What’s the difference between visiting the Galapagos National Park and traveling to the Galapagos Islands?
The Galapagos National Park harbors the most amazing parts of Galapagos, but to visit it you must follow certain rules. Find out more!
The Galapagos National Park harbors the most amazing parts of Galapagos, but to visit it you must follow certain rules. Find out more!
The Galapagos Islands offer you a great experience in terms of expedition and connection with your surroundings with safety, protocols, and no mass tourism!
Thinking about traveling to the Galapagos Islands by yourself? Find the best reasons why you should start your solo vacation to the Enchanted Isles!
Find out which is the best way to experience the Galapagos Islands
To keep children of all ages fascinated and happy, consider some of these once-in-a-lifetime activities for kids in the Galapagos Islands.
Curious to find out how to get to Galapagos? Visitors can only access the Galapagos Islands by plane from two major cities in Ecuador.
With some 70 vessels to choose from in Galapagos, narrowing down the best Galapagos cruise might feel like a challenge. This blog makes it easy!
You need these outfits on a Galapagos cruise: excursion, aquatic activities, and the perfect dress code while onboard. Start packing!
There’s no better way to experience the Galapagos than aboard an Expedition Vessel. In this blog, we detail what it’s like for our guests!
The extraordinary Galapagos Islands make for the perfect family adventure destination during Spring Break. Find out why here!
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This small, secret rooftop of the restored Casa Gangotena mansion peers over Plaza San Francisco in the center of Quito’s colonial Old Town, the world’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site. Order a Cedrón Spritz, a refreshing mix of rum, lemon, sparkling wine, and fresh lemon verbena (cedrón) syrup and leaf, then revel in the mesmerizing, real-time montage of daily life in Ecuador’s capital as it parades past.
A Font of information, Klaus has spent decades in the field, leading tours in the Amazon, Andes and Galapagos Islands. He hung up his guiding boots a few years back and now creates itineraries for the tour operator, Metropolitan Touring. Adrift in the Pacific Ocean, hundreds of miles from mainland South America, Galapagos is one of the most biodiverse locales on Earth.
Santa Cruz II is a replacement for the much-loved Santa Cruz, which plied the waters of the Galapagos for 36 years. It is not a new ship; it was built in 2002 and sailed as Mare Australis under the Australis cruise brand, operating expedition cruises around Cape Horn and to Antarctica. Metropolitan Touring bought the ship in 2015 and completely refurbished it, launching it as Santa Cruz II in October 2015.
When this modern, minimalist, glass-walled jungle lodge opened in 2012, it changed the accommodation game in South America. Arquitect Alfredo Ribadeneira’s “protective cocoon” would impress in a modern city; in the depths of an Andean cloudforest, it is wild, audacious and beautiful. Though only 70 miles from Quito, Maspi Lodge sits in splendid isolation, perched on a cliff at the end of an unsealed road.
Itinerario de 5 días / 4 noches: Basado en la tarifa regular (4214 USD + impuestos por persona)
Itinerario de 7 días / 6 noches: Basado en la tarifa regular (5672 USD + impuestos por persona)
No reembolsable. Aplica únicamente para residentes ecuatorianos en nuevas reservas directas realizadas, hasta el 30 de junio del 2022, con un ejecutivo de ventas del hotel. Válido para estadías hasta el 31 de agosto de 2022. No puede ser combinada con otros descuentos, promociones u ofertas. El descuento no aplica para otros servicios. El precio no incluye recargo de combustible de $20 por noche de crucero.