Andrew Harris Photography

Travel journal / Ecuador

Ecuador

Life among the jungle, mountains and volcanos

A bright bill emerges from green foliage. A monkey sits among branches. An eye appears in the dark opening of a tree.

Photography by Andrew Harris5 photographs

A colourful toucan perched among green leaves
01 / A colourful toucan perched among green leavesSelect a photograph to view full size ↗

A bright bill emerges from green foliage. A monkey sits among branches. An eye appears in the dark opening of a tree.

The forest is present in every frame. Leaves overlap the subjects, branches lead across the pictures, and patches of light reveal animals within the surrounding greenery.

The travel log

Tracing the journey

From cloud forest and high Andes to the Amazon.

Ecuador: Andes, cloud forest and Cuyabeno journey A route from Quito to Mindo and back, south through Cotopaxi and the Quilotoa Loop, east through Baños and Nueva Loja to Cuyabeno, back to Quito, then a return trip to Otavalo. Lines show journey order rather than exact roads. E C U A D O R Quito Mindo Cotopaxi National Park Latacunga Baños Nueva Loja Cuyabeno Reserve Otavalo QUILOTOA LOOP · DETAIL Latacunga Sigchos Isinliví Chugchilán Laguna Quilotoa ECUADORCLOUD FOREST · ANDES · AMAZON
The journey, including return tripsNorthern Ecuador · North ↑

ECUADOR / ITINERARY

The complete journey · Quito to Quito

A toucan in profile on a lichen-covered branch
01 / A toucan in profile on a lichen-covered branch
A monkey sitting among dense forest foliage
02 / A monkey sitting among dense forest foliage
A bird partly visible inside a hollow tree
03 / A bird partly visible inside a hollow tree
A dark-furred monkey seen through leaves and branches
04 / A dark-furred monkey seen through leaves and branches
All photographs © Andrew Harris.

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