Ecuador Handbook including the Galápagos Islands

Moon Handbooks

by julian-smith

Book by Smith, Julian

Genres: Travel

418 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1998

Reviews

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

[2010.08.31] Used in conjunction with Lonely Planet book to plan Ecuador portion (approx 1 week) of Fall 2010 South America trip. Places traveled: Quito, Otavalo. Moon's map for Otavalo was better than LP's in some parts (for example, placement of animal market). Moon also had some good budget lodging recommendations for Otavalo, though some require Spanish to make a reservation.

[Gary Ganong · Rating 4 out of 5]

This guide had excellent coverage of the Galapagos Islands. However it referred to the marine iguanas as mammals (page 325). It also said they reach 20 kg in weight (page 327). The naturalist John Kricher says the biggest marine iguanas reach only 4 kg.