
There were four of them and seven of us -- four wild bulls with mature horns and an unfriendly posture eying the seven of us, five greenhorns and two chagras (Ecuadorian cowboys) on horseback in the Ecuadorian Andes.

Two weeks exploring Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands.

The Amazon is ripe with biodiversity, teeming with more endemic species of plants and animals that have yet to be counted. It's the rainforest's rivers that create the corridor for travelling into this lush wilderness.

Riding amongst the Andean Codillera can combine a host of pleasures. Canter across vast grassy plains, flanked by snow-capped v…