8-Day Quito and Galápagos Tour
Quito, Ecuador
Trip Type: Multi-day Tours
Duration: 8 days
Enjoy this 8-day tour including 3 nights in Quito and 4 nights in the Galapagos.
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Enjoy this 8-day tour including 3 nights in Quito and 4 nights in the Galapagos.Day 1: Arrival Quito
Transfer airport / Hotel accommodation in Quito
Day 2: Quito (B)
We will make our first stop at the Mercado San Francisco, one of the oldest in the city, which keeps the charm, tradition and good taste of the typical markets, inherited from generation to generation; here you will be able to see the use of traditional Andean herbal.
Accommodation in Quito.
Day 3: Quito (B)
Breakfast at hotel. Excursion to choose between Equatorial Monument or Quito, Culture & Flavors
Accommodation in Quito
Day 4: Quito - Galapagos (B)
Breakfast. Transfer Hotel / Airport for your flight to Galapagos.
Visit to the Scientific Charles Darwin Station.
Accommodation in Santa Cruz
Day 5: Tortuga Beach (B)
Breakfast at hotel. In the morning excursion to Tortuga Bay Beach.
Excursion to Tortuga Bay Beach, we will arrive to this magic place. Free time for lunch (not included). In the afternoon, tour around the bay on board a yacht, starting with a visit to “La Lobería”. Then we proceed with our tour to the “Canal del Amor” and “Playa de los Perros”. Punta Estrada will also be visited.
Accommodation in Santa Cruz
Day 6: Santa Fe Island (B)
Breakfast at hotel. Excursion in yacht to Santa Fe Island with vivencial fishing.
Accommodation in Santa Cruz
Day 7: Cerro Mesa & Garrapatero (B)
Breakfast at hotel.
We leave Puerto Ayora to the higher part of Santa Cruz Island, where we will take our bikes to get to Cerro Mesa Ecological Reserve, to walk its paths admiring flora and fauna, plus the spectacular view of the island and its surroundings from the viewpoint.
Then continue to the The Garrapatero beach, where we will enjoy a picnic on the shore, and have the rest of the afternoon to enjoy the beach, and the species that we can find in this place, such as Flamingos and mallards in a nearby lagoon. Rental kayaks (optional). At an arranged time, return to Puerto Ayora.
Accommodation in Santa Cruz
Note: You can modify the tour, and instead of cycling, it can be done in a vehicle.
Day 8: Coffee Plantation (B)
Breakfast at hotel. En route to the airport you are going to visit a coffee plantation which is part of a social responsibility program. The encouragement for the organic coffee cultivation contributes to the conservation of plants and soil and therefore is deemed to be a perfect model of sustainable tourism.
Transfer airport / Hotel accommodation in Quito
Day 2: Quito (B)
We will make our first stop at the Mercado San Francisco, one of the oldest in the city, which keeps the charm, tradition and good taste of the typical markets, inherited from generation to generation; here you will be able to see the use of traditional Andean herbal.
Accommodation in Quito.
Day 3: Quito (B)
Breakfast at hotel. Excursion to choose between Equatorial Monument or Quito, Culture & Flavors
Accommodation in Quito
Day 4: Quito - Galapagos (B)
Breakfast. Transfer Hotel / Airport for your flight to Galapagos.
Visit to the Scientific Charles Darwin Station.
Accommodation in Santa Cruz
Day 5: Tortuga Beach (B)
Breakfast at hotel. In the morning excursion to Tortuga Bay Beach.
Excursion to Tortuga Bay Beach, we will arrive to this magic place. Free time for lunch (not included). In the afternoon, tour around the bay on board a yacht, starting with a visit to “La Lobería”. Then we proceed with our tour to the “Canal del Amor” and “Playa de los Perros”. Punta Estrada will also be visited.
Accommodation in Santa Cruz
Day 6: Santa Fe Island (B)
Breakfast at hotel. Excursion in yacht to Santa Fe Island with vivencial fishing.
Accommodation in Santa Cruz
Day 7: Cerro Mesa & Garrapatero (B)
Breakfast at hotel.
We leave Puerto Ayora to the higher part of Santa Cruz Island, where we will take our bikes to get to Cerro Mesa Ecological Reserve, to walk its paths admiring flora and fauna, plus the spectacular view of the island and its surroundings from the viewpoint.
Then continue to the The Garrapatero beach, where we will enjoy a picnic on the shore, and have the rest of the afternoon to enjoy the beach, and the species that we can find in this place, such as Flamingos and mallards in a nearby lagoon. Rental kayaks (optional). At an arranged time, return to Puerto Ayora.
Accommodation in Santa Cruz
Note: You can modify the tour, and instead of cycling, it can be done in a vehicle.
Day 8: Coffee Plantation (B)
Breakfast at hotel. En route to the airport you are going to visit a coffee plantation which is part of a social responsibility program. The encouragement for the organic coffee cultivation contributes to the conservation of plants and soil and therefore is deemed to be a perfect model of sustainable tourism.
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