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3 Days Adventure7-DAY GALAPAGOS ESSENTIALS JT
7-DAY GALAPAGOS ESSENTIALS JT
7 DAYS
Trip type
ClassicActivity Level
Light moderateService Level
StandardSmall Group Departure
Max. 12 / Av. 8
Experience the Galapagos Islands from the comfort of a land-based expedition! The islands offer endless opportunities to witness a unique abundance of wildlife in a setting unlike any other on the planet. This is one of the few places on earth that allows such close and intimate contact with wildlife. The Galapagos form a natural sanctuary that preserves species, this allowed them to evolve their unique features for countless millennia. This vacation also provides flexible time to spend on your own and explore the sand beaches, trails in the Galapagos forest, and wildlife. The tour also provides many benefits to local communities and is socially and environmentally responsible. Be part of an educational and inspirational journey of a lifetime in one of the most fiercely protected marine wilderness in the world!
Unique Experiences:
- Enjoy real-time encounters with the most amazing wildlife up your fingertips and discover the power of nature with the evolutionary changes of such unique animals.
- Snorkel through lava formations with sea turtles, penguins, sea horses, sea lions, and sharks at Lava Tunnels.
Transportation
Private and comfortable land transportation.
Accommodation
Accommodation based on double occupancy
Meals
6 breakfasts and 3 lunches.
Outdoor Gear
Top-tier gear for the activities described in the Itinerary
Activities
Activities described in the itinerary
AJ Expert
Certified AJ expert English-speaking adventure
Is this tour for me?
ClassicLight moderateMax. 12 / Av. 8TRIP ACTIVITIES
Hiking
Snorkeling
WildlifeTRIP OVERVIEW
Experience the Galapagos Islands from the comfort of a land-based expedition! The islands offer endless opportunities to witness a unique abundance of wildlife in a setting unlike any other on the planet. This is one of the few places on earth that allows such close and intimate contact with wildlife. The Galapagos form a natural sanctuary that preserves species, this allowed them to evolve their unique features for countless millennia. This vacation also provides flexible time to spend on your own and explore the sand beaches, trails in the Galapagos forest, and wildlife. The tour also provides many benefits to local communities and is socially and environmentally responsible. Be part of an educational and inspirational journey of a lifetime in one of the most fiercely protected marine wilderness in the world!
Unique Experiences:
- Enjoy real-time encounters with the most amazing wildlife up your fingertips and discover the power of nature with the evolutionary changes of such unique animals.
- Snorkel through lava formations with sea turtles, penguins, sea horses, sea lions, and sharks at Lava Tunnels.
Today you will be transferred to the airport for your flight to the Island of Baltra in the Galapagos Islands. On arrival, you will be picked up and transferred to Santa Cruz, a nearby island, crossing the narrow Itabaca Channel by ferry. From here, we will continue by car to our first stop in the highlands of Santa Cruz. The highlands are home to the iconic giant Galapagos tortoises. You will visit a private ranch where lunch will be served before heading out for a walk in search of these gentle giants. During the visit, you’ll also explore lava tubes—natural formations created by flowing lava beneath hardened surfaces. After this tour, you’ll continue by private vehicle to your hotel. In the evening, meet your local guide who will go over the itinerary for the next day. Enjoy the rest of the evening at leisure as you settle into this incredible island environment.
SERVICES INCLUDED
- 🏨 Accommodation: La Isla or similar.
- 🍽️ Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch.
Today you will be transferred to the airport for your flight to the Island of Baltra in the Galapagos Islands. On arrival, you will be picked up and transferred to Santa Cruz, a nearby island, crossing the narrow Itabaca Channel by ferry. From here, we will continue by car to our first stop in the highlands of Santa Cruz. The highlands are home to the iconic giant Galapagos tortoises. You will visit a private ranch where lunch will be served before heading out for a walk in search of these gentle giants. During the visit, you’ll also explore lava tubes—natural formations created by flowing lava beneath hardened surfaces. After this tour, you’ll continue by private vehicle to your hotel. In the evening, meet your local guide who will go over the itinerary for the next day. Enjoy the rest of the evening at leisure as you settle into this incredible island environment.
SERVICES INCLUDED
- 🏨 Accommodation: La Isla or similar.
- 🍽️ Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch.
Today after breakfast you will enjoy a half-day tour of Academy Bay. Be sure to pack everything you need for this trip. Optional snorkel equipment will be provided free of charge to anyone who wishes to use it. During the tour, you will take a boat to Academy Bay where you can swim and snorkel with all kinds of exotic fish and marine life, as well as the famous sea lions; they are very curious animals and like to swim next to you underwater. Here you can also see the sought after blue-footed boobies. Afterward, climb to a nearby viewpoint, and if you are lucky, you can see white-tipped reef sharks swimming in the ocean below. Afterwards, take a walk along the Playa de los Perros, where many sea iguanas are found basking in the sun. The enormous cacti, the deep, red color of the rocks and the turquoise, sparkling ocean make for great photo opportunities.
