Xplore Ecuador & Galapagos Islands

Arrival at Quito International Airport.



Meeting and welcome by your English-speaking guide and transfer to your hotel.



Advantages of LatinXplore:

- Delivery of your welcome kit

- Dinner on your own. Due to the time difference and late arrival, many passengers prefer to sleep directly after the snack provided by the airline.

- Early check-in option with extra charge for passengers who arrive earlier



Dinner on your own

Hotel accommodation



Driving time 38 km / 40 min – Altitude 2850 m

Services included: ☒ Transfer ☒ English-speaking guide ☒ Accommodation ☒ Welcome kit

Breakfast at the hotel



Free day or optional activities



Lunch and Dinner on your own

Hotel accommodation



Altitude 2850 m /

Services included: ☒ Accommodation

Breakfast at the hotel



Advantages of LatinXplore:

- Overnight in an Andean hostel

Departure to the historic center with your English-speaking guide. Visit the center of the largest colonial city in South America, witness to the indigenous, colonial, inquisition and republican eras.



Lunch on your own



Departure towards the south of the city, following the famous Avenue of the Volcanoes, named after Alexander Va Humboldt. You arrive at your Lodge, on the slopes of the Cotopaxi Volcano.



Dinner on your own

Hotel accommodation



Driving time 70 km / 1h30 min in 2 trips – Altitude 3750 m

Services included: ☒ Transfer ☒ English-speaking guide ☒ Accommodation ☒ Entrance fees to visiting sites

Breakfast at the hotel



Cotopaxi National Park, visit the Limpiopungo lagoon, climb to the first refuge (by vehicle if the weather permits).



Lunch on your own



In the afternoon, departure to the south, continuing through the Ecuadorian Andes until reaching the sultan city of the Andes, Riobamba.



Dinner on your own

Hotel accommodation



Driving time 190 km / 3h50 min – Altitude 2750 m

Services included: ☒ Transfer ☒ English-speaking guide ☒ Accommodation ☒ Entrance to the National Park

Breakfast at the hotel



LatinXplore "advantages"

- Explore the archaeological site of Ingapirca



Visit what is recognized as the first Hispanic church in the country and discover the vegetable ivory, the Tagua. Continue to Pitishi Viewpoint, weather permitting, to admire and understand the Devil's Nose Railway. A true engineering feat of the time. It was here that the exchange of goods took place between the cultures of the Andes and those of sea level.

Arrival in Ingapirca, a small town in the mountains next to the Inca site of Ingapirca.



Lunch on your own



Guided tour of the site. Continuation towards the city of Cuenca.



Dinner on your own

Hotel accommodation



Travel time 192 km / 3h50 completed in 3 trips – Altitude 2560 m

Services included: ☒ Transfer ☒ English-speaking guide ☒ Accommodation ☒ Entrance fees to visiting sites

Breakfast at the hotel



LatinXplore "advantages"

- Learn more about the museum, which features pieces from the country's various indigenous cultures.

- Enjoy the afternoon and evening freely, and the numerous gastronomic options in the city



Visit to a hat factory in Panama, originally from Ecuador. Belonging to a well-known family from Cuenca who opened their small store where they display a wide variety of hats. Afterwards, your guide will give you a tour of the city. You can enjoy the largest private collection of pre-Hispanic art in the country, at the Museum of Aboriginal Cultures.



Lunch on your own



Free afternoon to enjoy this beautiful city of English architecture, very pleasant and well organized for pedestrians. Your guide will remain at your disposal.



Dinner on your own to enjoy the city's wide gastronomic offer.

Hotel accommodation



Driving time 5 km / 20 min – Altitude 2560 m

Services included: ☒ Transfer ☒ English-speaking guide ☒ Accommodation ☒ Entrance fees to visiting sites

Breakfast at the hotel



LatinXplore "advantages"

-Visit the unique Cajas National Park with its paramo vegetation.



Passing and visiting the El Cajas National Park. Magical, wild, bewitching landscapes, with one of its majestic lagoons – La Toreadora.

Continuation to Guayaquil



Lunch on your own

Panoramic tour of the city, with the Malecón, the Iguana Park, the Cathedral and the La Peñas neighborhood.



Dinner on your own

Hotel accommodation



Travel time 203 km/ 4h in 2 trips – Altitude 0 m

Services included: ☒ Transfer ☒ English-speaking guide ☒ Accommodation ☒ Entrance to the national park

Breakfast at the hotel



Your English-speaking guide will accompany you to the airport for your departure to the Galapagos.

Meeting and welcome by your guide upon arrival at Baltra airport and then transfer to the capital, Puerto Ayora. You will travel to the upper part of the island of Santa Cruz to discover the twin craters, volcanic formations caused by the sinking of the surface layers of the earth. Observation of flora and fauna. Continue with a visit to one of the local ranches with free-ranging giant tortoises. You will then pass through an end-to-end lava tunnel for a distance of 300m underground. The lava tunnels, splendid volcanic formations, show by their magnitude how these islands originate from large underwater volcanic eruptions.



Lunch on your own



Continuation to Puerto Ayora and check-in at the hotel.



Dinner on your own

Hotel accommodation



Flight time: 10 minutes by shared bus; 10 minutes by boat; 45 minutes by private bus.

Services included: ☒ Transfers ☒ English-speaking guide ☒ Accommodation ☒ Entrance to the Ranch

Breakfast at the hotel.



Free day or optional excursions



Lunch on your own.



Dinner on your own

Hotel accommodation



45 minutes’ walk – Maximum altitude 0 m

Included services: ☒ Accommodation

Breakfast at the hotel



Embark on a boat to observe blue-footed boobies, frigates, seagulls and other endemic birds. Snorkel in Franklin Bay, where you can see a wide variety of colorful fish of all sizes, sea turtles, small sharks, blue sharks from the creek which are completely harmless. You will disembark to observe the vegetation of the island as well as the marine iguanas, to continue towards Las Grietas, lava fissures, you will also visit the salt mines and a natural pool where the salt waters of the sea meet the fresh water of the upper part of the island. Ideal place to swim with fish and snorkel.



Lunch on your own



Free afternoon to explore Puerto Ayora



Dinner on your own

Hotel accommodation



Boat and 45 minutes’ walk – Max altitude 0 m

Services included: ☒ Transfers ☒ English -speaking guide ☒ Accommodation ☒ Entrance fees to visiting sites

Breakfast at the hotel



Transfer to the airport to take the flight to Guayaquil.



Lunch on your own (at Santa Cruz airport or in Guayaquil)



Arrival in Guayaquil and transfer to the hotel.



Dinner on your own

Hotel accommodation



10 minutes by boat and 1h15 by bus, in 3 trips – Max altitude. m

Services included: ☒ Transfers ☒ English speaking guide ☒ Accommodation

Breakfast at the hotel



Lunch on your own



Depending on the departure time of your flight, transfer to the airport is coordinated.

Night on the plane



Altitude 0m

Services included: ☒ Transfer ☒ English-speaking guide