Ecuador and Galapagos tour 15 days

Quito Tour middle of the world museum, old town, churches and Panecillo Virgin

• Breakfast
• Our guide is going o pick you up in the hotel to have the best experience in visiting Quito, places to know
• middle of the world museum, we have 2 museums “Inti-ñan”  you are going to have the best explication about cultures in Ecuador and with experiment, we can check that the equator line passes over there
• Time to visit Pululahu view point,  can you believe that people live inside a crater? it is possible only in Pululahu Crater.
• Time to have a delicious lunch
• Visit Quito old town, our tour star with La Basilica del Voto Nacional Church, after that the Plaza de la Independencia where you can see buildings such as Carondelet Palace, Catedral Chuch, and the main Independence Monument in the center square.
• Visit La Compañia Church the most beautiful altar bathed in gold.
• Time to see San Francisco Church
• Visit Panecillo virgin

Details:

• Activities: Walking

• What do you bring: Sunscreen, comfortable shoes, Light clothing, Binoculars, a Camera, Jacket or sweater

• Include: Private transportation and guide, Breakfast, night accommodation

• Not Included: Lunch and dinner, entrada fee to Museums or Churches

Santa Cruz Island

• Arrival to Galapagos Island, Baltra Airport.
• Transfer from Baltra Airport to Santa Cruz Island
• Visit the Highlands or Bay Tour in Santa Cruz (Galapagos Natural Life Travel Agency, will select the best option for you according to the arrival time of your flights.)
• Lunch
• Briefing for next day activities

Places to Visit:

• Highlands: Visit to the El Chato 1, El Chato 2 or Primicias Farm, in any of these you can see the Giant Galapagos Tortoises and the typical vegetation of Galapagos.

Or

• Bay Tour: It’s an interesting tour in where you could visit these places: The Dog’s Beach, Love Channel, Shark’s channel and Las Grietas.

1. Channel of Love
   It is a wonderful vantage point ideal for photographs, where the turquoise water and the geological formations that resembles natural Jacuzzi accompanied by flora make this scene a romantic place.
2. Beach of the dogs
   Called thus for being habitat of the Crab of Galápagos that can grow up to 20 centimeters. In addition, we will observe colonies of marine iguanas and enjoy a landscape view.
3. Channel of the Sharks
   It is a viewpoint where we can appreciate the Galapagos sharks resting thanks to the marine currents that converge in this unique geological formation.
4. The Cracks
   Wonderful landscape is formed by interesting lava figures that form two gigantic walls crossed by an arm of brackish water that mixes with the sea water recommended for swimming and diving surface due to the transparency of its waters.

Details:

• Animals to see: Giant turtles, sea lions, sea turtles, reef fish, blue footed boobies and sharks.

• Activities: Trekking and Snorkeling

• What do you bring: Sunscream, Repellent, Light clothing, Binoculars, Camera, swimsuit and water.

• Include: Professional bilingual guide, Transport, Lunch, Hotel Accommodation and Snorkeling Equipment.

• Not Included: Lobbito Buss $5, Dinner, Tips and Additional Expenses.

Notes:

• The activities in the water are just If you take the bay tour.
• We can’t guarantee that you will see all the animals since they are wildlife.
• If it is only a passenger, the first day does not include a guide

Bartolome Island or North Seymour or Floreana Island (Just one of them)

Bartolome Island 

• • Pick up from your Hotel in Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island.
  • Departure Time at from 06:00 am. to 07:00 am.
  • Transfer from Ayora Port to Itabaca Channel. (45 minutes)
  • Sailing time from Itabaca Channel to Bartolome Island. (2 hour)
  • Arrival to Bartolome Island at 08:45 am. aprpoximately.
  • 2 Hours of hiking in Bartolome island
  • Lunch
  • Snorkeling in Sullivan Bay
  • Return to Santa Cruz at 14:15 pm
  • Arrival to Santa Cruz at 17:00 pm approximately.
  • Transfer to your Hotel
  • Briefing for next day activities

  Places to Visit:

  • Bartolome Island:Named in honor of Sir Bartholomew Sulivan of the British Navy. It has an area of ​​1.2 km² and a maximum altitude of 114 meters. This island offers some of the most beautiful landscapes of the archipelago. The island is composed of an extinct volcano and a variety of red, orange, green and bright black volcanic formations. The lava cactus of the Galapagos colonize the new lava fields. On this island is the famous Pinnacle, which is one of the most representative places of the archipelago. Here you can dive and snorkel with penguins, sea lions, white tip reef sharks and other tropical fish. Seasonally, Bartolomé is the mating and nesting site of the green turtle. The bay is also an excellent place to go swimming. The twin bays are separated by a narrow isthmus.
  • Sullivan Bay: This unique landscape is composed of a pair of eroded scoria lava cones which were engulfed by a recent (in geological terms) pahoehoe lava flow and which is considered one of the finest in the world.

