The Brown-Headed Spider Monkey Returns to Mashpi
Brown-Haded Spider Monkeys have been spotted returning to the Mashpi Reserve, delighting conservationists and visitors alike!
Brown-Haded Spider Monkeys have been spotted returning to the Mashpi Reserve, delighting conservationists and visitors alike!
Discover the unique islands you can visit in the Galapagos National Park: A pristine, uncrowded destination for explorers from all over the world!
The Galapagos Islands is home to three of the six species of boobies in the world. These boobies are red-footed booby, blue-footed booby and Nazca booby.
The Galapagos Islands are one of the most fascinating places in the world! Learn about the most interesting facts about the Enchanted Isles here!
Be sure to look out for some of these amazing fish in the Galapagos Islands while snorkeling, you can see hundreds of species.
The Galapagos Islands represent something enormously unique to our planet and the importance of conservation efforts. Read more in our blog!
Galapagos are credited as the place from which Charles Darwin gleaned his evolutionary theory. His book, “On the Origin of Species,” explains this.
Birdlife in the Galapagos Islands is highly abundant and varied. There are 56 native species of birds and 29 migrant species of birds in the Galapagos.
The Galapagos Islands are one of the few safe places on our planet that still remain “off the beaten path,” making for the best solo travel destination.
The best time to visit to the Galapagos Islands is from January to June or July to December. Learn what each month of the year has to offer!
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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.