After Breakfast, meet your guide in the hotel lobby and depart for a Quito City Tour with Chocolate Tasting. Your guide will take you for a walk through the culturally diverse history of Quito. Visit The Independence Square & San Francisco Square with the Government and the Bishops Palace, as well as the Cathedral. As part of this walking tour, immerse yourself into the world of Ecuadorian chocolate. Learn about cacao’s history, how to grow it, and the processes to make great chocolate. End your visit by awakening your taste buds as you try different grades and flavors of chocolate. The tour goes on to the Equatorial Line Monument called “Middle of the World”. Here you get a truly special experience to stand in both, the Northern and Southern Hemispheres simultaneously. Visit the monument and the Ethnographical Museum, which shows the history of the Indigenous cultures of Ecuador.

Early-Morning transfer to the Quito’s airport for flight to the Galapagos Islands. Upon arrival on Baltra Island, take a short bus ride and a ferry the Santa Cruz Island. Later, drive through the highlands and observe the change in vegetation: from arid landscapes filled with cacti to the lush rainforest. Take a short stop and observe the twin craters. Then, take an underground journey through a lava tunnel, formed by molten lava and understand more about the Galápagos Islands and their lava layering formation process. Afterwards, you will visit the Giant Tortoise Reserve in Santa Cruz, one of the few places where you can see these giants in their natural habitat. The large, pre-historic looking animals can be seen as you walk along the trails during their migration from the coast to the highlands. The Giant Tortoise Reserve is also one of the best sites to observe the short-eared owl, another endemic specie from the Galapagos Islands. Lunch will be served at a local ranch. Overnight Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island.

Breakfast at your hotel, then meet your guide for a walk from Puerto Ayora to Tortuga Bay, about 3.2km (2mi.) one of the longest white sandy beaches in the archipelago. Along its shores, keep an eye out for marine iguanas, sharks, sea turtles, and migratory birds. On the west, a rocky edge divides the beach and creates a calm cove ideal for swimming. In the afternoon, transfer to the pier to take the Speedboat Ferry Ride to Isabela Island. Upon arrival Isabela Island, meet our representative and transfer to your hotel. Rest of the day at leisure. Overnight Puerto Villamil, Isabela Island.

After breakfast, take a short boat ride from Puerto Villamil to a small rocky islet known as “Las Tintoreras”, one of the island’s most beautiful sites. Observe marine iguanas and playful sea lions on the sandy beach. Put your mask and snorkel on to explore the underwater world filled with colourful fish, sea turtles, and much more. Later, visit the Flamingos’ pools, or “Pozo de los Flamingos”, and get up close and personal with these beautiful, bright pink birds that adorn the lagoon’s shores. The day’s tour ends at the Giant Tortoise Breeding Centre. Here, learn about these endemic creatures and their different life phases: reproduction, breeding, and development. Get up close and personal with giant tortoises and understand how the centre is helping to protect and recover the species. Enjoy dinner in a local restaurant. Overnight Puerto Villamil, Isabela Island.

After breakfast, depart toward the Sierra Negra volcano. On a clear day, enjoy the breathtaking views of Sierra Negra's immense crater. The Sulphur Mines are located on the slopes of the volcano's collapsed crater. Begin your descent into the interior of the caldera, covering approximately 2 kilometres each way. The sulphur mines, with their striking bright green colour contrasting with the dark lava rocks, create a unique Jurassic landscape that will captivate both your eyes and your camera lens. In the afternoon, transfer to the pier to take the Speedboat Ferry to Santa Cruz Island. Upon Arrival in Santa Cruz, meet our representative and transfer to your hotel. Rest of the day at leisure. Enjoy dinner in a local restaurant in Puerto Ayora. Overnight Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island.

After breakfast at your hotel, depart for a half-day boat tour along the coast of Santa Cruz Island. You visit 5 different spots: La Loberia, which is a small island about 10 minutes into the bay where there is a large colony of sea lions. Shark Channel and Lovers Channel are both nice snorkelling sites, and beautiful places to take in the blue footed boobies who are regularly seen resting on the cliffs close by. Dog’s Beach gives you opportunity to get off the boat and walk through cactus forests to a remote beach where you will almost definitely encounter a marine iguana or many, and turtles are often seen feeding just off the shore. The last site is Las Grietas, a water filled crevice in the rocks. Lunch will be served in a local restaurant in Puerto Ayora. Later visit the Charles Darwin Research Centre. Inaugurated in 1964 in Puerto Ayora, over 200 scientists and volunteers are active in the conservation and research projects for the most famous resident of the Galápagos: the Giant Tortoise. Stroll around the impressive giant prickly-pear cactus forest or visit the baby turtles that are affectionately cared for until they can be repatriated. Learn about the tortoises’ different life stages: from incubation, hatching, and growth periods. Overnight Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island.

Breakfast at your hotel. Day at leisure. Enjoy the hotel amenities and surrounding area. Alternatively, you can add an optional Island Day boat trip to any of these Islands, Seymour, North, South Plazas, or Bartholomew - Price available upon request. Overnight Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island.