DAY 1
Flight to Quito / Hotel
You will be met at the airport by an English speaking guide and driver who will transfer you to the hotel of your choice in Quito. Dinner on your own (it is likely you will be on a plane during dinner, arriving late at night).

DAY 2
Transfer to Airport for Your Galapagos Flight
After an early breakfast and pickup from your hotel, you be transferred to the airport for your flight to the Galapagos Islands. (B)

DAYS 2 - 10
Galapagos Cruise Aboard M/V Evolution or M/Y Grace

See Evolution's Day by Day Itinerary

See Grace's Day by Day Itinerary

DAY 10
End of Cruise - Return Flight to Mainland / Hotel
Upon arrival in Quito you will be transferred from the airport to you hotel. This evening is free to relax. You can enjoy your hotel or go back to visit the Colonial section of Quito. Enjoy your last night in Quito and Ecuador!

DAY 11
Day at leisure in Quito or you can take a day program in the Andes.

See our one day Andes Programs

DAY 12
Flight to the Amazon and First Day at Lodge
After an early breakfast you will meet your guide at the hotel for your transfer to the airport to board your flight to Coca. Upon arrival you will be met by the lodge guide who will take you on a short ride to the river pier. Here you will board a motorized canoe to head down the Napo River, passing by small communities of the local population. You will be amazed at the thick vegetation of the river bank and the ability of adults and children to handle dugout canoes in the river. You arrive at the lodge early in the afternoon, with a final segment that is part walking through the jungle and part gliding the lakes in a dugout canoe, already listening and discovering the jungle inhabitants. After lunch and a briefing you start exploring the Amazon basin based on your personal selection of desired physical activity level. Overnight at the lodge of your choice. (B, L, D)

DAY 13
Amazon Adventure Continued..
Breakfast is served early in the morning and soon after we depart to the route designed for your group. Among the activities that you will have are hikes in the primary forest, spotting some of the 600 varieties of birds like tinamous, herons, egrets, ibis, spoonbills, vultures, haws, falcons and all in the company of a naturalist English-speaking guide and a native guide. You will discover medicinal plants, fruits, mammals, insects, different types of monkeys traveling in groups, the almost impossible to spot Sloth and much more. We return to the lodge for lunch and enjoy a good siesta afterwards. By mid afternoon we start another expedition in a dugout canoe with the aim of finding species that live on the lake shore where the lodge is located. This is a great opportunity to see curious howler and spider monkeys, river turtles, the strange looking hoatzins and more. Overnight at the lodge of your choice. (B, L, D)

DAY 14
Amazon Adventure Continued...
If the morning is sunny and dry we will travel by motorized canoe to the parrot lick, an exposed clay bank where hundreds of brightly colored parrots and macaws perch on and eat the exposed clay. We will also aim to reach the canopy of the primary forest after a hike and an easy walk all the way up to the top of a kapok tree, about 40 meters from its base and the tallest tree in the area. We will have a birds eye view of the forest, to try and spot many different types of birds like parrots, toucans, macaws, falcons, vultures, etc. in addition to the great view of the seemingly endless Amazon Basin. At night there will be a dugout canoe ride by the lake shore looking for caimans or also a night walk in the vicinity of the lodge looking for night wildlife like armadillos, bats and owls. Overnight at the lodge of your choice. (B, L, D)

DAY 15
Depart Lodge & Return Flight ot Quito
Escorted by the naturalist guide we bid farewell to the lodge crew after an early breakfast. We start our voyage back to Coca in a motorized canoe for a last ride on one of the many tributaries of the mighty Amazon river. Upon arrival at Coca, some 3 hours later, we will board the flight back to Quito where you will arrive around noon. You will meet your guide at the airport terminal and transfer to the hotel of your choice. The rest of the day is at leisure. (B, L)

DAY 16
Transfer to Airport for Return Flight Home
Today we say farewell to Ecuador and transfer from the hotel to the airport for your flight home.

DAY 1
Flight to Quito / Hotel
You will be met at the airport by an English speaking guide and driver who will transfer you to the hotel of your choice in Quito. Dinner on your own (it is likely you will be on a plane during dinner, arriving late at night).

