Rafael Correa

From the food on our tables to the fuel in our cars, crude oil seeps invisibly into almost every part of our modern lives. Yet many of us have little idea of the incredible journey it has made to reach our petrol tanks and plastic bags from its origins millions of years ago.

See Ecuador in a way no visitor has ever seen it before. Guided by former President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, explore the Amazon rainforest, go whale watching off the coast of Manta, shop like a local in a rural town in the Andes Mountains, visit a chocolate farm in Cacao and become mesmerized by the diversity of species only found on the world-famous Galápagos Islands.