Details:

• Animals to see: Sea lions, reef fish, sea turtle, penguins.

• Activities: Hiking and Snorkeling

• What do you bring: Sunscream, Repellent, Light clothing, Binoculars, Camera, swimsuit.

• Include: Breakfast, Professional bilingual guide, Transport, Lunch,Snack, Water, Hotel Accommodation and Snorkeling Equipment.

• Not Included: Dinner, Tips and Additional Expenses.

Notes :

• We can’t guarantee that you will see all the animals, since they are in wildlife.

Santa Cruz Island

Visit Tortuga Bay: It is a very beautiful beach of fine white sand where people can swim quietly and observe species of terrestrial iguanas and crabs.

Lunch

Bay Tour: It’s an interesting tour in which you could visit these places: The Dog’s Beach, Love Channel, Shark’s channel, and Las Grietas.

1. Channel of Love
   It is a wonderful vantage point ideal for photographs, where the turquoise water and the geological formations that resembles natural Jacuzzi accompanied by flora make this scene a romantic place.
2. Beach of the dogs
   Called thus for being habitat of the Crab of Galápagos that can grow up to 20 centimeters. In addition, we will observe colonies of marine iguanas and enjoy a landscape view.
3. Channel of the Sharks
   It is a viewpoint where we can appreciate the Galapagos sharks resting thanks to the marine currents that converge in this unique geological formation.
4. Las Grietas
   Wonderful landscape is formed by interesting lava figures that form two gigantic walls crossed by an arm of brackish water that mixes with the seawater recommended for swimming and diving surface due to the transparency of its waters.

Details:

• Animals to see: Giant turtles, sea lions, sea turtles, reef fish, blue-footed boobies, and sharks.

• Activities: Trekking and Snorkeling

• What do you bring: Sunscream, Repellent, Light clothing, Binoculars, Camera, swimsuit and water.

• Include: Professional bilingual guide, Transport, Lunch, Hotel Accommodation, and Snorkeling Equipment.

• Not Included:  Dinner, Tips and Additional Expenses.

Notes:

• The activities in the water are just If you take the bay tour.
• We can’t guarantee that you will see all the animals, since they are in wildlife.
• If it is only a passenger, the first day does not include a guide.

Santa Fe Island

Meeting point: Puerto Ayora’s pier

Meeting point Address: Small square next to the playground

Departure hour: 08h00

Arriving site: Puerto Ayora’s pier

Coming hour: 16h00 approx.

We will meet at Puerto Ayora’s pier early in the morning, beginning the adventure and heading toward Santa Fe Island. Once we have embarked on the Galaxy Daily, we will sail for a couple of hours, during which we will enjoy the view and the soft Galapagos Sea breeze.

During this day of adventure, we will also be able to appreciate the largest species of opuntia cactus and the Galapagos hawk (the largest predator on the island), the blue-footed booby, the Galapagos sea lion, the magnificent frigate birds, and the marine iguana, also known as the Galapagos dragon due to its peculiar appearance.

The landing in Santa Fe will be wet, so we will have to jump on the impressive white sand beach. Several sea lions will immediately receive us, inviting us to start a walk to look for the resident species of Santa Fe.

Once the walk is over, we can enjoy a swim in the Encañada. Here, we can snorkel and observe sea turtles, rays, sea lions, and colorful fish while swimming in this island’s warm, crystalline waters.

In this itinerary, we will enjoy a delicious lunch on board the Galaxy Daily before a short rest and later navigation back to Santa Cruz Island.

Santa Cruz Island to Isabela

• Breakfast
• Pick up from your Hotel in Puerto Ayora to Baltra Airport
• Domestic flight to Isabela Island
• Lunch
• Briefing activities next day
• Night Accommodation in Isabela
• Return Flight.

• What do you bring: Suitcase for 3 days, Sunscream, Repellent, Light clothing, Binoculars, Camera.

