Ecuador Highlands & Galapagos

Meals

15 breakfasts and 3 dinners are included

Transport

Plane, Speed Boat, Private Vehicle, Taxi, Public bus

Accomodation

Hotel (14 nights), Jungle Eco Lodge (2 nights), Homestay (1 night)

Included Activities

• Amazon Rainforest - Night Walk
• Amazon - Guided rainforest hike and visit to animal rescue centre
• Banos - Walking tour
• Banos - El Pailon del Diablo Waterfall
• Cotopaxi - National Park walk
• Cotopaxi - Flower plantation visit
• Cotopaxi- Tour of historical hacienda
• Cotacachi- Pachamanca and village experience
• Cuicocha - Lagoon viewpoint
• Otavalo - Market Visit
• Quito - Historic District Walking Tour
• Isla San Cristobal- Snorkeling in La Loberia (1.5 Hours)
• San Cristobal - Excursion to Leon Dormido or Lobos Islands
• Isla San Cristobal - Interpretation Center (45 minutes)
• Isla San Cristobal - Cerro Tijeretas View Point (1 Hour)
• Floreana - Snorkeling
• Isla Isabela -Tintoreras or Shark Alley (2.5 Hours)
• Isla Isabela - Flamingo lagoon visit (30 Minutes)
• Isla Isabela - Giant Tortoise Breeding Centre (1 Hour)
• Isla Isabela - Kayaking
• Isla Isabela - Sierra Negra Volcano Hike (5-6 Hours)
• Santa Cruz Highlands Visit (3 Hours)
• Santa Cruz – Organic Farm Tour
• Santa Cruz – Encebollado Cooking Class
• Isla Santa Cruz - Tortuga Bay walk
• Isla Santa Cruz - The Galapagos Conservancy (The Intrepid Foundation partner) visit
• Isla Santa Cruz - Charles Darwin Research Centre

• Stay on the edge of the Amazon in an eco-lodge on the banks of the Arajuno River – only accessible by canoe – and enjoy a special night-time walk to search for nocturnal animals.
• Walk through the Amazon Rainforest with an Indigenous guide to learn about the wildlife and plants that thrive here, then visit an Amazon animal rescue centre.
• See the snow-capped Cotopaxi volcano – one of the world’s largest active volcanoes at 5897 m – while hiking through Cotopaxi National Park in the central Andes of Ecuador.
• Learn from an Indigenous community at a homestay in the La Calera Community – lend a hand with shores, brush up on your Spanish and take part in a traditional Pachamanca food ceremony.
• Get your blood pumping as you scale a volcano on Isabela Island, then get up close with giant tortoises on Santa Cruz – these nearly extinct reptiles are one of the Galapagos’ many amazing creatures.