Driving from Ibarra to Mindo: 116 miles, roughly 2 h 52 min without stops. Road by road, 6 places to stop and the State Department advisory.

Plan the Guayaquil to Otavalo road trip: 319 miles (513 km), 7 h 22 min of driving, 8 stops along the way and what the U.S. advisory says about Ecuador.

Driving from Guayaquil to Mindo: 232 miles, roughly 5 h 55 min without stops. Road by road, 3 places to stop and the State Department advisory.

Guayaquil to Puyo: 215 miles (346 km), about 5 h 56 min of driving. The route, U.S. travel advisory for Ecuador and 4 stops on the way.

Babahoyo to Otavalo: 265 miles (426 km), about 6 h 6 min of driving. The route, U.S. travel advisory for Ecuador and 9 stops on the way.

Plan the Otavalo to Chugchilán road trip: 170 miles (274 km), 4 h 18 min of driving, 9 stops along the way and what the U.S. advisory says about Ecuador.

Driving from Esmeraldas to Alausi: 319 miles, roughly 7 h 54 min without stops. Road by road, 6 places to stop and the State Department advisory.

8 stops between Alausi and Mindo, plus the route: 239 miles (384 km), about 5 h 42 min of driving and the U.S. travel advisory level.

8 stops between Otavalo and Alausi, plus the route: 234 miles (376 km), about 5 h 36 min of driving and the U.S. travel advisory level.

Alausi to Papallacta: 206 miles (332 km), about 5 h 10 min of driving. The route, U.S. travel advisory for Ecuador and 6 stops on the way.