Prices from $750 per person, per person based on two travelers in double occupancy
Rates vary with category of rooms selected at hotels and optional excursions. Please contact Latin Excursions for a quote.
Included: Accommodations in selected properties; Private and shared excursions/activities with bilingual guides, as noted (shared on Ocean Spray and at Mashpi Lodge, otherwise in private); Entrance fees for scheduled sightseeing; Meals as noted.
Included for Galapagos Cruise: All meals throughout the cruise; Soft drinks and juices; Champagne reception; Complimentary fruit platter; Galapagos National Park certified guide, bilingual; Use of snorkeling gear, wetsuits and kayaks; Galapagos National Park Fees ($100 per person); Ingala transit control cards ($20 per person).
Included for Amazon Program: Accommodations; All meals; Daily guided excursions to primary forest, aerial tram, rivers and lagoons along the reserve, and specialized lectures; Rain ponchos and rubber boots; Meals, as noted (B: breakfast, L: lunch, D: dinner); 24x7 in country support during your travels.
Not Included: International flights; Round-trip Galapagos flights (Quito-Baltra-Quito), quoted separately; Passport fees and airport taxes, if applicable; Any taxes not contemplated at time of quoting; Gratuities to guides, drivers and hotel/cruise staff; Any activities/tours or meals not included above; Personal expenses such as communications charges, room service, spa services; Alcoholic beverages; Early check-in or late check-out of hotels; Excess baggage fees; Expenses incurred en-route to or from Ecuador as a result of cancellations or delays; Traveler insurance (highly recommended).
Nature lovers can check off everything on their bucket list with this comprehensive two-week adventure of Ecuador’s Andes mountains, Galapagos islands, and Amazonia. What could be better than exploring the Andes–Western World’s highest peaks–then snorkeling with sea lions and experiencing the legendary exotic wildlife and geology that has inspired scientists and naturalists for nearly 200 years. Then conclude with a journey deep into Amazon jungle, where the vast majority of the world’s plant and wildlife species reside – species you won’t see anywhere else, ever.
Itinerary
Day1
Day1
Arrive in Quito
Welcome to Ecuador! On arrival in Quito, you are greeted at the international airport by your local English-speaking guide and privately transferred to your boutique hotel in the historical city center.
Overnight Casa Gangotena, Plaza Grande, or Casona La Ronda
Day2
Day2
Quito
Spend the morning at leisure. In the afternoon, you are met at your hotel for a half-day private guided excursion.
Activity Options:
Private tour of Quito’s colonial churches or insiders look at the country’s finest Pre-Columbian art collection
Spectacular horseback riding in high Andes near Quito
2-3 hour hike and birdwatching with Naturalist guide through nearby cloud forest to see hummingbirds and flora
Overnight Casa Gangotena, Plaza Grande, or Casona La Ronda
Meals B
Day3
Day3
Galapagos Islands
This morning, take your private transfer to Quito airport for flight to the Galapagos Islands.
Flight: Quito to Baltra, Galapagos (via Guayaquil)
Be met at Baltra airport by your naturalist guide and transfer to embark your boat to begin your 5D/4N cruise through the Galapagos Islands! This afternoon, enjoy your first Galapagos excursion to one of the islands.
Overnight Aboard selected boat such as Ocean Spray, La Pinta, Santa Cruz II, or similar boats
Meals B,L,D
Day4-6
Day4-6
Galapagos Islands
Over the next three days, explore the Galapagos by boat with daily morning and afternoon landings and excursions.
Overnight Aboard selected boat such as Ocean Spray, La Pinta, Santa Cruz II, or similar boats
Meals B,L,D
Day7
Day7
Galapagos Islands / Lodge Santa Cruz Island
Enjoy your last morning excursion of your Galapagos cruise. While the other cruise guests take their return flight back to the mainland, you are met by your private naturalist guide at Baltra airport and to be transferred across the Itabaca Channel to Santa Cruz Island.
Enjoy lunch in town and visit the Charles Darwin Research Station before transferring to your new home base for your Galapagos land program. Spend the rest of afternoon at your leisure.
Overnight Options:
The Safari Camp has a circuit that takes you up two natural volcanic formations and viewpoints, where you’ll appreciate much of the native flora of the area, including scalesia, guayabillo, and palo santo, and get acquainted with the finches, warblers, fly-catchers, Galapagos Doves, and with any luck, the Galapagos Rail. End the day with a sunset cocktail, followed by dinner.
Pikaia Lodge offers guided tours of their very own wild great tortoise reserve. Or wonder along the white sand beaches, or check into the Sumaq Spa for some relaxation and pampering.
