City tour Guayaquil

All our clients will enjoy a courtesy City tour in Guayaquil, one of the prominent cities in this country on the day that best suits their itinerary. Before or after the Galapagos adventure.

You can take a look at our tours as Guayaquil City Tour

Galapagos Islands, a real excursion

Group size: 1 – 20

Itinerary

(Day 1) Chocolate farm & City Tour

 Early in the morning we travel  through the countryside  near  Guayaquil.

We’ll go to a farm in the morning to watch and learn about all the processes of the Cocoa bean plantation from the beginning until it is ready to be exported or to be used to make chocolate.  (Ecuador is one leading producer of high quality cocoa in the world).

From: seed – plants – through graft – harvesting – drying in the sun – roasting – until obtaining cocoa paste.

Exhilarating, wonderful sensations from beginning to end because the flavors you’ll discover here will make your brain look for great moments. . . this one sure will be kept in!

This is the part where you just feel like a choco-dream came true: You’ll do chocolate with your hands!

In addition to a traditional lunch in the cottage in the actual cacao farm, we will enjoy a chocolate tasting and how to make chocolate bars with our own  hands. Yes, more chocolate!

After this experience, we’ll find a city that emanates kindness and commerce everywhere, but also the history of an uncommon Independence that was born here. Many anecdotes and stories of all kinds, come with me to know about them from a local!

All flights going to the Galapagos Islands depart exclusively from Guayaquil and also return to Guayaquil first, which offers travelers the opportunity to explore the city and its surroundings.

(Day 2): Transfer to the airport. One of our guides will provide you assistance at the airport.

Early departure from Guayaquil or Quito to the Galapagos Islands. Arriving at Baltra Airport, a Naturalist Guide will be waiting for you there to begin your adventure. We will take a boat through this shallow water channel that separates the islands of Baltra and Santa Cruz.

We are going to take a bus and the short ride (10 minutes) will take us through the remnants of the before mentioned military base, there are several Galapagos Land Iguanas and yes when we were walking from the airport to the bus, we might have come near some Galapagos Darwin Finches.

The ride ends at the edge of a precipice with your first breathtaking view of the Galapagos islands turquoise waters.

We are going to take a boat across these shallow waters canal that separates the islands of Baltra and Santa Cruz.

Once in the northern most end of Santa Cruz we will take a private bus that will drive us to our adventures.

According to  our flight  itinerary we will  have a short  adventure in Santa Cruz Island then  at  3:00 p.m.  We will transfer the group to Isabela Island (a two hours fast-boat trip).

We will arrive in time to check-in in our hotel and then stroll around  town to enjoy a peaceful afternoon by the shore until sunset  

(Day 3) Volcan Sierra Negra. Excursion to one of the largest calderas in the world

Today’s the adventure involves a long walk whose reward is a landscape that will leave us breathless and without words to describe it. A bus will take us to the foothills of the Sierra Negra Volcano. We start an ascending walk towards the crater of the volcano (5km) later we will be at the very edge of one of the largest calderas on the planet.

We start a walk then we continue with a descending walk of 3km to reach Volcán Chico: In this place, we are going to admire an overwhelming landscape: On the one hand we are between lava rivers, on the other from a viewpoint we can see looking north : Elizabeth Bay, Alcedo Volcano, Darwin Volcano and Ecuador Volcano and a little to the west Fernandina Island with its homonymous volcano. At the Chico volcano site you can see fumaroles and sulfur flows.

Afternoon free time to  spend at  the beach and rent a kayak or Stand-up  paddle board.

(Day 5) Isabela Tunnels. One of the best snorkeling sessions ever

We’re visiting The Tunnels of Isabela  a gigantinc lava flow from Sierra Negra Volcano that reached the ocean many thousands of years ago, the result was an area where the lava tubes and flows have been partially destroyed by the erosion of the ocean underwater  tunnels and caves, these incredible lava formations are an awesome place for shallow  water snorkeling through underwater tunnels once again in the company of Sharks, penguins, turtles.

Truly one of the best  snorkeling places in the whole archipelago .

Afternoon transfer to  Santa Cruz Island

(Day 6) North Seymour. Bird island and swimming with sealions

We will enjoy a morning with many birds, depending on the time of our visit we will see the courtship rituals during mating season, or the nesting season, it does not really matter, there will be always a show for us. Blue Footed Boobies, Frigate Birds, Lava Herons, Night Gulls, Plus Land Iguanas, Marine Iguanas, Sea-Lions will we seen as we walk around.

But this does not end there!

We will cruise towards Islote Mosquera and there we will enjoy a snorkeling session with sea-lions and enjoy a little time at this gorgeous white sand beach. Before returning back to our catamaran for lunch and then return home to Santa Cruz. .

Night:

We will  have our  farewell  dinner  in one of the many  reaturants by the sea on Puerto Ayora.

(Day 7) Last excursion. Visit the Tortoises farm, lava tunnel & transfer to airport

All good thing must come to an end, an early wake up to ready drive back to airport to fly back to Guayaquil.

On our way we will continue squeezing as much as we can of our time with a visit the Tortoises Farm where the famous Giant tortoises that give their name to the islands live.

We will walk towards and area with grass here, and be around among these creatures

After this we’ll visit another place where we will learn about volcanoes; The Lava Tunnels. These natural formations are amazing. (yes, this will  really  close the circle with  all  things learned on Isabela island.

After this we will continue the drive towards the airport.

Inside the airport, you can buy souvenirs from some brands that help to foundations for the conservation of the island.

Transfer to your hotel in Guayaquil.

What’s included

NATUARLIST GUIDES In Ecuador it is mandatory to vist touristic attractions with a licensed guide.

Transportation All transfers via, sea or land are included

ALL TOURS DESCRIBED All the excursion described (plus add-ons) are included

TOURIST CLASS HOTEL Accomodation on double or matrimonial rooms

BREAKFAST & LUNCH Breakfast (in hotels) Lunch (during excursions) are included

What’s not included

DINNERS We allow this time free so the participants can have an intimate time during dinner

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS You will have to arrive in Guayaquil, we take it from there

DOMESTIC FLIGHT Galapagos flight is NOT inlcuded but YES, we will help you getting the best price possible.

PARK FEE & TCT Park fee and transit have to be purchased at the airport in CASH

Available options

Add a tour leader to your group!

If your group  has a particular  interest  such  as  birdwatching,  snorkeling, photography, yoga etc.

We will  appoint an expert  to  join

Q&A

Why do we give you a Tour Guide in the beginning? 

Your tour guide will assist you during the three stages of the process (yes, there are some special things that we must do going to Galapagos).

Buy the Transit ticket a ticket of $ 20 that we must keep until we return.

You have your luggage inspected because no fruits, vegetables, or biohazard animals are allowed.

Also, make sure there is no mud on the soles of your shoes if you had an excursion before.

The flight to the Galapagos Islands takes 100 minutes.

Upon arrival you have to walk through the migration area, stamp your transit ticket and pay the GALAPAGOS NATIONAL PARK FEE $ 100 in cash for foreigners that are not part of the Andean Pact, so be sure to bring that money in cash from the city you are.