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Pure Ecuador, Galápagos & Amazon
Ecuador your destination in our hands - 10 nights 11 days
DAY 1: TRANSFER IN
Arrive at Quito International Airport and private transfer service to the hotel.
DAY 2: QUITO CITY TOUR – THE MIDDLE OF THE WORLD (B,L)
Breakfast. Quito tour - Quito, the capital of Ecuador, was declared a UNESCO Heritage Site in 1978.
Its stunning colonial architecture is reflected in its plazas, streets, houses, and churches, offering the perfect backdrop for a walk through the historic city center.
La Basilica church, Plaza Grand, La Compañia Church and San Francisco plaza are part of your experience in this magic city.
After lunch, you will take a 45-minute drive to visit the famous Middle of the World Monument, where you can stand with one foot in the Northern Hemisphere and the other in the Southern Hemisphere where you can take a picture on the Equator Line with one foot in the north and another foot in the southern hemisphere. Also, we will visit the Intiñan museum to understand much better about the equator, with some experiments.
Back to the hotel in the afternoon and accommodation.
DAY 3: THE AMAZON REGION (B,L,D)
DAY 3: THE AMAZON REGION (B,L,D)
DAY 3: THE AMAZON REGION (B,L,D)
- Experience the wonders of the Amazon rainforest, learn about its unique ecosystems, and, most importantly, relax and have fun with family and friends, all in one incredible place.
- Experience one of Ecuador's most established jungle lodges. Each day along the Napo River brings new adventures. Along the way, you’ll have the opportunity to observe playful wildlife, such as monkeys, and interact with local communities, interact with the local community, and even build your own raft. As the sun sets over Casa del Suizo Lodge in Ecuador's Amazon, take a moment to unwind by the pool and immerse yourself in the stunning jungle and beautiful landscapes, creating memories that will last a lifetime
CASA DEL SUIZO
DAY 3: THE AMAZON REGION (B,L,D)
DAY 3: THE AMAZON REGION (B,L,D)
- Butterfly House This living exhibition of local butterflies currently houses and serves as the mating ground for nearly 20 species from the surrounding areas. You’ll be able to observe and examine how these beautiful creatures are fed, raised and undergo metamorphosis. In addition, you’ll have the chance to enter our “winged room” where hundreds of butterflies, in a multitude of colours, flutter about.
DAY 4: AMAZON REGION (B,L,D)
DAY 4: AMAZON REGION (B,L,D)
DAY 4: AMAZON REGION (B,L,D)
Trekking in the Jungle
- Explore the pristine primary rainforest in La Casa del Suizo’s private reserve, located in Misicocha or Cosano, accessed by a short canoe ride. Here, there are a number of walks (with varying levels of difficulty) that can last anywhere from an hour-and-a- half all the way up to four hours, taking you through thick and humid jungle, crossing muddy paths and encountering all sorts of wildlife. All the while your local guide will introduce you to all the hidden secrets and wonders of the jungle.
Tubing
- Tubing Floating down the Napo River, gazing at the sky and the tree-lined banks, your bottom firmly wedged into a rubber ring and grazing the surface of the water, you would be forgiven for thinking you had drifted into an Amazon dream land. During the tubing activity, a guide will accompany you in a motorized canoe and pick you up at the end of the float.
Activities
DAY 4: AMAZON REGION (B,L,D)
DAY 4: AMAZON REGION (B,L,D)
AmaZoonico
- AmaZoonico You will never get closer to the ocelot or tapir than at AmaZoonico, a rescue sanctuary for Amazonian creatures. Led by volunteer guides, you'll hear the incredible and sometimes tragic stories of the center's residents, from alligators to macaws and everything in between, who struggled to readapt to the wild after they were captured by poachers and sold on the black market. and forced to live a domestic life. By visiting AmaZoonico you are helping to ensure the protection of these creatures
- Visit to indigenous families Learn about the way of life of indigenous families in the jungle on this intimate visit. Located on nearby Anaconda Island (a short canoe ride from La Casa del Suizo), the Kichwa-speaking community first began using electricity in 2015. Family matriarch Doña Carmela welcomes guests and shows them domestic and cooking techniques, as well as explaining other traditions and daily practices of the community. Men display hunting with a dart - try your luck and see if you can hit the monkey's target.
DAY 5: CASA DEL SUIZO – PAPALLACTA – QUITO
Papallacta _ Quito
- Breakfast. After the delicious breakfast we will move to the Papallacta Hot Springs to have a relaxing moment, Papallacta is a small town in the Andes, located at an altitude of 3,250 meters. It is situated near the Eastern Cordillera and along the route from Quito to the Amazon rainforest. The scenic route from Quito to Papallacta passes through charming villages, ascending to altitudes over 4,000 meters, where you can admire breathtaking views of mountains and glaciers. Lunch. Return to Quito, check in and accommodation.
DAY 6: QUITO – BALTRA - SANTA CRUZ (GALAPAGOS) (B,L,D,)
More about Baltra
Baltra is one of the gateways to the Galapagos Islands where Seymour Airport is located, also known as Baltra Airport. This small island is also known by the local name of South Seymour. During World War II, it was a US Airforce base positioned to patrol the Eastern Pacific and to protect the Panama Channel.
The island’s arid vegetation is formed by saltbushes, pricky-pear cacti, and holy stick trees.