SERVICES INCLUDED
- 🏨 Accommodation: La Isla or similar.
- 🍽️ Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch.
In the morning we will visit the Charles Darwin Research Station to learn more about many of the endemic species seen in the wild, as well as the ongoing conservation and management efforts on the Galapagos Islands. In the afternoon, you will travel by speedboat to San Cristobal Island. Once we arrive, we will check in at the hotel.
SERVICES INCLUDED
- 🏨 Accommodation: Blue Marlin Hotel or similar.
- 🍽️ Meals included: Breakfast.
Today after breakfast you will be met and transferred to a dock where you will take a quick boat ride to the nearby Isla Lobos. During this boat trip, observe many marine animals before even setting foot on the island. Upon arrival, enjoy a guided tour where you will have the chance to observe frigate birds, blue-footed boobies, manta, sea lions, and sometimes sharks that all inhabit the island and its surrounding waters. The white coral beaches of San Cristóbal are great to walk around, relax and swim in before you return back to Puerto Baquerizo Moreno.
SERVICES INCLUDED
- 🏨 Accommodation: Blue Marlin Hotel or similar.
- 🍽️ Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch.
Enjoy some more free time this morning before transferring to the airport of San Cristóbal. From here, you will take a flight back to Ecuador’s mainland. Upon arrival in Quito, you will be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel for one more evening at leisure before saying goodbye.
SERVICES INCLUDED
- 🏨 Accommodation: Sheraton Quito Hotel or similar.
- 🍽️ Meals included: Breakfast.
Today our trip will end and you will have your International departures. Take with you your memories and photos and leave a piece of your heart, as you will want to return to Ecuador soon to experience more of this enchanted land. We wish you a “buen viaje”!
SERVICES INCLUDED
- 🍽️ Meals included: Breakfast.
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Inclusions
What’s Included?
- Transportation: Speed boat Santa Cruz – San Cristobal, comfortable land transportation.
- Accommodation based on double occupancy: 5* hotel in Quito, 3+ star hotels in Galapagos.
- Meals: 6 breakfasts and 3 lunches.
- Activities: Hiking in Santa Cruz highlands, Snorkeling, Isla Lobos, Academy Bay day tour.
- Gear: Snorkeling mask and fins, life vest.
- Trip Leader: Certified AJ expert English-speaking adventure leader and naturalist local guides in Galapagos National Park.
What is not included?
- My Own Room supplement: USD $587.
- Airfare International flights.
- Airport transfer (international flights).
- Airfare Quito – Galapagos – Quito round trip – estimated budget USD $535.
- Travel insurance (suggested).
- Meals not described in the itinerary – estimated budget USD $180.
- INGALA transit card: USD $20 per person, cash only (subject to change).
- Galapagos National Park fee: USD $100 per person, cash only (subject to change).
- Wetsuit for rent: USD $10.
- Tips for guides and drivers – estimated budget USD $120.
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Outdoor Gear
Top-tier gear for the activities described in the Itinerary
Activities
Activities described in the itinerary
AJ Expert
Certified AJ expert English-speaking adventure
Experience the Galapagos Islands from the comfort of a land-based expedition! The islands offer endless opportunities to witness a unique abundance of wildlife in a setting unlike any other on the planet. This is one of the few places on earth that allows such close and intimate contact with wildlife. The Galapagos form a natural sanctuary that preserves species, this allowed them to evolve their unique features for countless millennia. This vacation also provides flexible time to spend on your own and explore the sand beaches, trails in the Galapagos forest, and wildlife. The tour also provides many benefits to local communities and is socially and environmentally responsible. Be part of an educational and inspirational journey of a lifetime in one of the most fiercely protected marine wilderness in the world!
Unique Experiences:
- Enjoy real-time encounters with the most amazing wildlife up your fingertips and discover the power of nature with the evolutionary changes of such unique animals.
- Snorkel through lava formations with sea turtles, penguins, sea horses, sea lions, and sharks at Lava Tunnels.
Hiking Snorkeling WildlifeToday you will be transferred to the airport for your flight to the Island of Baltra in the Galapagos Islands. On arrival, you will be picked up and transferred to Santa Cruz, a nearby island, crossing the narrow Itabaca Channel by ferry. From here, we will continue by car to our first stop in the highlands of Santa Cruz. The highlands are home to the iconic giant Galapagos tortoises. You will visit a private ranch where lunch will be served before heading out for a walk in search of these gentle giants. During the visit, you’ll also explore lava tubes—natural formations created by flowing lava beneath hardened surfaces. After this tour, you’ll continue by private vehicle to your hotel. In the evening, meet your local guide who will go over the itinerary for the next day. Enjoy the rest of the evening at leisure as you settle into this incredible island environment.