Overnight Galapagos Safari Camp, or Pikaia Lodge, or Private villa
Meals B,L,D
Day8
Day8
Galapagos Safari Camp or Pikaiai Lodge
Activity Options:
• Specially custom designed program highlight the interests of your family such as special nature
• Full-day shared scuba diving excursion from Puerto Ayora. Visit two dive sites (location is determined by weather conditions the day prior), with maximum 1 hour immersion at each
• Visit and tour of farm with two natural volcanic formations where you can observe the native plants and wildlife
• Tortoise Reserve visit to see giant tortoises roaming the ponds; visit nearby lava tunnels as well
• Visit Cerro Mesa that offers dramatic views and has the largest crater on Santa Cruz. After lunch, visit Garrapatero beach: mangroves, black lava, white sand, busy coastal bird life, small pink flamingo lagoon; kayaking and mountain biking excursions also available on request
This evening, return to your lodge for relaxation time and dinner.
Overnight Galapagos Safari Camp, or Pikaia Lodge, or Private villa
Meals B,L,D
Day9
Day9
Galapagos Safari Camp or Pikaiai Lodge
Early in the morning, visit a Giant Galapagos Tortoise reserve with your private guide (this is a different reserve from the one visited during cruise). Then, continue to an organic coffee farm to learn more about sustainable farming in the Galapagos and to sample some local coffee. Afterwards, you are driven to the eastern part of the island for a hike at Cerro Mesa. At 490m above sea level, Cerro Mesa Reserve offers spectacular views of the largest crater on Santa Cruz Island, exotic plants, and seven unique subspecies of finch and the elusive vermilion flycatcher. Following lunch, explore Garrapatero Beach, with stunning contrasts of mangroves, black lava, white sand, and turquoise water — including a flamingo lagoon. Kayaking and mountain biking are optional here as well.
Overnight Galapagos Safari Camp, or Pikaia Lodge, or Private villa
Meals B,L,D
Day10
Day10
Galapagos Safari Camp or Pikaiai Lodge
Activity Options:
• With your private guide, hike to Puntudo and Cerro Crocker or Media Luna (this is a more demanding hike but offers great views and amazing wildlife; highest point on the island and great for birdwatching). Continue to Puerto Ayora for lunch, followed by snorkeling at Las Grietas or a one-mile walk at Tortuga Bay with swimming and relaxation time.
• Scuba diving excursion
• Sea kayaking or snorkeling excursion with private guide
Overnight Galapagos Safari Camp, or Pikaia Lodge, or Private villa
Meals B,L,D
Day11
Day11
Galapagos Islands / Quito
On your last day in Galapagos Islands, have a leisurely morning or take a sunrise walk on the property before transferring to the airport for your return flight to the mainland.
Flight Baltra, Galapagos Islands to Quito (via Guayaquil)
Airport reception at Quito airport upon arrival.
Overnight Wyndham Airport Hotel
Meals B
Day12
Day12
Amazon Adventure
Morning transfer from your Quito Airport Hotel to the Quito airport for your flight to Coca (Ecuadorian Amazon airport), beginning your 4-day Amazon program of your choice. We will help choose the right Amazon program for you.
Accommodation Options:
La Selva Lodge - one of the leading Amazon lodges
Napo Wildlife Center - lodge inside Tupinini National Park
Sacha Lodge - fabulous lodge for birdwatching and wildlife observation
Mashpi Lodge - If you prefer not to fly, but are seeking a cloud forest experience, this luxury lodge on private 3,000-acre cloud forest reserve (3-day Amazon program only for this option)
Overnight Amazon lodge of choice
Meals B,L,D
Day13
Day13
Explore the Ecuadorian Amazon
Spend today exploring the surrounding Amazon rain forest around the lodge, with shared naturalist guides.
Activity Options:
Nature walks
Canopy observation tower or sky bike
Visit butterfly farm or bird clay lick
Waterfall hikes
Nocturnal excursions
Overnight Amazon lodge of choice
Meals B,L,D
Day14
Day14
Explore the Ecuadorian Amazon
Enjoy a second full day exploring the Amazon around the lodge, with shared naturalist guides.
Activity Options:
Nature walks
Canopy observation tower or sky bike
Visit butterfly farm or bird clay lick
Waterfall hikes
Nocturnal excursions
Overnight Amazon lodge of choice
Meals B,L,D
Day15
Day15
Depart Quito
After lunch at your lodge, return to Quito.
Day use of hotel, or overnight in Quito if your flight departs the following day.
Note: If you select Mashpi for your Amazon program, your return to Quito would be a day earlier (return to Quito on day 14).
Meals B