More about Santa Cruz
The biggest tortoises in accessible visitor site. The highlands of Santa Cruz have a big wild population of Tortoises, they walk freely around the private and National Park lands. In our visit to this area, one can notice the difference in size from these animals to others in other visiting sites. There are 15 subspecies of land tortoises in the Galapagos, 4 from which are extinct.
They present two different tortoise shell shapes, the Saddleback and the Dome shape. Santa Cruz has tree tortoise subspecies that show both kinds of shells and allow visitors to notice the difference and once understand the evolutionary process that shaped them into this giant prehistoric like animals.
Activities - Baltra - Santa Cruz
- Breakfast and Private transfer service from your hotel at the airport
Baltra Airport
- Departure from Quito to Baltra Island (21/2-hour flight). Arriving in the Galapagos, passengers are picked up at the airport by our natural guides and taken to a ten-minute bus drive to the pier to cross the Itabaca Canal to Santa Cruz Island.
Baltra - Santa Cruz
- Lunch
- We will visit the highlands of Santa Cruz where we will find the famous giant tortoises in their natural habitat. In these ranches also we will be able to visit the lava tunnels created since the formation of the islands.
- Dinner and accommodation.
DAY 7: BARTOLOME ISLAND (B,L,D)
More about Bartolome Island
Considered the most iconic landscape of the entire archipelago the view from the top of Bartolome Island, overlooking the famous Pinnacle Rock and the austere Santiago Island beyond, is well worth the climp up the wooden boardwalk. This volcanic scene has often been likened to a lunar landscape. Our subsequent snorkel here might put us face to face with Galapagos penguins, white-tipped reef sharks and playful sea lions.
This small island is located on the centre of the archipelago, and on a clear day, more than ten islands can be spotted from the top of the viewpoint. The diversity and richness of this island is related to the Upwelling Phenomenon, very cold water surrounds the shore and provides food for many marine species.
Activities - Bartolome Island
- Departure from Hotel
- 2 hours navigate
- The trail is made up of wooden steps all the way to the summit of this volcano, here we will have the unique landscape of the Galapagos Islands.
- Sullivan Bay / Bartolomé Beach: Snorkeling, observation of penguins, sea turtles, white tip sharks and a variety of fish and starfish.
- Lunch.
- Back to Santa Cruz 2 hours.
- Dinner.
DAY 08: SANTA CRUZ (B,L,D)
More about Santa Cruz
This island is the most developed in terms of human population that started when one man was abandoned and survived in an old scientific settlement as the Course of the Tortoise tells. The highlands of Santa Cruz are one of the biggest green areas of the archipelago; therefore agricultural activities started on the early 40s and grew rapidly from there. The Charles Darwin Research Station was developed in town on 1959 and has allowed scientific research and conservation projects progress.
This island has six vegetation zones, each one very different to the others. The contrast of the arid or littoral zone located on the base of the island just a few meters from the ocean, and the scalesia and miconia zones, only to be found in San Cristobal and in this island at about 700 meters above sea level, is portrayed by the landscape and the ecosystems. One of the rarest bush forests stands in the center of the island, spread on top of the Twin Craters.
Activities - Santa Cruz
- Breakfast.
- In the morning we will visit one of the most beautiful beaches in Galapagos and probably in the world known as Tortuga Bay, we will take a walk of approximately 45 minutes to enter this beach and then enjoy this beautiful landscape (beach time). Lunch: TJ Restaurant and in
- the afternoon we can visit the Charles Darwin scientific station where you can learn about the conservation programs of the different species of the Galapagos Islands - dinner and accommodation.
- Dinner: Bahía Mar.
DAY 09: NORTH SEYMOUR ISLAND (B,L,D)
More about North Seymour Island
This flat, uplifted, island is an important spot to see both magnificent and preat frigatebird males courting the females by clicking, bill-clapping, shuddering and flapping their wings, all while showing off their grossly inflated, bright red, pular pouch. We will also likely see courting blue-footed boobies displaying their unique feet while edancinpi to a prospective mate. Sea lions, swallow-tailed pulls, crashing surf and distant views the Daphne Islands top a great visit.
The visit site is located next to the nesting area of Frigate Birds, both Magnificent and Common, that rest on the trees along the whole year. Witnessing the mating dance of the Blue Footed Boobies is also one of the highlights of the experience. There is additionally a Palo Santo forest that spreads on the south shore of Seymour where birds nest, and offer a spectacular view of the channel formed in between Bartolomé and Seymour.
Activities - North Seymour Island
- Departure from Hotel
- 60 mins navigating
- This island is located north of Santa Cruz Island, sighting of sea lions, the island's landscape contrasts with the palo santo forest and the red earth; here you can see nesting blue-footed boobies, seagulls, land iguanas and admire frigatebirds in their nests.
- snorkeling at Las Bachas beach, this is located on the island of Santa Cruz, you may see sharks, a variety of fish and perhaps flamingos in the beach lagoon.
- Lunch
- Experiential fishing
- Back to Santa Cruz
- Dinner.
DAY 10: GALAPAGOS - QUITO
DAY 11 QUITO AIRPORT – BACK TO HOME (B)
DAY 11 QUITO AIRPORT – BACK TO HOME (B)
- Breakfast and transfer to Baltra Airport for our return flight to Quito City. Dinner and Accommodation.
DAY 11 QUITO AIRPORT – BACK TO HOME (B)
DAY 11 QUITO AIRPORT – BACK TO HOME (B)
DAY 11 QUITO AIRPORT – BACK TO HOME (B)
- Breakfast – transfer to Quito Airport to Take flight to back home
