Day 1 · Guayaquil
Arrive in Guayaquil
You are met on arrival in Ecuador's port city and taken to your hotel.
- Overnight
- Hotel del Parque
12 days · 11 nights
Travel on dates that suit you
Ask about datesThe same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.
How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
Guayaquil
Day 1 · Guayaquil
You are met on arrival in Ecuador's port city and taken to your hotel.
Baltra
Day 2 · Baltra
You fly to Baltra and board your ship for four nights in the northern islands. You meet local students learning about their islands through a conservation education project.
Santa Cruz
Day 3 · Santa Cruz
A panga takes you to Eden Islet to see blue-footed boobies and snorkel the reef. At Sombrero Chino you walk lava trails and snorkel with reef sharks and Galápagos penguins.
Bartolomé Island
Day 4 · Bartolomé Island
You climb Bartolomé's volcanic summit for ocean views, then visit the penguins of Pinnacle Rock. Later you swim from the white beach at Sullivan Bay.
Genovesa
Day 5 · Genovesa
You climb Prince Philip's Steps to a clifftop of Nazca boobies, frigatebirds and short-eared owls. In Darwin Bay you snorkel with sea lions or kayak past marine iguanas.
Baltra and Lima
Day 6 · Baltra and Lima
You leave the islands and fly to Lima.
Cusco
Day 7 · Cusco
You fly to Cusco and lunch with a hacienda owner who shares his family's farming history. A visit to the Inkariy Museum explains the Andean cultures before the Incas.
Sacred Valley
Day 8 · Sacred Valley
You explore Moray's circular terraces, some almost 500 feet deep. Villagers show you their crafts and customs, and you visit a children's project in the valley.
Ollantaytambo and Machu Picchu
Day 9 · Ollantaytambo and Machu Picchu
After Ollantaytambo's stone terraces, you take the train into the Andes. Ride all the way for an afternoon first visit, or hike from KM 104 to the Sun Gate.
Machu Picchu and Cusco
Day 10 · Machu Picchu and Cusco
You walk the ruins in the early morning mist, then return to Cusco.
Cusco
Day 11 · Cusco
You tour the cathedral and the Santo Domingo Temple, built on Inca foundations, then visit a weaving workshop and the fortress of Sacsayhuamán. A farewell dinner celebrates Peruvian cooking.
Cusco and Lima
Day 12 · Cusco and Lima
You choose San Blas workshops, San Pedro Market and the Inca Museum, or a photography walk, then fly to Lima for your flight home.
Tell us when you would like to travel. Your advisor confirms dates and hotels, tailors the trip to the two of you, and stays with you until you are home.
Ecuador
8 days · 7 nights
Quito → Cotopaxi → Baños → Riobamba → Cuenca → Guayaquil
Begin in Quito and travel south along the Avenue of the Volcanoes with your own driver and guide, from Cotopaxi and the Quilotoa crater to the waterfalls of Baños and the high slopes of Chimborazo. The second half takes in the Inca site of Ingapirca, colonial Cuenca and the lakes of Cajas before a long descent to Guayaquil.
Ecuador
6 days · 5 nights
Puerto Ayora → Isabela → Puerto Ayora
Land on Baltra and spend your first night on Santa Cruz after meeting giant tortoises in the highlands. Cross by speedboat to Isabela for two nights of snorkelling, wetlands and a long walk to the Sierra Negra crater, then return to Santa Cruz for a free day and a boat trip to one of the uninhabited islands.
Ecuador
9 days · 8 nights
Guayaquil → San Cristóbal → Española → Floreana → Santa Cruz → Bartolomé Island → North Seymour → San Cristóbal
You fly from Guayaquil to San Cristóbal and board your small yacht for Kicker Rock, Cerro Brujo and the booby colonies at Punta Pitt. The route then runs south to Española and Floreana, back to Santa Cruz for giant tortoises, and on to Bartolomé's Pinnacle Rock. South Plaza and North Seymour bring land iguanas and frigatebirds before you head home.
You fly from Guayaquil to Baltra and spend four nights cruising the northern Galápagos, with shore walks, snorkelling and kayaking twice a day. Then you cross to Peru for Cusco, the Sacred Valley and its villages, and Machu Picchu by train or on foot. A morning back at the ruins and a farewell dinner in Cusco round off the journey.
Every trip can be shaped around you before you book.
Arrive early or stay on at the end, in the same hotel or somewhere new.
Your travel expert books flights that fit the first and last day.
Choose a better room or a hotel with a view for the nights that count.
A honeymoon, an anniversary or a birthday, planned into the trip.
Other ways to see Ecuador, closest in length first.
Expedition cruise | 9 days | Guayaquil · San Cristóbal · Puerto Ayora
River and ocean cruise | 9 days | Quito · San Cristóbal · North Seymour Island
Expedition cruise | 9 days | Guayaquil · San Cristóbal · North Seymour
Private tour | 8 days | Quito · Cotopaxi · Guayaquil
