Day 1 (SATURDAY)
Meeting and assistance upon arrival in Quito or Guayaquil and transfer to the Hotel for overnight. (no meals)

Day 2 (SUNDAY)
Santa Cruz. Departure from Quito or Guayaquil to Baltra (aprox. 2 and half hour flight). Passengers are picked up at the airport by our guides and taken to the Itabaca canal, then cross to the Island of Santa Cruz and travel to Puerto Ayora. Santa Cruz (Highlands). One option is to cross the highlands of Santa Cruz. Passengers will visit Cerro Chato. You’ll be able to observe the famous giant tortoises. Additionally, travelers can walk inside the dormant lava tubes. (b, l, d)

Day 3 (MONDAY)
Española (Suarez Point). Dry landing. Visitors will learn about the lava terrain cross the inactive lava fields. Besides the sea lion colonies, this is a very important site for bird watching. Various bird species such as the mockingbird of Española, Nazca booby and tropic bird can be spotted and observed from very close. You will also see a large colony of marine iguanas, lava lizards, and rally light foot crabs. After a short trek visitors encounter colonies of Nazca and blue-footed boobies. The nesting grounds sometimes overlap the trail. Visitors will also find Galapagos doves, hawks and swallow-tailed gulls and then reach the world’s largest colony of waved albatross. A major highlight is their mating season, from May through December. You’ll visit the famous blowhole, where water shoots into the air about 23 m (75 ft). Española (Gardner Bay). Wet landing on a white coral beach amidst a large colony of sea lions. This site has no trails, so hiking is not possible. It’s an open area where you can spot Galapagos hawks, American oyster catchers, Galapagos doves, and hood mockingbirds, 3 species of Darwin finches, yellow warblers, lava lizards, and marine iguanas.
It’s great for swimming and snorkeling, and you can see many Galapagos marine species like king angelfish, Creole fish, damsel fish, parrot fish, manta rays, and white tipped reef sharks. (b, l, d)

Day 4 (TUESDAY)
Floreana (Cormorant Point). Wet landing on a greenish colored beach. Visitors will hike from black mangrove beds to a large, brackish lagoon which holds one of the biggest flamingo populations in the Galapagos. This island features endemic plants such as Scalesia cillosa, Galapagos daisies, white and black mangrove, and holy stick. Novice snorkelers can practice on the main beach with playful sea lions. Champions After Cormorant Point, we’ll make dinghy ride along the coast. One hour tour to observe: blue-footed bobbies, sea lions, marine iguanas, swallow-tailed gulls. Deep water snorkeling, this unforgettable activity lasts an hour approximately you will be swimming in an aquarium with colorful fishes, tame sharks, and rays. Floreana (Post office) Located on the north side of Floreana Island, the bay is so-named because in 1793, Captain James Colnett installed an empty barrel which served as an informal post box for sailors who passed through the Galapagos, taking with them the letters to their destination. Today, our visitors continue the tradition by placing unstamped postcards inside the barrel which reach their destinations for free. It can take weeks, sometimes months, or sometimes the cards never arrive at all! Down a path you can observe the mocking bird of Galapagos, some species of Darwin’s finches, yellow Wardle and lava lizards. (b, l, d)

Day 5 (WEDNESDAY)
North Seymour. Dry landing. Guests will encounter swallow-tailed gulls and sea lions. This site is a major nesting colony of blue-footed boobies and has the largest colony of the magnificent frigate bird. Travelers will also spot both iguana species, the marine iguanas and land iguanas, and then hike around the nesting sites. Disembark at the docks (Baltra); passengers will take a bus to the airport for their flight back to the mainland via Guayaquil to Quito. (AIRFARE INCLUDED). Meeting and assistance upon arrival and transfer to the Hotel for overnight. (b, l)

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 Hotel for Overnight. (B)

Day 7 - LIMA / CUSCO (FRIDAY)
You will be picked up from your Hotel in Lima and transferred to the Lima airport for the flight to Cuzco (airfare included). Upon arrival, you will be met and driven to 5stars deluxe Hotel. In the afternoon pick up between 1:15pm and 1:30pm. This tour includes the Qoricancha (temple of the sun) and the Cathedral. The tour drives along the Circunvalacion Road up to famous fortress of Sacsayhuaman, then to Q’enqo, Puca Pucara and Tambomachay Including Spanish and English speaking guide. Also included in this is a tourist card, giving you access to all the sites in the Cuzco area as a whole (i.e., including outside of the City itself). This tour finishes at 18:00, Overnight. (no meals)

Day 8 - CUSCO / MACHU PICCHU (SATURDAY)
private transportation from your hotel to the Poroy train station. The Hiram Bingham departs from Poroy Station (20 minutes outside Cusco) at 9am which gives a more leisurely start to the day than the traditional 6am departures of other train services to Machu Picchu. Brunch is served on board the train whilst passengers watch the spectacular scenery unfolding before them. From the agricultural plains of the Sacred Valley, to the crashing waters of the Urubamba river, and as you get closer to Machu Picchu the soaring mountains, the scenery is constantly changing, and the Hiram Bingham travels at a speed where this can be appreciated. The train arrives into Aguas Calientes where private minibuses await passengers to escort them on the fifteen minute journey up to the citadel, avoiding the queues. Upon arrival at the Machu Picchu entrance, passengers can go straight into the citadel as tickets will have been pre-purchased for all guests. A guide will escort you around the citadel in small groups, pointing out the best of the ruins and recounting the history of this Inca settlement. After the guided tour, guests are given the choice to wander alone through this fascinating World Heritage site, or to enjoy Afternoon Tea at the Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge, the Orient-Express hotel located right at the entrance to the citadel. The Hiram Bingham departs at 18.00. Guests are welcomed back on board with pre-dinner cocktails served in the Bar Car with live musical entertainment. Later a 4-course, à la carte dinner is served in the dining cars. The train pulls into Poroy station just outside Cusco at 21.25. private transportation from Poroy train station to your hotel in Cusco city. (breakfast, brunch, optional afternoon tea at Macchu Picchu sanctuary lodge hotel, 4-course, à la carte dinner)

Day 9 - SACRED VALLEY TOUR (SUNDAY)
after breakfast at your hotel, You will be picked up between 8.15am and 8.45am. Full day excursion to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, visiting: the village of Pisac, a picturesque town of Creole and colonial aspect and its Indian market and craftfair. Lunch provided. In the afternoon you'll visit to the fortress of Ollantaytambo, an architectural group that in the days of the Tahuantinsuyo empire was a gigantic agricultural, administrative, social, religious and military complex, then the Chinchero market. At the end, return to Cusco arriving at 6:30pm approximately (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:
Galapagos National Park Tax, Emigration Card and fuel surcharge, All hotel and ship accommodations based on deluxe accommodations. All scheduled transportation. All transfers. All scheduled excursions with English-speaking guide services. Domestic airfares. Meals as specified in the itinerary. B=Breakfast; L=Lunch; D=Dinner.


NOT INCLUDED IN THE FEE:
International airfares, airport departure taxes , 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.