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Tour Code: LHE
Tour Length: 11 days
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Highlands of Ecuador
Highlights
- Quito
- Riobamba
- Ingapirca
- Santa Cruz Island
- Bartholome Island
- Santiago Island
- Rabida Island
- Santa Cruz Island
- North Seymour Island
Hotels
Swissotel
Abraspungo Hotel or Andaluza Hotel
Carvallo Hotel
Oro Verde
What's Included
Sightseeing Highlights
- Quito: Tour thisWorld Heritage Site,with its old churches,monasteries and convents, see the Equatorial Monument.
- Riobamba: Visit a Tagua workshop.
- Ingapirca: Visit the Inca ruins.
- Cuenca: Take a walking tour of this UNESCOWorld Cultural Heritage town
including a colorful flower market.
- Santa Cruz Island: Walk to Dragon Hill to see a variety of exotic animals.
- Bartholome Island: Delight in the view of this islands volcanic features,
mangroves and cactus.
- Santiago Island: See dramatic rock formations.
- Rabida Island: See animals such as sea lions,marine iguanas and mockingbirds.
- Santa Cruz Island: Visit the Charles Darwin Research Station.
- North Seymour Island Tour: this home to blue-footed boobies and frigate birds,with its vegetation of prickly pear cacti, and palo santos trees.
Dining Highlights
- 10 Breakfasts
- 7 lunches
- 8 Dinners
25 included meals in total (see day by day itinerary)
First Class Travel Highlights
- Services of an English-speaking Tour Director on land; local host/cruise director while cruising.
- Travel on Trafalgar's comfortable air-conditioned motor vehicles.
- A stylish travel bag and wallet containing tour documents and helpful information.
- Accommodations in hotels in twin-bedded rooms with private bath or shower as listed or similar
- Taxes, entrance fees and service charges at hotels, along with mandatory luggage
handling fees at the airports and hotels are included.
- Scheduled round-trip flights when Trafalgar issues the air tickets
- Transfers between the airport/hotel/ship, including baggage handling at the airport
- Cruise accommodation on the M/V Santa Cruz in outside cabin on the Main Deck with private shower and toilet. Upgrades available.
- Services of a naturalist guide aboard the M/V Santa Cruz
- Flights Guayaquil/Galapagos, Galapagos/Guayaquil
- Galapagos Park tax valued at $100
- Guided sightseeing in Quito
- Visits to the Equatorial Monument and the Charles Darwin Research Station.
- Your Cruise Ship: The 1600-ton M/V Santa Cruz was built exclusively for Galapagos Islands cruising. It features a broad sun deck, a Jacuzzi, spacious lounge areas, a large dining room, cocktail lounge, bar and an observation deck for dolphin and whale watching.The ship is fully air-conditioned, and all cabins have private showers and toilets. Each evening, the ship's naturalist holds a film/slide presentation and
a briefing on planned activities.
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