The program awards its green seal of approval to tour boat operators in the Galapagos Islands who meet a set of strict conservation standards for protecting the environment, wildlife and the well-being of workers and local communities
Matthew Gorman Interviews Andy Drumm
If you would like to know more about Tropic Ecological Adventures, Tourism in Ecuador and Sustainable Development.
Nativeweb
An excellent worldwide indigenous resource.
Die Huaorani Webpage auf Deutsch
Rainforest Action Network
RAN works to protect the Earth's rainforests and support the rights of their inhabitants through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action.
The Pachamama Alliance
The Mission of The Pachamama Alliance is to halt the destruction of the Earth's tropical rainforests and the loss of its indigenous cultures and to contribute to the creation of a new global vision of equity and sustainability for all.Galapagos Islands
In the company of our expert bilingual naturalist guides, and aboard one of our comfortable vessels with experienced and helpful crew, these wonderful encounters are everyday occurrences in Galapagos.
Wildlife here shows no fear of humans, making it possible to safely interact and examine their breath-taking beauty up close. Our clients might swim with sea lion pups, sunbathe with marine iguanas or simply marvel at leaping dolphins in the clear blue waters.Amazon Rainforest:
Plumes of squawking parakeets color the sky as they swirl above the dense green forest canopy. Screaming pihas punctuate the myriad calls of katydids and the chorus of tiny frogs. The Amazon is well known for its rich biodiversity, yet in the small piece of the Amazon Basin that falls within Ecuador’s borders, species diversity is off the charts. All converge to assail the senses with the ultimate ‘sensurround’, 3-D experience – The Amazon.
The Huaorani, Secoyas and other natives tribes share the Amazon ecosystem with all other living things, you can see this world through their eyes, and learn what It means for the rainforest to be their home.Cloud Forest:
The cloud forest is an ecosystem where, for much of the year, the mist-shrouded trees bend under the weight of moisture-filled mosses, ferns, bromeliads and other epiphytes. On the slopes of the Andes between the rainforest and the Paramo, the cloud-forest is the home to the spectacle bear.
An enormous diversity of bird species also inhabits this ecosystem including the spectacular Toucan Barbet and Crimson-Rumped Toucanet, named as ‘important bird area’ over 550 species of birds have been seen just in this zone and is home of five globally threatened and 36 endemic species.Andes highlands
The rich soils in the Inter Andean Valley of the Volcanoie made this the center of the Spanish colonization of the Northern Andes. These places allow us to plan forays into the surrounding national parks, native communities and markets to our clients. These colonial vestiges are within Quichua-speaking world filled with skilled artisans and cowboys.
Explore the hustle and genuine bustle of a local market day at Saquisili or Otavalo in the morning and spend the afternoon on the snow-capped peak and slopes of Cotopaxi, the world’s highest active volcano, or relax in the open air geothermal springs at the Cayambe Coca Ecological reserve.Pacific Coast:
Famous for its cultural mixture and history, the Pacific coast is a testimony to Ecuador’s oldest pre – Incan cultures.
Besides its cultural richness, the coast of Ecuador possesses a great variety of ecosystems such as mangrove, dry and rainy forest and coral reefs.
Our Pacific coast also receives every year from June to October a group of very special guests: humpback whales. The feeling of seeing a whale for the first time at sea is a mysterious, elemental and deeply moving experience.
Vivecuador.com
Ecuadorian Ecotourism Association
Proud active member of the board y abajo member since 1994.The International Ecotourism Society abajo
Member since 1992.Tourism Chamber of Pichincha
Latin American Travel Association