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MACHUPICCHU AND GALAPAGOS CORAL 10 DAYS 9 NIGHTS |
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Cruise on
board of M/V Coral 1 Moon Cabin
(Deluxe Class)
Fixed departure dates on Saturdays from Quito Ecuador
Low Season Rates
Price per person US$3747 based on Double Occupancy
Price per person US$5923 based on Single Occupancy
Low
Season
08 January to January 21,
01 March to March 12,
01 May to June 30,
03 September to 30 September,
26 November to 16 December
High Season Rates
( rest of the year )
Price per person US$3887 based on Double Occupancy
Price per person US$6117 based on Single Occupancy
Rest of the year
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Day 1 (SATURDAY)
Meeting and assistance upon arrival in Quito and
transfer to the Hotel.
Day 2 (SUNDAY)
Departure from Quito or Guayaquil to Baltra airport in
Galapagos (aprox. 2
hours flight, AIRFARE INCLUDED ). Passengers are greeted
by guides at the
airport and transferred to the Itabaca canal and cross
to the Island of
Santa Cruz and ride to Puerto Ayora. On the way to
Puerto Ayora you cross
the highlands of Santa Cruz passengers will observe the
twin pit crates, Los
Gemelos and later visit Cerro Chato. Opportunity to
admire the famous Giant
Tortoises that gave the name to these islands. Lunch at
the Highland of
Santa Cruz Charles Darwin Station, staffed with
international scientists
doing biological research and conservation projects.
Here you can also
admire giant tortoises and their one year old offspring,
the second being a
miniature version of the first and are part of the
breeding program. Admire
the impressive giant prickly-pear cactus forest and many
land birds. The
visit to the station lasts around 40 minutes. After this
visit passengers
have some free time to walk around town and shop for
souvenirs or can mail
postcards. Passenger welcome & briefing, there is a
cocktail and a
presentation of the crew. At this time a safety drill is
practiced.
(National Park regulation). Free time on board.
Day 3 (MONDAY)
Wake up call, in each cabin there are speakers and a
light music will awaken
passengers softly. Buffet Breakfast. Disembark at Punta
Suarez, dry landing
and walk on lava terrain. Aside from the sea lion
colonies this is one of
the most important sites for bird watching. Here as soon
as you disembark
many species can be spotted up close, among these the
hood mocking bird, red
billed tropic birds. You will also spot large marine
iguanas with traces of
green and red along with lava lizards and colorful sally
light foot crabs.
After a short trek you will run into colonies of masked
and blue footed
boobies and their nesting grounds sometimes overlapped
over the trail. You
will also find Galapagos doves, hawks and swallow-tailed
gulls. After
crossing the nesting grounds you will reach the world
colony of waved
albatross (15000 aprox.), they all come to the Galapagos
for their mating
rituals. Finally you will visit the blowhole where water
shoots into the air
at almost 23 m. (75 ft.). After a 3 hour trek you will
want to stay longer.
Lunch. Disembarkation at Bahia Gardner (isla Española),
wet landing on a
white coral beach amidst a large colony of sea lions,
this site has no
trails but is considered an open area where you can
spot: Galapagos hawks,
American oyster catchers, Galapagos doves, hood
mockingbirds, 3 species of
Darwin finches, yellow warblers, lava lizards and marine
iguanas and a great
place for swimming and snorkeling, the best spot is by
the islet that looks
like a turtle; here if you are lucky you can admire many
of the Galapagos
marine species such as King Angelfish, Creole fish,
damsel fish, parrot
fish, manta rays, white tipped reef sharks, and many
more. Cocktail & Dinner
Guides’ briefing on next day activities at the living
room.
Day 4 (TUESDAY)
Wake up call, in each cabin there are speakers and a
light music will awaken
passengers softly. Buffet Breakfast. Visit Ochoa Beach
at Isla Lobos, after
a walk on a short trail passengers can swim and practice
snorkeling with sea
lions. Dry landing at Puerto Baquerizo Moreno.
Interpretation Centre, the
visit to the interpretation centre, where you learn
about the natural and
human history of the islands through display
presentations, lasts more or
less one hour. There is some time to shop in town for
souvenirs. Lunch.
Disembarkation, wet landing at Punta Pitt (San Cristobal),
guides provide
passengers with towels so they can dry their feet and
put on their shoes and
begin the morning hike to the top of Pitt Point, an
excellent opportunity to
view important nesting sites for many sea birds
including blue footed,
masked and red footed boobies, frigate birds, swallow-tailed
gulls and storm
petrels. Passengers board & at the bar awaits a
delicious cocktail & snacks,
the yacht or ship departs to navigate through the Leon
Dormido (Kicker rock)
a vertical tuff cone formation rising almost 153 m. (500
ft.) from the
ocean, representing for many a sleeping lion or a shoe
in mid - ocean; aside
from the beauty in formation itself you can spot blue
footed and masked
boobies, frigate birds on its cliffs and sea lions along
the shore. Farewell
cocktail. Guides’ briefing on next day activities.
