Food on a Galapagos Cruise: We’ve Got You Covered
With food on a Galapagos cruise, we live by the saying “our guests can’t explore on an empty stomach.” It’s why we go the extra mile with meals!
With food on a Galapagos cruise, we live by the saying “our guests can’t explore on an empty stomach.” It’s why we go the extra mile with meals!
A particular time of year in Ecuador sees the arrival of freshly-brewed colada morada and -baked guaguas de pan. Find out what they’re all about!
Have you ever wanted to visit Quito, Ecuador? With this blog, we invite you to discover 12 of biggest reasons for why you should come!
The Independence of Guayaquil in Ecuador is a powerful reminder of how relatively small historical events can have big outcomes.
It is September 7th, 1835 and, almost a month ago, Darwin writes to his sister Catherine: “I am very anxious to see the Galapagos Islands.”
Charles Darwin’s arrival in Galapagos marked a very important intellectual crossroads in his journey aboard the HMS Beagle. Find out more!
Tourism is one of the main ways people can support the Galapagos Islands inhabitants. Find out more about what Santa Cruz II does for the community.
September 15th, 1835, Charles Darwin arrives in the Galapagos Islands aboard the HMS Beagle ship. Find out how this date is commemorated!
The discovery of the Galapagos happened entirely by chance and bad luck! We invite you to find out all about the expedition that came upon them!
Follow along as we continue exploring Tomas de Berlanga’s misadventure that led to the accidental (but monumental) discovery of Galapagos!
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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.