6 Day Galapagos Express - Friday Departure
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Tour Itinerary
Your Galapagos itinerary may vary according to weather conditions, seasonal changes, safety issues and wildlife migration patterns.
DAY 1, Friday - Depart for EcuadorDepart for Ecuador. Arrive in Quito, Ecuador's capital city; transfer to your hotelPlease note flights may arrive in the very early morning of day 2
Overnight: Quito
DAY 2, Saturday - Full Day in Quito
Spend the day at leisure or join the optional Full Day Quito City Tour & Middle of the World with Lunch. Walk along the narrow cobblestone streets and feel the charm of 16th century Quito. See the Independence Plaza, the Cathedral, Presidential Palace, and the Archbishop's Palace before visiting La Compañia de Jesus Church, with its beautiful gilded interior or the Church and Monastery of San Francisco, one of the great religious buildings of the New World with its impressive facade and atrium. Afterward, visit the Middle of the World Monument, located at a latitude of 0º, and stand with one foot in the Northern and one in the Southern Hemisphere
Optional: Full Day Quito City Tour & Middle of the World with Lunch
Overnight: Quito
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 3, Sunday - Galapagos Islands, Baltra, Charles Darwin Research Station
Embark this morning on a journey to the "beginning of time" as you transfer to the airport for the flight to the astonishing Galapagos Archipelago of volcanic islands, five million years in the making. Arrive at Baltra Airport, meet your naturalist guides and transfer by ferry to Santa Cruz. Continue by bus to El Chato Tortoise Reserve and see their natural habitat. Tortoises can be seen grazing on the vegetation, wallowing in muddy banks or in the small red ponds. The area is teeming with wildlife, including woodpecker finches, mockingbirds, flycatchers, as well as ducks, herons, and gallinules. After lunch, visit the Charles Darwin Research Station and the Fausto Llerena Giant Tortoise Breeding Center. Gain insight into the huge efforts being made by scientists, guides, rangers, and park managers to preserve this UNESCO World Heritage Site. Continue to your hotel for an evening at leisure
Overnight: Galapagos
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
DAY 4, Monday - Full Day in Galapagos
Today is free to explore the Galapagos at your own pace. Perhaps, join the optional Full Day North Seymour Island with lunch. Head by boat to North Seymour Island, which was lifted from the ocean floor by a seismic event. Cliffs that are only a few feet high form the shoreline, where swallow-tailed gulls sit perched on ledges and a tiny forest of silver-grey Palo Santo trees stand just above the landing. This island is teeming with life! You might have to give the right-of-way to a passing sea lion or a marine iguana. Along the way, perhaps you may see the famous Galapagos blue-footed booby nesting beside the trail, or spot flocks of pelicans in a feeding frenzy. Keep on the lookout for the magnificent frigate bird, with its puffed-up scarlet throat sack, perched in low bushes watching over their chicks. Head to an isolated beach for a refreshing swim, or snorkel along the coast
Optional: Full Day North Seymour Island with lunch
Overnight: Galapagos
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 5, Tuesday - Full Day in Galapagos
Spend the day at leisure, or choose the optional Full Day Bartolomé Island with lunch. Travel by boat to the golden beaches of Bartolomé Island, dominated by the iconic Pinnacle Rock, an impressive towering lava structure that rises from the ocean's edge. View an astonishing array of wildlife including Galapagos penguins, sea lions, turtles, and a huge variety of fish. After snorkeling and swimming, option for a steep hike to the summit of this diminutive island with fantastic panoramic views of the archipelago
Optional: Full Day Bartolomé Island with lunch
Overnight: Galapagos
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 6, Wednesday - Flight to Quito, Depart Ecuador
This morning, on your way to Baltra, stop at Los Gemelos (twin sinkholes) to view the great depressions of volcanic material formed by a long process of the sinking ground, and the exceptional view of Scalesia trees, ferns, mosses, and orchids. Then, proceed to the airport for your flight to Quito. Passengers leaving Quito on day 6 should select flights that depart no earlier than 8 PM
Meals: Breakfast
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Optional tours and gratuities.
Additional Information:
The route and program may vary according to weather conditions, seasonal changes, safety issues and wildlife migration patterns. Wildlife and visits listed in the itinerary are based upon optimal conditions and therefore subject to change.
Passengers departing from Quito on day 6 should select flights that depart no earlier than 8 PM.
Sturdy shoes are recommended for this program.
The optional Full Day North Seymour Island and Full Day Bartolomé Island tours need to be booked in advance, and are subject to availability after 60 days prior to departure. Please plan ahead to avoid disappointment.
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Hilton Colon Quito
This deluxe hotel is located in the heart of Ecuador's capital with easy access to the financial district and the colonial sector of the city.
Grand Hotel Leon Marino Galapagos
This tourist class hotel is located in the town of Puerto Ayora, in the southern shore of Santa Cruz Island.
Grand Hotel Leon Marino Galapagos
This tourist class hotel is located in the town of Puerto Ayora, in the southern shore of Santa Cruz Island.
Grand Hotel Leon Marino Galapagos
This tourist class hotel is located in the town of Puerto Ayora, in the southern shore of Santa Cruz Island.
Grand Hotel Leon Marino Galapagos
This tourist class hotel is located in the town of Puerto Ayora, in the southern shore of Santa Cruz Island.
Grand Hotel Leon Marino Galapagos
This tourist class hotel is located in the town of Puerto Ayora, in the southern shore of Santa Cruz Island.
Grand Hotel Leon Marino Galapagos
This tourist class hotel is located in the town of Puerto Ayora, in the southern shore of Santa Cruz Island.
Mainao Hotel
This tourist class hotel is located in the town of Puerto Ayora.
Mainao Hotel
This tourist class hotel is located in the town of Puerto Ayora.
Mainao Hotel
This tourist class hotel is located in the town of Puerto Ayora.
Mainao Hotel
This tourist class hotel is located in the town of Puerto Ayora.
Mainao Hotel
This tourist class hotel is located in the town of Puerto Ayora.
Mainao Hotel
This tourist class hotel is located in the town of Puerto Ayora.
Mainao Hotel
This tourist class hotel is located in the town of Puerto Ayora.
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We could not operate the phone from the first hotel where we stayed (the Hilton) and the 2nd hotel in on the island did not have an English speaking clerk at the office counter, the third hotel in which we stayed did not have hot water