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Frigatebird in the Galapagos

Wildlife of Ecuador: Amazon & Galapagos

12 days from £7,480±è±è

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Tour highlights

  • Galapagos Islands — "Darwin's laboratory" and a truly unique location with incredibly fearless wildlife.

  • Ecuadorian Amazon — home to some of the Amazon's most recognised ecolodges with excellent set up, guides and wildlife spotting opportunities.

  • Quito — a UNESCO World Heritage Site with fine colonial architecture.

Price includes:

  • Scheduled international and domestic flights
  • Flight offers available
  • In-destination transfers
  • Activities and excursions as detailed
  • All accommodation
  • 24-hour support while you travel
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Itinerary idea in detail

Includes international flights from a choice of UK airports, including London, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

  • Today you begin your journey by boarding your international outbound flight to Quito. On arrival, you will be met and taken to your hotel.

  • Private city tour of the highlights of Quito, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

  • Transfer to the airport in time for your flight to Coca. Here, you will be met by members of your lodge who will take you to your accommodation. Enjoy an afternoon of activities.

  • Today, you'll embark on activities from your Amazon lodge. These might include small group guided walks through the rainforest with a qualified naturalist guide who can explain all about the area's biology and botany. Keep an eye out for howler monkeys, sloths, and squirrel monkeys. You may also visit a butterfly farm.

  • You'll spend a second day exploring the Amazon from your lodge. Today, you might find yourself canoeing through creeks, taking a canopy walk, or visiting a Parrot Lick at nearby Yasuní National Park.

  • Transfer back to Coca in time for your flight to Quito. Here you will be met and taken to your hotel for one night.

  • Transfer to the airport for your flight to the Galapagos Islands. On arrival, you will be met by a member of your crew and transferred to your boat. Group excursions.

  • Today, you'll visit Cormorant Point on Floreana Island, which has both a volcanic and white sandy beach and is a nesting site for green turtles. In the afternoon, you will visit Baroness Viewpoint and Post Office Bay to learn about the mystery of the baroness and leave a postcard in the old barrel at Post Office Bay.

  • Today, you'll visit Española Island, where you will have time to relax and snorkel in the morning. Expect to see three species of finch, small wading birds and surgeonfish. In the afternoon, you will hike to Suarez Point to view blue-footed boobies and waved albatross.

  • Your final full day will be spent on San Cristóbal Island. The morning will consist of a hike to Punta Pitt viewpoint, where you can watch seabirds such as red-footed boobies and great frigatebirds riding the thermals.

  • Visit Lobos Island this morning before your departure from the cruise. Be transferred to the airport and fly to the mainland to connect with your international flight home.

  • Arrive home today to complete your journey.

Accommodation options

While the itinerary price reflects the suggested accommodation, Audley trips are 100% tailor-made, and a specialist can help you select the option best suited to your tastes and budget.

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When to go

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Quito
 
The Galapagos Islands
 

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