DAY 2
Transfer to Airport for Your Galapagos Flight
After an early breakfast and pickup from your hotel, you be transferred to the airport for your flight to the Galapagos Islands. (B)

DAYS 2 - 10
Galapagos Cruise Aboard M/V Evolution or M/Y Grace

See Evolution's Day by Day Itinerary

See Grace's Day by Day Itinerary

DAY 10
End of Cruise - Return Flight to Mainland / Hotel
Upon arrival in Quito you will be transferred from the airport to you hotel. This evening is free to relax. You can enjoy your hotel or go back to visit the Colonial section of Quito. Enjoy your last night in Quito and Ecuador!

DAY 11
Day at leisure in Quito or you can take a day program in the Andes.

See our one day Andes Programs

DAY 12
Flight to the Amazon and First Day at Lodge
After an early breakfast you will meet your guide at the hotel for your transfer to the airport to board your flight to Coca. Upon arrival you will be met by the lodge guide who will take you on a short ride to the river pier. Here you will board a motorized canoe to head down the Napo River, passing by small communities of the local population. You will be amazed at the thick vegetation of the river bank and the ability of adults and children to handle dugout canoes in the river. You arrive at the lodge early in the afternoon, with a final segment that is part walking through the jungle and part gliding the lakes in a dugout canoe, already listening and discovering the jungle inhabitants. After lunch and a briefing you start exploring the Amazon basin based on your personal selection of desired physical activity level. Overnight at the lodge of your choice. (B, L, D)

DAY 13
Amazon Adventure Continued..
Breakfast is served early in the morning and soon after we depart to the route designed for your group. Among the activities that you will have are hikes in the primary forest, spotting some of the 600 varieties of birds like tinamous, herons, egrets, ibis, spoonbills, vultures, haws, falcons and all in the company of a naturalist English-speaking guide and a native guide. You will discover medicinal plants, fruits, mammals, insects, different types of monkeys traveling in groups, the almost impossible to spot Sloth and much more. We return to the lodge for lunch and enjoy a good siesta afterwards. By mid afternoon we start another expedition in a dugout canoe with the aim of finding species that live on the lake shore where the lodge is located. This is a great opportunity to see curious howler and spider monkeys, river turtles, the strange looking hoatzins and more. Overnight at the lodge of your choice. (B, L, D)

DAY 14
Amazon Adventure Continued...
If the morning is sunny and dry we will travel by motorized canoe to the parrot lick, an exposed clay bank where hundreds of brightly colored parrots and macaws perch on and eat the exposed clay. We will also aim to reach the canopy of the primary forest after a hike and an easy walk all the way up to the top of a kapok tree, about 40 meters from its base and the tallest tree in the area. We will have a birds eye view of the forest, to try and spot many different types of birds like parrots, toucans, macaws, falcons, vultures, etc. in addition to the great view of the seemingly endless Amazon Basin. At night there will be a dugout canoe ride by the lake shore looking for caimans or also a night walk in the vicinity of the lodge looking for night wildlife like armadillos, bats and owls. Overnight at the lodge of your choice. (B, L, D)

DAY 15
Amazon Adventure Continued...
Today we will take different paths to explore the forest which may be divided in the same area between flooded forest (in which case we will use dugout canoes) and dry forest. Hopefully we will encounter shy indigenous inhabitants harvesting cassava from their tiny parcels amongst giant trees and thick vegetation. While on this excursion we may learn about their eating habits from our indigenous guide as we keep on looking for more birds or try to identify the tracks that mammals like tapirs, armadillos, honey bears, ocelots or jaguars leave while roaming for food. At night we may enjoy another night walk through the forest (B, L, D)

DAY 16
Depart Lodge & Return Flight ot Quito
Escorted by the naturalist guide we bid farewell to the lodge crew after an early breakfast. We start our voyage back to Coca in a motorized canoe for a last ride on one of the many tributaries of the mighty Amazon river. Upon arrival at Coca, some 3 hours later, we will board the flight back to Quito where you will arrive around noon. You will meet your guide at the airport terminal and transfer to the hotel of your choice. The rest of the day is at leisure. (B, L)

DAY 17
Transfer to Airport for Return Flight Home
Today we say farewell to Ecuador and transfer from the hotel to the airport for your flight home.