Day 1: (✈) Arrival In Quito
Arrival at Quito International Airport.
Meeting and welcome by your English-speaking guide and transfer to your hotel.
Advantages of LatinXplore:
- Delivery of your welcome kit
- Dinner on your own. Due to the time difference and late arrival, many passengers prefer to sleep directly after the snack provided by the airline.
- Early check-in option with extra charge for passengers who arrive earlier
Dinner on your own
Hotel accommodation
Driving time 38 km / 40 min – Altitude 2850 m
Services included: ☒ Transfer ☒ English-speaking guide ☒ Accommodation ☒ Welcome kit
Day 2: Quito: Flight To Coca Deep Amazon
Breakfast at the hotel
Transfer to the airport to take the domestic flight to Coca. Meeting by the lodge staff and transfer by canoe to the lodge.
Lunch included.
After settling into comfortable rooms with jungle views, guests can take part in a variety of activities, including a hike to an observation tower to spot wildlife and enjoy an Amazonian sunset, or a kayak ride through the Napo River at sunset.
Dinner included.
Accommodation at the lodge
Travel time 38 km – 40 minutes / 30 minutes flight / 2h River transport - Altitude 400 m
Services included: ☒ Transfer ☒ Bilingual -speaking guide ☒ Lunch and Dinner ☒ Accommodation ☒ Tickets
Day 3: Amazon: Local Activities
Breakfast at the lodge
We depart by motor boat to the Saladero de Loros in the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve. During the tour, you will be able to observe different species of parrots. Then, walk along the Periquito Trail to observe up to 5 species of parrots, parakeets and macaws in the clay lick. The place also attracts mammals such as monkeys and jaguars. The morning ends with a visit to the Kury Muyu Intercultural Interpretation Center, run by women from the community, where you will learn about Kichwa culture and purchase crafts.
Lunch included
After lunch, enjoy a boat ride along the Añangu stream to spot wildlife. In the afternoon, board a catamaran on the Napo River to learn about the legends and traditional songs of the Kichwa community, while enjoying wood-grilled snacks.
Dinner included.
Accommodation at the lodge
Altitude 400m
Services included: ☒ Transfer ☒ Bilingual -speaking guide ☒ Lunch and Dinner ☒ Accommodation
Day 4: Amazon: Local Activities
Breakfast at the lodge
Start the day enjoying the sunrise during breakfast and visit sustainable community projects to learn about the Kichwa worldview. Explore the forest trails and observe the diversity of flora and fauna, including kapok trees and monkeys. After lunch, walk to the second observation tower to observe birds and other species.
Lunch included
In the afternoon, relax and enjoy a typical Amazonian dinner, with dishes such as maito and chontakuru (roasted chonta worms). After dinner, join an exciting night walk to observe insects, reptiles and mammals active at night.
Dinner included
Accommodation at the lodge
Altitude 400m
Services included: ☒ Transfer ☒ bilingual-speaking guide ☒ Lunch and dinner ☒ Accommodation
Day 5: Amazon: Transfer To Coca Airport Flight To Quito.
To end your stay on a perfect day, you can participate in the wayusada ritual early at 4:30 am, where Kichwa families share the sacred wuayusa, transmitting their ancestral knowledge. You will learn about traditional songs and, optionally, you will be able to realize your dreams with a mamakuna. Then we will return for breakfast before the transfer back to El Coca in comfortable motorized canoes, again enjoying the landscape of the Ecuadorian jungle.
Flight to Quito.
Lunch on your own
Arrival at Quito International Airport.
Meeting and welcome by your English-speaking guide and transfer to your hotel.
Dinner on your own
Hotel accommodation
Transport time 2h00 River transport / 30-minute flight / 38 km – 40 minutes Altitude 2850 m
Services included: ☒ Transfer ☒ English-speaking guide ☒ Accommodation
Day 6: Quito Free Day Or Optional Activities In Quito Or Region De Los Lagos / Otavalo
Breakfast at the hotel
Free day or optional activities
Lunch and Dinner on your own
Hotel accommodation
Altitude 2850 m /
Services included: ☒ Accommodation
Day 7: Quito: Visit Of The Colonial City / Latacunga (Cotopaxi)
Breakfast at the hotel
Advantages of LatinXplore:
- Overnight in an Andean hostel
Departure to the historic center with your English-speaking guide. Visit the center of the largest colonial city in South America, witness to the indigenous, colonial, inquisition and republican eras.
Lunch on your own
Departure towards the south of the city, following the famous Avenue of the Volcanoes, named after Alexander Va Humboldt. You arrive at your Lodge, on the slopes of the Cotopaxi Volcano.
Dinner on your own
Hotel accommodation
Driving time 70 km / 1h30 min in 2 trips – Altitude 3750 m
Services included: ☒ Transfer ☒ English-speaking guide ☒ Accommodation ☒ Entrance fees to visiting sites
Day 8: Cotopaxi: Visit Of The Park And The Cotopaxi Volcano / Riobamba
Breakfast at the hotel
Cotopaxi National Park, visit the Limpiopungo lagoon, climb to the first refuge (by vehicle if the weather permits).
Lunch on your own
In the afternoon, departure to the south, continuing through the Ecuadorian Andes until reaching the sultan city of the Andes, Riobamba.
Dinner on your own
Hotel accommodation
Driving time 190 km / 3h50 min – Altitude 2750 m
Services included: ☒ Transfer ☒ English-speaking guide ☒ Accommodation ☒ Entrance to the National Park
Day 9: Riobamba – Balbanera – Alausí –Ingapirca Cuenca
Breakfast at the hotel
LatinXplore "advantages"
- Explore the archaeological site of Ingapirca
Visit what is recognized as the first Hispanic church in the country and discover the vegetable ivory, the Tagua. Continue to Pitishi Viewpoint, weather permitting, to admire and understand the Devil's Nose Railway. A true engineering feat of the time. It was here that the exchange of goods took place between the cultures of the Andes and those of sea level.
