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Multisport itinerary for pts.
Day 1
Arrive to Quito. Your guide will be waiting for you outside the luggage and customs area and will take you to your hotel.
Dann Carlton
Day 2
QUITO – GALAPAGOS ( Santa Cruz Island )
You will be picked up at 6:00 am. At the lobby of the hotel to go to the airport and take your flight with TAME airlines No. 191 departing to Baltra at 07:30 am and arriving to Baltra at 09:45 am local time. Your guide will take you to Puerto Ayora where you will have lunch and then in the afternoon you will be visiting Charles Darwin Research Station and the highlands of Galapagos to see the turtles in their habitat
Red Boobies Hotel or similar ( B, L )
Day 3
SANTA CRUZ ( Kayak )
Today is filled of adventure and emotion; wego to Academy bay for a 4 hour kayaking tour going through Franklin Bay,Perros Bay, Loberia, Love Tunnels until you get to Punta Estrada. You end in this place where you can do snorkelling and see white tip sharks, Galapagos sharks, manta rays, and colourful tropical fish , or just relax at the beach.
Red Boobies Hotel or similar ( B, L )
Day 4
SANTA CRUZ - ISABELA
This morning you will be taken to Baltra to take a 30 minute flight to Isabela Island. Once you arrive to Isabela, you will be taken to your hotel; enjoy the beach in this location and relax.
Ballena Azul Hotel ( B )
Day 5
ISABELA ISLAND ( horseback riding and hiking )
Today is filled with exploring Isabela Island via horseback and hiking. The day begins with a ride in a pickup truck up to the highlands where the horses will be waiting for you, then you will ride about 9 km on rugged terrain up to the edge of Sierra Negra Volcano. Measuring 6 miles by 5 miles, the Sierra Negra caldera is the second largest caldera on earth. From this point, you and your group will hike to Chico Volcano, the volcano that is responsible for some of the Galapagos’ remarkable formations. Your group will return to Puerto Villamil in the late afternoon.
Ballena Azul Hotel ( B, L )
Day 6
ISABELA ISLAND ( biking )
Today you will be touring Isabela Island via mountain biking, you will explore the island and will go to Muro de los Lamentos which is a wall built in the second world war, the wet lands, the lagoon of flamingos. Your group will return to Puerto Villamil in the late afternoon.
Ballena Azul Hotel ( B, L )
Day 7
ISABELA -SANTA CRUZ ( mountain biking )
Today you take your flight to Puerto Ayora.You will arrive to Puerto Ayora at 09:00 am approximately and will be taken to your hotel. After taking a brief rest you will go to the highlands of the island to start your activity of the day. You will also see some of the most graceful, indigenous, and interesting birds in the Galapagos, such as finches, frigates, flycatchers, ducks, and egrets; you will also explore the incredible lava caves, with some of the longest tunnels in the world. If it is a clear day, you will be able to see Media Luna, a crater at the top of Santa Cruz Island. Next, you will drive to Cerro Mesa, where mountain bikes are waiting for you. This 20 kilometer part dirt, part paved path cuts through the highland farms, down to Bella vista village, and finishes at Puerto Ayora or at the Garrapatera for beach time.
Red Boobies Hotel or similar ( B, L )
Day 8
SANTA CRUZ - QUITO
Today you will be picked up by our private driver at 08:30 and he will take you to the other side of the island in order to go to the airport and take your flight to Quito in TAME airlines flight No 192 departing at 12:45 pm. and arriving to Quito at 04:45 pm. You will be transferred to your hotel once you arrive to Quito.
Dann Carlton Hotel. ( B, L )
Day 9
FLIGHT BACK HOME
Your guide will pick you up at the lobby of the hotel to take you to the airport for your international flight. ( B )
END OF YOUR PROGRAM.
( NET ) PRICES PER PERSON 1,989.00 USD
PRICES ARE PER PERSON AND THEY ARE INCLUSIVE OF: |
| Five stars accommodation in Quito |
| Superior accommodation in Galapagos |
| Meals as indicated ( B=breakfast, L=lunch ) |
| Private English Speaking Guide in Quito ( will go with you to Galapagos ) |
| English speaking Naturalist guide in Galapagos |
| Private transportation |
| Horses, scuba gear, bikes, snorkelling gear |
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| Air ticket from USA or any other destination |
| Galapagos air fare ( 405.00 usd ) |
| Entrance fee to Galapagos National Park ( 100.00 usd ) |
| Soft or alcoholic beverages |
| Meals not specified in itinerary |
| Tips to guides, drivers and crew |
| Country Departure Tax ( 37.90 ) |
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