Magical Town of Ecuador

Gualaquiza The Pearl of the Amazon

Where the jungle embraces the mountains, waterfalls sing among orchids, and the Shuar culture guards the secrets of the earth.

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Living Nature

Waterfalls dropping from 80 meters high, ancient caverns, crystal-clear rivers and forests rising between the Eastern Cordillera and the Condor Range — from 600 to 3000 meters above sea level.

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Ancestral Culture

The wisdom of the Shuar people intertwines with colonial traditions. Ancestral medicine, unique crafts, the sacred waterfall ceremony and gastronomy that awakens all the senses.

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Limitless Adventure

Rafting on the Zamora River, spelunking in La Dolorosa Cave, canyoning between waterfalls, exotic bird watching and trails revealing a paradise of butterflies and orchids.

Gualaquiza in numbers
2,151 km²
Extension
16 +
Tourist attractions
10
Parishes
850 msnm
Altitude

"Nature, magic and history are the words that define Gualaquiza — a place of constant discovery."

— Morona Santiago, Ecuadorian Amazon
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