Dinner.
Day 5 (WEDNESDAY)
Early wake up call. Disembarkation at Seymour Norte here
after a dry landing
you will be encountered by swallow tailed gulls and sea
lions that will be
found bodysurfing, it is also known for being another
major nesting site for
blue footed boobies, and the largest colony of
magnificent frigate birds
(different from the great frigate birds). You will also
spot marine iguanas
and the opportunity to see land iguanas. Breakfast.
Disembark at the docks
(Isle of Baltra), passengers board a bus that drives
them to the airport for
their flight back to Quito (AIRFARE INCLUDED). Meeting
and assistance upon
arrival in Quito and transfer to the Four points
Sheraton Hotel or similar
for overnight.
Day 6 QUITO LIMA (THURSDAY)
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your
connection flight to Lima
(not included) to take an exiting extension to Peru,
Cusco and Machu Picchu.
Upon arrival transfer to Marriot Hotel or similar.
Overnight. (B)
Day 7 - LIMA / CUSCO (FRIDAY)
Pick up and transfer to the Lima airport for the flight
to Cusco (airfare
included). Upon arrival, you will be met and driven to
Picoaga Hotel or
similar, followed by a few cups of mate de coca, whilst
you iron out any
questions you may have with us. At 1:45 pm Cusco city
tour. This tour
includes the major sites of historical interest in Cusco,
including the
ruins of Sacsahuaman, Kenko and Tambomachay and the
temple of the Sun. Also
included in this is a tourist card, giving you access to
all the sites in
the Cusco area as a whole (i.e., including outside of
the City itself). This
tour finishes at 18:00 hrs. Overnight at the Monasterio
hotel. (B)
Day 8 - CUSCO / MACHU PICCHU (SATURDAY)
At 5:45 am you will leave the Hotel, with a pack lunch
to the train which
leaves at 6:15 am. Travel is in "Vistadome" Class (formerly
"Autowagon"). At
10:10 a.m., you will arrive at the Aguas Calientes
Station, from where you
take a 20 minute bus ride to the ruins of Machu Picchu.
Once there, you will
have a guided tour, with a professional English speaking
guide. The ruins
are on the eastern slope of Machu Picchu in two separate
areas: the
agricultural and the urban. Lunch at the Machu Picchu
Sanctuary Lodge
(included). In the afternoon take the train back to
Cusco. Overnight at the
Monasterio hotel. (B,L)
Day 9 - PISAC & OLLANTAYTAMBO (SUNDAY)
At 8:45 a.m. we will depart for the Sacred Valley tour,
that includes: Bus
service to the market of Pisaq, visits to Calca,
Urubamba, the ruins of
Ollantaytambo, and the market at Chinchero. There is an
English speaking
guide, and lunch in a typical restaurant in Urubamba. Of
course, throughout
this trip you will have magnificent views of the high
Peruvian Andes. At
18:00 hrs you arrive back to Cusco and overnight at the
Monasterio hotel.
(B, L)
Day 10 - CUSCO / LIMA (MONDAY)
Transfer from the hotel to the airport for your return
flight back to Lima
(airfare included). (B)
INCLUDES:
All hotel and ship accommodations based on double
occupancy. All scheduled
transportation. All transfers. All scheduled excursions
with
English-speaking guide services. Domestic airfares .
Meals as specified in
the itinerary.
Note : We can replace above Hotels with other one with
the same
characteristics in the case that it becomes necessary
for operative and
other reasonable causes
NOT INCLUDED IN THE FEE:
International airfares, airport departure taxes ,
Galapagos National Park
Tax ( US$132 per person ), entrance for the Quito city
tour, Special
equipment rentals, excess baggage charges, alcoholic and
non alcoholic
beverages, insurance of any kind, laundry, phone calls,
tips and personal
expenses.
We reserve the right to alter or omit any part of an
itinerary, and reverse
the order of places to be visited or change any space
reservation without
prior notice due to readjustment of National park
policies, seasonal
changes, safety reasons weather conditions or force
majeure which may
dictate these changes. These decisions are oriented in
terms of passenger
safety and in the interest of the islands conservation.
CANCELLATION POLICIES: REFUND
+140 days or more prior to departure 80%
139 - 107 days prior to departure 70%
106 - 76 days prior to departure 50%
75 days before to departure Deposit /Payment Non -Refundable
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