• Include Breakfast, Transport, domestic flight to Isabela

• Not Included: $10 Isabela dock fee, dinner

Notes:

• Domestic flight by EMETE, aircraft with a capacity of 10 passengers

Isabela Island – Tuneles Cabo Rosa

• Breakfast
• Pick up from your Hotel in Puerto Villamil, Isabela Island
• Boarding Time at 07:00 am.
• Visit Tunnels
• 2 times for snorkeling. (45 minutes for each one)
• Box Lunch
• Return to Isabela at 16:00 pm
• Arrival to Isabela at 17:00 pm approximately.
• Transfer to your Hotel in Isabela.
• Briefing for next-day activities.

Places to Visit:

• Tunnels: This is one of the most spectacular snorkeling sites in Isabela, the water is shallow, calm, and very clear, a marine sanctuary. A series of lava flows have produced unique geological formations, a series of arches and tunnels, below and above the water, where a large number of endemic Galapagos species live. The entrance to the site is not deep and the waves can be very strong, for this reason, access to this place is not always very feasible. The best time to visit Los Túneles is between January and May.

Details:

• Animals to see: Blue-footed boobies, rays, starfish, penguins, sea horses, sharks, sea turtles, and reef fish.

• Activities: Snorkeling

• What do you bring: Sunscream, Repellent, Light clothing, Binoculars, Camera, and swimsuit.

• Include: Breakfast, Professional bilingual guide, Transport, Box lunch, Water, Hotel Accommodation, and Snorkeling Equipment.

• Not Included: Wetsuit, Dinner, Tips, and Additional Expenses.

Notes:

• We can’t guarantee that you will see all the animals, since they are in wildlife.
• This night you will stay in Isabela Island.

Isabela Island

• Breakfast
• Pick up from your Hotel in Villamil Port, Isabela Island.
• Visit the Wetlands
• Visit the Flamingos Lake
• Visit the Tortoise Breeding Center
• Lunch
• Transfer to your Hotel

Places to Visit:

• Wetlands: The Wetlands of Isabela Island are located just outside of Puerto Villamil. The Wetlands consist of lagoons, swamps, and mangroves and are home to a variety of unique bird species such as common stilts, whimbrels, white-cheeked pintails, and gallinules. The Wetlands can be visited on foot via a path that winds through the swamps.

• Flamingo Lake: To the west of Puerto Villamil there are various salt and brackish lagoons which house an impressive variety of coastal and sea birds. Here, visitors can also find the largest concentration of flamingos in Galapagos.

• Arnaldo Tupiza Breeding Center: The Tortoise Breeding Center (also known as the Interpretation Center) is located nearby Puerto Villamil. A boardwalk connects the town to the Center, stretching across the wetlands and Prickly Pear Cacti shrub. Five sub-species of the Giant Tortoise exist on the island, yet their populations are threatened by introduced animals such as goats and cats. At the Tortoise Breeding Center, eggs are nursed in a hatchery and the giant tortoise adults are observed in supervised corrals. The Center aims to increase the population and secure the survival of these species.

• Tintoreras: The Tintoreras Islets, located a short distance from Puerto Villamil, is home to a great variety of wildlife. Its turquoise, crystalline waters are inhabited by white-tipped reef sharks, Galapagos penguins, marine turtles and sea lions. One of its beaches, surrounded by mangroves is one of the few sites where marine iguanas can reproduce successfully.

Details:

• Animals to see: Giant tortoises, flamingos, terrestrial iguanas, white fin sharks, sea lions, reef fish.

• Activities: Trekking and Snorkeling

• What do you bring: Sunscream, Repellent, Light clothing, Binoculars, Camera, and swimsuit.

• Include: Breakfast, Professional bilingual guide, Transport, Lunch, Water, Hotel Accommodation, and Snorkeling Equipment.

• Not Included: Wetsuit, Dinner, Tips, and Additional Expenses.

Notes:

• We can’t guarantee that you will see all the animals, since they are in wildlife.

Isabela to Santa Cruz Island

• Breakfast
• Pick up from your Hotel in Puerto Villamil to Isabela Airport
• Domestic flight to Baltra Island
• Transfer to Puerto Ayora
• Lunch
• Briefing activities the next day
• Night Accommodation in Isabela
• Return Flight.

• Include Breakfast, Transport, domestic flight to Isabela

• Not Included: Dinner

Notes:

• Domestic flight by EMETE, aircraft with a capacity of 10 passengers

North Seymour:

• Animals to see: Blue footed boobies, royal frigate, gull forked tail land iguanas, sea lions, reef fish, sea turtle.

• Activities: Trekking and Snorkeling

• What do you bring: Sunscream, Repellent, Light clothing, Binoculars, Camera, swimsuit.

