Use these as starting points. There are many sites that say helpful, critical, optimistic, and cautionary things about Ecuador. Ecuador Informa is not trying to recreate all of them; this page is a curated doorway to useful outside resources. Please suggest links that should be added, and always verify important advice before making legal, medical, financial, visa, real estate, or safety decisions.
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Info for English Speakers
A starting point for Facebook groups, English-language websites, official travel links, and practical community resources in Ecuador.
Facebook groups
National and general Ecuador groups
Local groups
Coast and Manabi
Local groups
Cuenca
Local groups
Quito
Special topics
Food, pets, gardening, and building
Websites
English-language and expat websites
Official links
Travel and embassy information
Discover Ecuador
Cultural and interesting
- Ecuador Informa Event SourcesA working checklist of public pages used to find Ecuador calendar events.
- Hoy en Imbabura - fiestasFestival and event leads for Imbabura, including Cotacachi and Otavalo.
- Energy Half Marathon CotacachiRace information for the Cotacachi 21K, 10K, and 5K.
- Otavalo - Fiestas del YamorOfficial festival source for Otavalo.
- Mindo GAD - festivitiesLocal festivities and cultural-event leads for Mindo.
- Vilcabamba - culture and traditionsAnnual festival leads and local cultural background.