2 Hidden Destinations in South America

Ecuador

Destinations

Bosque Petrificado Puyango

Ecuador · Loja Province

Imagine walking through a fossilized forest older than the dinosaurs, where trees lie calcified as if frozen mid-fall 100 million years ago.

This remote geological wonder is home to one of the largest concentrations of petrified wood in South America, with some fossilized trees me...

Cueva de los Tayos

Ecuador · Morona Santiago

Deep within the Ecuadorian Amazon lies a legendary cave system, rumored to hold an ancient metallic library and a gateway to another world.

This colossal limestone cave, sacred to the indigenous Shuar people, plunges hundreds of feet into the earth, harboring unique geology and b...