General

This program is focus in the flexibility and the diverse activities that all families can share and enjoy in the mainland and in the Amazing Galapagos, surrounding of beauty landscapes and wildlife .

The family safari holiday camp program, give each member of your family a full attention, making the interests of all of the guests a priority.

The kid’s club gives the younger generation an exclusive chance to explore, create, and enjoy the camp. We tailor activities based on the individual; holding impromptu art, Spanish, and cooking classes daily during the afternoon.

Other highlights of a family safari holiday in the Galapagos are day trips to nearby islands with time reserved for snorkeling. Peaceful beaches and clear waters lead to hours exploring the underwater world of the islands; where sea lions, penguins, turtles, and schools of fish vie for the attention.

 DAY 01: TRANSFER IN QUITO

Our guide will meet you at the airport to welcome you and take to your hotel for check in.

DAY 02 QUITO CITY TOUR (*) & YAKU MUSEUM

After breakfast . This day will be a combination of culture and fun for kids. We will be ready to live the experience of visiting the best preserved and largest historic center in SouthAmerica, Quito downtown, with an over-abundance of ancient thick-walled, tile-roofed colonial buildings, churches, museums, and more. We invite you to walk and visit the gold-gilded La Compañia de Jesus Church, the neo-gothic Basilica del Voto Nacional. Continue to the heart of the downtown to admire the Independence Square, the Presidential Palace, the Metropolitan Cathedral , the Archbishop’s Palace, the Municipal Building,. Continue to the church and monastery of San Francisco (1535), which is the oldest church in Ecuador. Besides you will go back in centuries visiting the oldest colonial street of Quito “ LA RONDA” where a typic drink called “ canelazo” will be tasted and we will not leave of this memorable old street without tasting the artesanal ice cream AND know about the process of cacao until having and tasting an spectacular Ecuadorian Chocolate.

Time to enjoy a fabulous Ecuadorian food at La Ronda Street.

We will continue and go to one of the highest viewpoints of the city, “ Panecillo Hill”, that lets you admire Quito from north to South, and from East to West. In this great scenery Quito will keep in your Memories for ever!

In the afternoon continue our experience to YAKU the water Musuem where kids will enjoy and learn about the importance of water and its treatment and conservation. They will have time to play in this interactive museum.

Accommodation at Overnight

DAY 03: TRANSFER OUT QUITO

TRANSFER IN BALTRA

Our family adventure continue with more fantastic activities and surprises. Upon our arrival we will go to one of the best places to be with family and share with all. We will go to Galapagos safari camp, a splendours luxury ecohotel. Guides will entertain kids and will talk about the educational and variety of activities you will do in that days. After lunch you will explore the farm, pick tropical fruit, harvest cacao and do some bird watching , afterwards you will visit the lava tunnels and will go to see the giant tortoises in the National Tortoise Reserve.

Accommodation at Overnight

 DAY 04: GALAPAGOS SAFARI CAMP

After breakfast we will visit the organic coffee plantation to learn about responsible small-scalle farming and do some coffee picking. After that we will go to Cerro Mesa, , for a short walk to wetlands area filled with birds and bathing tortoises. After lunch at a local restaurant you will take a downhill bike ride to Garrapatero Beach to enjoy the white sand, turquoise water and flamingo lagoon. After a nice time at the beach and in the evening, parents have the chance to relax, while the kids will enjoy a private art class with a local artists.

Accommodation at Overnight

DAY 05: SAILING EXCURSION

This day our adventure will be on board a yacht to explore an uninhabited island (options include North Seymour, South Plazas, Santa Fe and Bartolomé, and exact location depends on your travel dates). IN any of these islands all the family will enjoy the wildlife and in some areas you will be

able to do some snorkeling and see the amazing sea life underwater.

Accommodation at Overnight

DAY 06 GALAPAGOS SAFARI CAMP.

An exciting activity for kids will take place in this day, A Fishing excursion with a privately chartered boat. You will be with a bilingual guide and the local fisherman Your family will be taught local fishing tricks and get the chance to hear tales from a lifetime at sea. This is a day to learn about local people activities, enjoying nature and wildlife.

Accommodation at Overnight

 DAY 07 CHARLES DARWIN STATION

After breakfast a morning tour to Charles Darwin Research Station, will be one of the activities. An ideal place where family will learn about the tortoises, followed by lunch in Puerto Ayora.. Afternoon a nice walking to Tortuga Bay, a spectacular beach with incredible white and sandy beach teaming with wildlife., kinds, teenagers and adults will enjoy the walking, the swimming and the relaxing afternoon in this fabulous beach where iguanas, rays and sea tortoises can be close to you while walking or swimming.

Accommodation at Overnight

DAY 08: TRANSFER OUT BALTRA

After breakfast, the guide will take you to the airport in Baltra to flight back to the mainland.

TRANSFER IN QUITO

Arrival in Quito, our guide will meet you at the airport to take you at your hotel.

DAY 09: TRANSFER OUT QUITO

Departure, transfer from hotel to airport to take your international flight.

DURATION: 09 Days

PERIOD: Daily

PACKAGE INCLUDES:

• Bilingual speaking guide
• Private transportation in Quito
• Accommodation at First class Hotels in Quito
• Entrance to churches and museum
• Lunch in Quito
• Accommodation in family suite or luxury tents (for the more adventurous)
• All meals on Galapagos safari Camp
• All the activities and visits to the sites detailed in the itinerary
• Charter boat trip with fisherman
• Ground transportation in the Islands
• Transfer airport/hotel/airport in Quito
• Transfer airport/ Galapagos camp/ airport in Galapagos
• Art class and materials for kids
• Meals as detailed in the mainland

NOT INCLUDED:

• Air tickets to/from Galapaogs Islands
• Galapagos National Park entrance fee ( 100 usd per person)
• Tourist transit card ( 20 Usd per person).
• Meals not detailed
• Beverage, tips, laundry and personal expenses
• Travel Insurance