Ecuador Travel Guides and Tours

9 Days

Quito, Otavalo, Galapagos Islands Cruise

First-class or deluxe accommodation with private facilities

Superior outside cabin or Junior Suite on the MV Galapagos Legend

8 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 6 dinners

Private arrival & departure transfers

Private sightseeing with Englishspeaking guide in Ecuador

Galapagos Island cruise including all activities

Shore expeditions as per cruise itinerary

Local airfares

12 Days

Quito, Galapagos Islands, Quito

• First-class or deluxe accommodation with private facilities
• Superior outside cabin or Junior Suite on the MV Galapagos Legend
• 11 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 8 dinners
• Private arrival & departure transfers
• Private sightseeing with English-speaking guide in Ecuador
• Galapagos Island cruise including all activities
• Shore expeditions as per cruise itinerary

10 Days

Quito, Galapagos Islands, Lima - Cuzco, Machu Picchu

• First-class or deluxe accommodation with private facilities
• Superior outside cabin or Junior Suite on the MV Galapagos Legend
• 9 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 5 dinners
• Private arrival & departure transfers
• Private sightseeing with English-speaking guide in Quito
• Galapagos Island cruise including all activities
• Shore expeditions as per cruise itinerary
• Superior outside cabin or Junior Suite on the MV Galapagos Legend
• Seat in coach basis arrival & departure transfers in Peru
• Seat in coach basis sightseeing with English speaking guide in Peru
• Entrance fees in Peru
• Ride the rails through the Urabamba Valley aboard the panoramic �Vistadome train�
• Visit the famous Larco Museum in Lima
• Tour Cuzco, the oldest inhabited city in the Western Hemisphere
• Tour the fascinating Sacsayhuaman fortress
• Explore the extraordinary ruins of enigmatic Machu Picchu
• Internal flights Quito/Baltra/Quito

Buffet breakfast daily (B), 7 lunches (L), and 7 three-course dinners (D). Local Host service in each city; a welcome wallet and city map; sightseeing as outlined in day-by-day itinerary.

Travel to the Pacific Rainforest for three nights at the all-inclusive Arasha Rainforest Resort & Spa. Enjoy guided tours of the primary and secondary forests, birding and orchid tours, a chocolate-making demonstration, fishing, native jewelry-making classes, and much more. Visit with one of the most colorful indigenous groups in Ecuador, the “Colorados,” and learn of their ancient traditions and religion.Combine Quito with guided city sightseeing and five days at the Finch Bay Hotel on Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos Islands. Take a Naturalist-guided cruise daily to explore various outlying islands. Visits include Santa Fé to see the endemic land iguana and for the chance to snorkel with sea turtles. South Plazas and Punta Carrion Islands feature unique hybrid iguanas, the result of a cross between male marine iguanas and female land iguanas. See tropical birds, sea lions, and fur seals on North Seymour Island and Las Bachas Beach. Also enjoy a visit to the Charles Darwin Research Station.

Local Host service in each city; a welcome wallet and city map; sightseeing as outlined in day-by day itinerary.

This exciting Galápagos vacation lets you sample the natural wonders of Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands. Enjoy guided sightseeing in Quito, have your photo taken at the “Center of the World,” and spend time at leisure in Guayaquil. Also, fly over the Pacific to San Cristobal Island, where you’ll embark on an exciting 4-day cruise among various Galápagos Islands. Then, spend two nights on Santa Cruz Island at the Finch Bay Hotel to learn more about incredible plants and vastly different animals unique only to the Galápagos. Finally, fly to Coca and arrive at your Amazon Jungle lodge for a final three nights that include a canopy walk, guided night tour, cruise, and visit of Kapok Tree Tower.

Quito, Amazon Extension