Galápagos Explorer - Guayaquil & Santa Cruz - 7 Days

Reception at the airport and transfer to the hotel of your choice.

We will visit the Seminario Park, also popularly known as Las Iguanas Park, because of the reptiles that live there. The site has its natural charm with trees and an artificial pond where goldfish swim. We then headed to the Metropolitan Cathedral. The Cathedral is located on the site where the first mother church of the New City was built. Then we headed to the Plaza de Gestión. The Arosemena passage is one of the urban values of the Plaza. It crosses the Municipal Palace, in a route in which the visitor can admire the iron and glass roof with decorative stained glass windows. Around we can see the Nahim Isaias Museum and monuments such as: A Sucre, The Forge of Vulcan, the Fountain of Glory and Grace. Then you will visit the Moorish Tower known as the Public Clock Tower. We walk along the Malecon 2000 and we can see the towers of the four elements. Then we arrive at the Monument to the 2 Liberators: Simon Bolivar and San Martin. Our tour ends in the equity and very relevant area of Guayaquil: Las Peñas. The hill of Santa Ana is also a tourist area. The access to this area is through the Diego Noboa steps, which are 444 steps.

Transfer to the airport to Santa Cruz We will take you to the airport in Guayaquil in order to take your flight to Santa Cruz - Galapagos ( GPS) Upon arrival at Baltra airport, they must pass through the National Park where the value of the entry to the National Park will be cancelled (Value not included. After having passed the respective checks and baggage removal, staff assigned by us  will receive you at the exit gate of Baltra airport. Our staff will give you the instructions for the payment of the ECOGAL fee or "Lobito", which is a fee for the use of transport airport own transportation, the cost is USD 5.00 (Value not included). Together with the guide we will board the bus "Lobito" available to reach the Itabaca Canal, where through a barge we will cross to Santa Cruz Island. After the crossing we will board the transport assigned to go to their respective hotel in Puerto Ayora. Check in at the hotel (Room delivery times subject to the policies of each hotel). Lunch. At the time indicated by the guide, we will leave for the Charles Darwin Scientific Station, which is a biological research station operated by the Charles Darwin Foundation. During the tour you will be able to maintain a very close contact with the turtles, which are in the pens, as well as with the giant cactus forests where where several land birds live. Return to the hotel.