SERVICES INCLUDED
- 🏨 Accommodation: La Isla or similar.
- 🍽️ Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch.
Today you will be transferred to the airport for your flight to the Island of Baltra in the Galapagos Islands. On arrival, you will be picked up and transferred to Santa Cruz, a nearby island, crossing the narrow Itabaca Channel by ferry. From here, we will continue by car to our first stop in the highlands of Santa Cruz. The highlands are home to the iconic giant Galapagos tortoises. You will visit a private ranch where lunch will be served before heading out for a walk in search of these gentle giants. During the visit, you’ll also explore lava tubes—natural formations created by flowing lava beneath hardened surfaces. After this tour, you’ll continue by private vehicle to your hotel. In the evening, meet your local guide who will go over the itinerary for the next day. Enjoy the rest of the evening at leisure as you settle into this incredible island environment.
SERVICES INCLUDED
- 🏨 Accommodation: La Isla or similar.
- 🍽️ Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch.
Today after breakfast you will enjoy a half-day tour of Academy Bay. Be sure to pack everything you need for this trip. Optional snorkel equipment will be provided free of charge to anyone who wishes to use it. During the tour, you will take a boat to Academy Bay where you can swim and snorkel with all kinds of exotic fish and marine life, as well as the famous sea lions; they are very curious animals and like to swim next to you underwater. Here you can also see the sought after blue-footed boobies. Afterward, climb to a nearby viewpoint, and if you are lucky, you can see white-tipped reef sharks swimming in the ocean below. Afterwards, take a walk along the Playa de los Perros, where many sea iguanas are found basking in the sun. The enormous cacti, the deep, red color of the rocks and the turquoise, sparkling ocean make for great photo opportunities.
SERVICES INCLUDED
- 🏨 Accommodation: La Isla or similar.
- 🍽️ Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch.
In the morning we will visit the Charles Darwin Research Station to learn more about many of the endemic species seen in the wild, as well as the ongoing conservation and management efforts on the Galapagos Islands. In the afternoon, you will travel by speedboat to San Cristobal Island. Once we arrive, we will check in at the hotel.
SERVICES INCLUDED
- 🏨 Accommodation: Blue Marlin Hotel or similar.
- 🍽️ Meals included: Breakfast.
Today after breakfast you will be met and transferred to a dock where you will take a quick boat ride to the nearby Isla Lobos. During this boat trip, observe many marine animals before even setting foot on the island. Upon arrival, enjoy a guided tour where you will have the chance to observe frigate birds, blue-footed boobies, manta, sea lions, and sometimes sharks that all inhabit the island and its surrounding waters. The white coral beaches of San Cristóbal are great to walk around, relax and swim in before you return back to Puerto Baquerizo Moreno.
SERVICES INCLUDED
- 🏨 Accommodation: Blue Marlin Hotel or similar.
- 🍽️ Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch.
Enjoy some more free time this morning before transferring to the airport of San Cristóbal. From here, you will take a flight back to Ecuador’s mainland. Upon arrival in Quito, you will be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel for one more evening at leisure before saying goodbye.
SERVICES INCLUDED
- 🏨 Accommodation: Sheraton Quito Hotel or similar.
- 🍽️ Meals included: Breakfast.
Today our trip will end and you will have your International departures. Take with you your memories and photos and leave a piece of your heart, as you will want to return to Ecuador soon to experience more of this enchanted land. We wish you a “buen viaje”!
SERVICES INCLUDED
- 🍽️ Meals included: Breakfast.
What’s Included?
- Transportation: Speed boat Santa Cruz – San Cristobal, comfortable land transportation.
- Accommodation based on double occupancy: 5* hotel in Quito, 3+ star hotels in Galapagos.
- Meals: 6 breakfasts and 3 lunches.
- Activities: Hiking in Santa Cruz highlands, Snorkeling, Isla Lobos, Academy Bay day tour.
- Gear: Snorkeling mask and fins, life vest.
- Trip Leader: Certified AJ expert English-speaking adventure leader and naturalist local guides in Galapagos National Park.
What is not included?
- My Own Room supplement: USD $587.
- Airfare International flights.
- Airport transfer (international flights).
- Airfare Quito – Galapagos – Quito round trip – estimated budget USD $535.
- Travel insurance (suggested).
- Meals not described in the itinerary – estimated budget USD $180.
- INGALA transit card: USD $20 per person, cash only (subject to change).
- Galapagos National Park fee: USD $100 per person, cash only (subject to change).
- Wetsuit for rent: USD $10.
- Tips for guides and drivers – estimated budget USD $120.
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