Equator Museum

As we drove to the equator our guide started off by explaing the current local political landscape of Ecuador which gave us a local insight to the situation compared to what we had heard in Australia. It was also explained how Covid impacted Ecuadors control over the cartels and their ability to expand their influence during the pandemic.
We then visited Puluahua, a volcano that is still active with a 12km caldera and had a village still living inside it.

The morning was capped off by visiting the Intiñan museum which lies on the equator. Intiñan translates to "the path of the sun" in the indigenous language Quechua. At this location we learnt about the importance of the solstices to the indigenous people and how they utilised sun dials to determine the season of the year and what to do with their crops.Read more