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FCDO travel advice for Ecuador. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 2 January 2026

• Warnings and insurance

  Your travel insurance could be invalidated if you travel against advice…

• Entry requirements

  This information is for people travelling on a full ‘British citizen’…

• Safety and security

  You should also read FCDO’s overall travel advice and regional risks…

• Regional risks

  This section has safety advice for regions of Ecuador. It only covers…

• Health

  Before you travel check that: your destination can provide the healthcare…

• Getting help

  The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) cannot provide…

Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients from Ecuador for healthcare practitioners.

• Updated: 7 September 2021

The process when a British national dies in Ecuador, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.

• Updated: 14 April 2025

Information for British citizens moving to or living in Ecuador, including guidance on residency, healthcare and emergencies.

• Updated: 3 February 2026

This guide provides information about being arrested in Andorra and what conditions are like in prison there.

• Updated: 15 January 2026

Find out about cover policy and indicators for countries and territories that are covered by UK Export Finance.

• Updated: 4 February 2026

How you import from and export to the Andean countries.

• Updated: 1 January 2022

Protected wine name with Protected Geographical Indication (PGI)

• Updated: 4 January 2021

Outcome(s) by the Central Arbitration Committee on an application from United Voices of the World.

• Updated: 4 February 2026

Information for British nationals who are victims of rape and sexual assault in Ecuador.

• Updated: 30 August 2024