• Include: Breakfast, Professional bilingual guide, Transport, Lunch,Snack, Water, Hotel Accommodation and Snorkeling Equipment.

• Not Included: Dinner, Tips and Additional Expenses.

Notes for North Seymour:

• We can’t guarantee that you will see all the animals, since they are in wildlife.

Santa Cruz Island to Baltra Airport, Arrive to Quito

• Breakfast
• Pick up from your Hotel in Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island.
• Transfer to Twin Craters in Santa Cruz.
• Visit Twin Craters
• Transfer from Santa Cruz to Baltra Airport
• Return Flight.

Places to Visit:

• Twin Craters: The Twin Craters are, in fact, not craters. These impressive holes were formed by magma (lava) domes which hardened on the outside but continued to flow on the inside, leaving huge but empty chambers that collapsed with the passing of time, creating this breathtaking scenery that resembles two pit crates. The Twins are located in the highlands of Santa Cruz Island and are surrounded by lush and green forests, dominated by the endemic Scalesia plants. It is possible to walk along the rim of the craters to better appreciate the magnitude of the holes as well as the local flora and fauna. This site is also one of the most likely places to observe the endemic short-ear owl of the Galapagos.

Details:

• Activities: Trekking

• What do you bring: Sunscream, Repellent, Light clothing, Binoculars, Camera.

• Include: Breakfast, Transport.

• Not Included: Lobbito Buss $5, Guide, Dinner, Lunch, Tips, and Additional Expenses.

Notes:

• We can’t guarantee that you will see all the animals since they are in wildlife.
• This day is not included Guide, just driver.

Otavalo Market day tour

• Breakfast
• Pick up from your Hotel
• Visit Quisato, Cayambe town to taste Bizcochos
• Visit San Pablo Lake viewpoint
• Visit Otavalo Market
• Visit Cotacahi

Details:

• Details:

  • Activities: Walking
  • What do you bring: Sunscreen, comfortable shoes, Light clothing, Binoculars, a Camera, Jacket or sweater
  • Include: Private transportation and guide, Breakfast
  • Not Included: Lunch and dinner, entrada fee to Museums or Churches

Quilotoa Lake

Pick Up at your Hotel in Quito.
The tour begins. We are going to travel for around 2.5 hours, from Latacunga to Quilotoa Lake. During the travel we are going to visit different places. Like Saquisilí, the Las Cruces community, and the Quilotoa community.
We have the first technical bus stop, in Saquisilí town. There, you are going to visit the different popular markets of the town.
At the first market, people of the community go there, for selling animals, such as: “Llamas”, pigs, cows, sheep, and lambs.
In the second market, you are going to observe how the people sell their small animals, like chicken, “cuy” (guinea pig), and rabbits. Also you might observe the different kinds of products for their consumption of themselves. There, you might observe products, for example onion, potatoes, tomato, green/red pepper, “mellocos”, and others. Also, you can see different products in the section of the “Mercado de pulgas”, where you can find products of second use, with good prices.
On the third market, you are going to find three sections:
First: handicrafts products artisanal, like: clothes made with wool,
Second: That is the section of food, you are going to see the different kind of typical food of the zone.
Third: you are going to see, products like grains, flour of different kind of grains, between others.
Afterwards there is the departure to the “Las Cruces” Community; we are going to be there in approximately 1 hour. You might observe their typical clothes and also you can take a look inside their houses. But the most important thing, is that you are going to be with them in a typical indigenous house made of straw. Sharing with them a few moments talking, watching and learning from them, how their life is, and how they prepare the earth for to sow.
If you want experiment with another kind of tourism. It is your opportunity.
We will go to the Quilotoa Lake. We are going to pass the zumbahua community, and finally we are going to arrive to the Quilotoa community, before we go to the lake. We are going to have the lunch. (You might choose one of the three options: llama, chicken, vegetarian food).
Now we continue with traveling, the time for arriving to the lake is approximately 50 minutes (It depends of your fitness). At begging of the down, you are going to have a wonderful view of the lake with a turquoise color. It´s a good moment for taking pictures, after that, we continue following the pad.
When you arrive to the bottom you are going to have moments for walking, near to the water. Also, you are going to smell the minerals which are mixed with the water. If you want, you might rent to the people of the community some small boats for navigating in the lake.
We need continue with our trip, but now we are going to the top, in mules or donkeys. The time for doing it is approximately 40 min. When you arrive to the top, you might buy some handicrafts at the artisanal market of the community. Then, we go back to Quito.

Shuttle airport service

• Breakfast
• Transfer Airport