Galapagos 9 – Day Odyssey

 📝 Quick Look
Arrive in Quito, transfer to your hotel, and enjoy optional activities depending on your flight schedule.

🍽️ Meals

Dinner ✅ (at a local restaurant)

🏨 Lodging
Ilatoa Lodge or similar – near Quito Airport

🚌 Transport
Quito Airport → Hotel or optional activities (transport to optional activities included if booked in advance)

🟡 Optional Activities

• Quito City Tour (4 hours – ask for rates)
  
  
• Visit to the Middle of the World (4 hours – ask for rates)
  
  

🔴 Not Included
Breakfast, Lunch

 📝 Quick Look
Flight to Baltra, ground transfer to Puerto Ayora, and visit to the Charles Darwin Research Station, the heart of Galapagos conservation.

🍽️ Meals
Breakfast ✅
Lunch ✅
Dinner ✅

🏨 Lodging
Hotel Fiesta or similar – Santa Cruz Island

🚌 Transport
Quito → Baltra (air) / Baltra → Puerto Ayora (ground) – 7 hours total

🧭 Main Activity
Visit to the Charles Darwin Research Station (2 hours)

📝 Quick Look
Morning at Tortuga Bay Beach for sunbathing and wildlife watching. Afternoon visit to Las Grietas for swimming in crystal-clear volcanic waters.

🍽️ Meals
Breakfast ✅
Lunch ✅
Dinner ✅

🏨 Lodging
Hotel Fiesta or similar – Santa Cruz Island

🚌 Transport
Hotel to Morning and Afternoon Activities

🧭 Main Activity

• Tortuga Bay Beach (4 hours)
  
• Las Grietas (3 hours)

 📝 Quick Look
Speedboat ride to Isabela Island followed by a scenic bike ride to a haunting stone wall built by prisoners. A trail that blends echoes of the past with tortoise sightings and island views.

🍽️ Meals
Breakfast ✅
Lunch ✅
Dinner ✅

🏨 Lodging
La Laguna de Galápagos or similar – Isabela Island

🚌 Transport
Puerto Ayora → Isabela (speedboat) – 3 hours

🧭 Main Activity
Muro de Lágrimas (Wall of Tears) 

 📝 Quick Look
Explore the underwater world at the Lava Tunnels, followed by a relaxing afternoon at the beach.

🍽️ Meals
Breakfast ✅
Lunch ✅
Dinner ✅

🏨 Lodging
La Laguna de Galápagos or similar – Isabela Island

🚌 Transport
Isabela → Lava Tunnels (boat) – 1 hour

🧭 Main Activity
Snorkeling at Lava Tunnels (4 hours)

 📝 Quick Look
Step onto the rim of one of Earth's largest volcano orators with a perimeter of 19 miles-Sierra Negra´s epic island views will be unforgettable! Relax at the beach in the afternoon.

🍽️ Meals
Breakfast ✅
Lunch ✅
Dinner ✅

🏨 Lodging
La Laguna de Galápagos or similar – Isabela Island

🚌 Transport
Hotel → Sierra Negra Volcano → Hotel – 1 hour total

🧭 Main Activity
Hike around Sierra Negra Volcano (4 hours)

 📝 Quick Look
Visit Tintoreras Islet to spot marine iguanas, sea lions, and reef sharks. Return to Santa Cruz.

🍽️ Meals
Breakfast ✅
Lunch ✅
Dinner ✅

🏨 Lodging
Hotel Fiesta or similar – Santa Cruz Island

🚌 Transport
Isabela → Tintoreras → Puerto Ayora – 3.5 hours total

🧭 Main Activity
Tintoreras Islet tour (2 hours)

 📝 Quick Look
Transfer to Baltra Airport for flight back to Quito.

🍽️ Meals
Breakfast ✅
Lunch ✅
Dinner ✅

🏨 Lodging
Holiday Inn or similar – near Quito Airport

🚌 Transport
Puerto Ayora → Baltra Airport – 6 hours Quito International Airport → Hotel

 📝 Quick Look
Transfer to Quito International  Airport and to optional activities. Subject to Flight Itineraries

🍽️ Meals
Breakfast ✅

🚌 Transport
Lodge → Quito Airport (+ optional activities)

🟡 Optional Activities

• Quito City Tour (4 hours)
• Visit to the Middle of the World (4 hours)
• Paragliding (6 hours  starts at 4:00 AM)
  
  

🔴 Not Included
Lunch, Dinner

ℹ️ Notes
Ask for rates and reserve your optional activity prior to your journey. Subject to return flight itineraries.