12 Days in Ecuador: Andes, Amazon and Galápagos
Experience Ecuador's enthralling, extreme, and exciting environments on this 12-day tour of the Amazon, Cotopaxi, and the Galápagos, starting and ending in Quito.
Ecuador
12 days / 11 nights
$4,775 /person
$4,775 /person
Your trip at a glance
Top Activities
Straddling the Middle of the World at Earth's equatorial border of zero degrees
Experiencing the thrills of the Amazon in total darkness during a nocturnal jungle tour
Following the ancestral knowledge of the Amazon's Kichwa community during a guided cooking class
Riding a horse through Cotopaxi National Park in a blaze of sunset serenity
Snorkeling around Kicker Rock off the Galápagos island of San Cristóbal
Onward to the Amazon and Yasuní National Park
Overview
Your Amazon expedition begins today, as you’ll check out of your Quito hotel to soar over the eastern cordillera, where jagged peaks melt into an endless sea of emerald green. After breakfast, meet your driver for your transfer to the airport and board the short flight to Puerto Francisco de Orellana. Upon landing, your day of trains, planes, and automobiles isn’t finished quite yet, as you’ll board a motorized canoe to zig-zag your way through the water, en route to your jungle getaway in the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve. As the engine cuts, listen to the rhythmic pulse of the jungle, the roar of howler monkeys, and the screech of macaws. Check in to your lodge room and get your binoculars ready. This evening, you'll acclimate yourself to your new and mysterious national park surroundings — your home for the next few days and the innumerable adventures still to come. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Highlights
Ecuadorian Amazon
There’s no jungle like the Amazon — an extreme ecosystem of unmatched biodiversity. Both the world's largest and most dense rainforest, the Amazon houses hundreds and hundreds of forms of flora and fauna, including some 800 species of fish, 350 reptiles, and 300 mammals. It’s birds, however, that truly color in this magnificent landscape; more than 1,600 bird species have been recorded here, filling the land and sky with life.
Jungle Lodge
For your first night in the Amazon — and every night you’re here — you’ll sleep between the trees of this sprawling nature reserve. You’re in the Amazon to actually, truly, be IN the Amazon, and this lodge makes good on that promise. From your room, listen closely as monkeys call out to one another. Then, keep your eyes peeled for sloths as you walk to dinner. As you’ll discover this afternoon, the lodge simultaneously keeps you comfortable while pushing you out of your comfort zone — the best balance in the rainforest.
Accommodations
Sani Lodge (or similar)
Surrounded by a rainforest filled with monkeys, manatees, sloths, and birds, this eco-lodge consists of 10 thatched-roof cabins and four larger family cabins. Owned and operated by an Indigenous community, the lodge uses solar-powered electricity and also includes a camping area. Chefs at the on-site restaurant prepare both international and Ecuadorian cuisine using local ingredients, while additional lodge perks include hammocks, binoculars, books, and games available to all guests.
Location:
Rio Napo Riverside, Yasuni National Park 170522 Ecuador
Phone:
+59324521762
Transportation
Meet your driver for your transfer to the airport, about an hour away.
Quito
Mariscal Sucre Quito International Airport
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What's included
Included in the final price
- Roadbook with local tips and expert recommendations
- 24/7 on-the-ground support
- On-trip concierge service
- Personalized trip crafting
- Entry and exit information and assistance
- Accommodations for 11 nights
- All transfers mentioned in the itinerary
- Licensed English-speaking guide-driver in the Andes
- All entrance fees for experiences mentioned in the itinerary
- All activities and guided tours mentioned in the itinerary
- All meals and culinary experiences mentioned in the itinerary
- River transportation in the Amazon
- All transportation in the Galapagos, including ferries
- All Galapagos snorkeling equipment
Not included in the final price
- International arrival and departure flights
- Travel insurance
- Personal expenses and gratuities
- Anything not mentioned or listed as optional in the itinerary
- Domestic flights to Coca and the Galapagos
- Entrance fee to the Galapagos National Park
- Control Migration Card (TCT): roughly $20 per person