Arrival in Ingapirca, a small town in the mountains next to the Inca site of Ingapirca.
Lunch on your own
Guided tour of the site. Continuation towards the city of Cuenca.
Dinner on your own
Hotel accommodation
Travel time 192 km / 3h50 completed in 3 trips – Altitude 2560 m
Services included: ☒ Transfer ☒ English-speaking guide ☒ Accommodation ☒ Entrance fees to visiting sites
Day 10: Cuenca: City Tour
Breakfast at the hotel
LatinXplore "advantages"
- Learn more about the museum, which features pieces from the country's various indigenous cultures.
- Enjoy the afternoon and evening freely, and the numerous gastronomic options in the city
Visit to a hat factory in Panama, originally from Ecuador. Belonging to a well-known family from Cuenca who opened their small store where they display a wide variety of hats. Afterwards, your guide will give you a tour of the city. You can enjoy the largest private collection of pre-Hispanic art in the country, at the Museum of Aboriginal Cultures.
Lunch on your own
Free afternoon to enjoy this beautiful city of English architecture, very pleasant and well organized for pedestrians. Your guide will remain at your disposal.
Dinner on your own to enjoy the city's wide gastronomic offer.
Hotel accommodation
Driving time 5 km / 20 min – Altitude 2560 m
Services included: ☒ Transfer ☒ English-speaking guide ☒ Accommodation ☒ Entrance fees to visiting sites
Day 11: Cuenca: El Cajas National Park – Guayaquil – City Tour
Breakfast at the hotel
LatinXplore "advantages"
-Visit the unique Cajas National Park with its paramo vegetation.
Passing and visiting the El Cajas National Park. Magical, wild, bewitching landscapes, with one of its majestic lagoons – La Toreadora.
Continuation to Guayaquil
Lunch on your own
Panoramic tour of the city, with the Malecón, the Iguana Park, the Cathedral and the La Peñas neighborhood.
Dinner on your own
Hotel accommodation
Travel time 203 km/ 4h in 2 trips – Altitude 0 m
Services included: ☒ Transfer ☒ English-speaking guide ☒ Accommodation ☒ Entrance to the national park
Day 12: Guayaquil: Baltra (✈) / Arrival At Santa Cruz De Galapagos – Twin Craters And Turtle Ranch Excursion
Breakfast at the hotel
Your English-speaking guide will accompany you to the airport for your departure to the Galapagos.
Meeting and welcome by your guide upon arrival at Baltra airport and then transfer to the capital, Puerto Ayora. You will travel to the upper part of the island of Santa Cruz to discover the twin craters, volcanic formations caused by the sinking of the surface layers of the earth. Observation of flora and fauna. Continue with a visit to one of the local ranches with free-ranging giant tortoises. You will then pass through an end-to-end lava tunnel for a distance of 300m underground. The lava tunnels, splendid volcanic formations, show by their magnitude how these islands originate from large underwater volcanic eruptions.
Lunch on your own
Continuation to Puerto Ayora and check-in at the hotel.
Dinner on your own
Hotel accommodation
Flight time: 10 minutes by shared bus; 10 minutes by boat; 45 minutes by private bus.
Services included: ☒ Transfers ☒ English-speaking guide ☒ Accommodation ☒ Entrance to the Ranch
Day 13: Santa Cruz / Galápagos: Optional Excursion To Tortuga Bay And Charles Darwin Station
Breakfast at the hotel.
Free day or optional excursions
Lunch on your own.
Dinner on your own
Hotel accommodation
45 minutes’ walk – Maximum altitude 0 m
Included services: ☒ Accommodation
Day 14: Santa Cruz / Galápagos: 1/2 Day Tour To Franklin Bay
Breakfast at the hotel
Embark on a boat to observe blue-footed boobies, frigates, seagulls and other endemic birds. Snorkel in Franklin Bay, where you can see a wide variety of colorful fish of all sizes, sea turtles, small sharks, blue sharks from the creek which are completely harmless. You will disembark to observe the vegetation of the island as well as the marine iguanas, to continue towards Las Grietas, lava fissures, you will also visit the salt mines and a natural pool where the salt waters of the sea meet the fresh water of the upper part of the island. Ideal place to swim with fish and snorkel.
Lunch on your own
Free afternoon to explore Puerto Ayora
Dinner on your own
Hotel accommodation
Boat and 45 minutes’ walk – Max altitude 0 m
Services included: ☒ Transfers ☒ English -speaking guide ☒ Accommodation ☒ Entrance fees to visiting sites
Day 15: Santa Cruz / Galápagos – Guayaquil (✈) / Arrival In Guayaquil
Breakfast at the hotel
Transfer to the airport to take the flight to Guayaquil.
Lunch on your own (at Santa Cruz airport or in Guayaquil)
Arrival in Guayaquil and transfer to the hotel.
Dinner on your own
Hotel accommodation
10 minutes by boat and 1h15 by bus, in 3 trips – Max altitude. m
Services included: ☒ Transfers ☒ English speaking guide ☒ Accommodation
Day 16: Guayaquil (✈) / Departure Transfer International Flight
Breakfast at the hotel
Lunch on your own
Depending on the departure time of your flight, transfer to the airport is coordinated.
Night on the plane
Altitude 0m
Services included: ☒ Transfer ☒ English-speaking guide
