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8 Day Galapagos with 4 Day Cruise
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- Airline fuel surcharges
- Intra flights
- 7 nights accommodations
- 1 night <, Guayaquil
- 4 nights Galapagos Cruise on <, Classic Suite outside cabin with 2 lower berths
- 2 nights
- All transfers
- 15 meals: 7 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 4 dinners
- Sightseeing per itinerary in a modern air conditioned motor coach
- Shore Excursions
- Services of English speaking local guides
- Entrance fees per itinerary
- Galapagos National Park fee of $100
- Galapagos Transit Control Card fee of $10
Special Features
- Galapagos Cruise
- City tour of Quito
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| Call 800-331-SAIL (7245) for more information or to book today! Mention code 8788982 | | Gate 1 Travel | | | | Day | Destination | Description | | Day 1 | Depart the USA/Guayaquil | Depart the USA for Ecuador. Arrive in Guayaquil and transfer to your hotel. Balance of the day at leisure
Overnight: Guayaquil | | Day 2 | Sail to Dragon Hill | This morning, transfer to the airport for your flight to Baltra Island. Upon arrival, transfer to the pier and board the Galapagos Explorer II. After settling in, visit Dragon Hill (wet landing) to view flamingos and a variety of other island birds feeding at the marshland lakes. Visit the beach zone where you are likely to see marine iguanas, sea lions, and a small colony of blue footed boobies
Overnight: Cruise
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner | | Day 3 | Sail to Bartolome Island | This morning, sail to Bartolome Island (wet landing), whose 350 foot peak offers 360 views of five other islands in clear weather. Enjoy a fairly steep climb on wooden steps up to the summit to observe the island's unique lava formations and tuff cones. Afterward, continue to the beach to see the Galapagos Penguins, the only penguins north of the Equator, fishing near Pinnacle Rock. In the afternoon, visit Puerto Egas on James (Santiago) Island (dry landing). Here you will walk a light trail to see the Fur Seal Grottoes, the only site on the islands where fur seals can be seen
Overnight: Cruise
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner | | Day 4 | Sail to Fernandina Island | Sail to Fernandina Island and disembark at Punta Espinoza (dry landing), where marine iguanas can be found basking or diving for food among the rocks. Follow a trail inland and see Flightless Cormorants, the serpent necked birds who live free of natural predators on the island. This afternoon, travel to Punta Vicente Roca on Isabela Island, an island made up of six shield volcanoes. Enjoy a dinghy ride to view the island and see sea lions and sea turtles at play. Though the water can be rather chilly, you may enjoy time for snorkeling in the nearby bay, where manta rays, sting rays, and dolphins are occasionally found
Overnight: Cruise
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner | | Day 5 | Sail to North Seymour Island | Spend the morning at North Seymour Island (dry landing), a bird lover's paradise. On this small, uplifted island, you can see basking land and marine iguanas, as well as a vast variety of endemic tropical birds, including blue footed boobies, swallow tailed gulls, lava gulls, and the largest frigate bird colony in the Galapagos. In the afternoon, board a bus and drive through vegetation zones to the Santa Cruz Highlands, where nearly 40 giant tortoises thrive in the wild. The more adventurous may hike to the nearby tunnels formed by cooling lava
Overnight: Cruise
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner | | Day 6 | Sail to San Cristobal | This morning, disembark the vessel to enjoy a final excursion on the island of San Cristobal, the Galapagos' oldest and easternmost island. Afterward, transfer to the airport for your early afternoon flight from San Cristobal Airport to Quito on the mainland. Upon arrival, transfer to your hotel and enjoy the balance of the day at leisure
Overnight: Quito
Meals: Breakfast | | Day 7 | Quito city tour | Your morning tour of Quito begins with a view of the Congress Building, with an outside stone mural that records Ecuador's colorful history. Continue to Quito's Colonial quarter and walk its narrow cobblestone streets for a sense of 16th century Quito. View the Independence Plaza, the Presidential Palace, Municipal Building, the Archbishop's Palace, and the Churches of La Compania and San Francisco. Afterward, see the Ecuadorian landscape from atop El Panecillo Hill. Balance of the day at leisure
Optional: Middle of the World (PM)
Overnight: Quito
Meals: Breakfast | | Day 8 | Depart for the USA | Transfer to the airport for your departure flight
Meals: Breakfast
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| | | Galapagos Explorer II | | Hampton Inn | | Grand Hotel Mercure Alameda Quito | |
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*Not Included:
Airport taxes & fees, optional tours, and gratuities.
Additional Information:
Land only price does not include arrival/departure transfers, but does include flights Guayaquil Galapagos Quito.
Passport numbers for all passengers must be submitted to a travel agent before documents can be issued.
The route and program may vary according to weather conditions, seasonal changes, safety issues and wildlife migration patterns. Wildlife and visits listed in the itinerary are based upon optimal conditions and therefore subject to change.
Dry landing: Passengers step from the dinghy onto rocks or a dock.
Wet landing: As the dinghy edges onto a sandy beach, passengers step into knee deep water and wade ashore.
Sturdy shoes are recommended for this program. |
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