Basic Quito and Galapagos

Day 1: Transfer from the airport to the hotel in Quito.

 

Accommodation.

 

 

We start to the north of the city with a tourist route along the most important shopping areas, where most of Quito's hotels are located. Then we will go to the Historical Center to visit the Basilica del Voto Nacional Church, where we will make a brief stop and give information about the church, then we go to the Plaza de Independencia, where we will take a pedestrian walk and you can see the Cathedral, the Government Palace, the Archbishop's Palace and the Church of La Compañía, renowned for its impressive gold ornaments and altars, we will continue to the Church of San Francisco built in the seventeenth century. (Church entrances are not included). We will then go to the Mirador del Panecillo, a place renowned for its beauty, where you can admire a beautiful landscape of colonial and modern Quito. 

 

 

Reception at the Baltra Airport and transfer by free shuttle bus to the dock of the Itabaca Channel to cross by public service ferry to Santa Cruz Island where a transport will be waiting for you to transfer you to Puerto Ayora, location where the hotels are on this island. On the way, you will have the opportunity to see the lava tunnels and a reserve of giant tortoises. Visit to the Charles Darwin Scientific Station, where you can learn more about the Galapagos Islands, the species that inhabit it, its formation and evolution, conservation programs and observe some giant tortoises in captivity. (Transfer operates daily at 12:45 p.m.). Accommodation

 

 

At the end of a walk of approximately 40 minutes we will arrive at this beach, one of the most beautiful in Galapagos, with white sands and green mangroves. In ""Playa Mansa"" we can swim and enjoy a morning at the beach. Free time for lunch. In the afternoon (2:00 pm) yacht tour by the bay to see ""La Lobería"" which gets its name due to the sea lions that are located here. Snorkeling is available here. Continuing with the tour we go to the ""Canal del Amor"", a place where nature lets us admire its beauty. At the end of this channel, a few meters away, we find a viewpoint where you can see white-finned sharks; After a short walk we can observe marine iguanas in the so-called ""Playa de los Perros"". Punta Estrada will also be visited. Return to the dock. Accommodation

The tour of this day is operated only Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays

* Note: The boat used in this excursion is a motor boat with capacity for 16 passengers

 

 

 

There you will have to cross by public service ferry to Baltra Island to take the buses from the different airlines which will take you to the airport. On the route to the airport, you will visit a coffee farm, which is part of a social responsibility program, based on the cultivation of organic coffee, which contributes to the conservation of plant species and soil, as a model of sustainable tourism