6-tägige Galapagos Land Tour ab San Cristobal Island inklusive Santa Cruz

I was in Galapagos for the first time and chose 6 day tour that includes Santa Cruz (2 days) and Isabela (4 days). In Santa Cruz I stayed in Fernandina hotel that is one building with Suenos Silvestres. It is very comfortable and close to the main spots - Charles Darwin Station 2 minutes walking, pier 5 minutes. Room was nice and clean. In Isabela it was Coral Blanco hotel, that is 30 seconds away from the ocean and 5 minutes walking from the main street. This hotel was quite comfortable too. Those were minimal cost accommodations among the available, but I appreciated them. My itinerary was full so I had two activities every day, besides transfers. Organization was excellent: I was almost taken by the hand upon arrival and guided through the islands right until my departure. Hotel staff was informed of all my activities and transfers so I could rely on them completely. All transfers were included in the tour. My special thanks to Christian who created my tour and made it unforgettable. Islands are beautiful, there are lots of thing to see, like snorkeling spots, volcanoes, lava tunnels and turtle farms. I was impressed with presence of lots of sea lions and turtles and marine iguanas that are absolutely not afraid of people, as well as rays and eels and sharks. I did not dive because I had no free time for it, but hope to return once to see hammerheads and manta rays and mola-mola

En Diciembre 2018 estuvimos una semana en las Islas Galápagos, todo coordinado por esta agencia. Puntuales, pendientes, organizados, con buenos planes, guías que saben de lo que hablan, preparados para primeros auxilios, con paciencia y buen ánimo. En América Latina uno está acostumbrado a que las cosas no funcionan. No hay puntualidad, mucha improvisación. Aquí todo funcionó a las maravillas. Pudimos confiar en ellos y dedicarnos a disfrutar como nunca. Dos ítems por mejorar: hay guías cuyo inglés no es fluido. Ojo con eso porque entregan conocimiento. La segunda: podrían cuadrar grupos más pequeños. Grupos de 28/30 personas no son interesantes a la hora de contemplar esta maravilla del mundo.

On our modified trip we actually did 6 days split between San Cristobel and Isabella. It was quite rigorous with the outings so that turned out to be quite enough for my family of 14. We ranged in age from 8 through 74 and everyone was able to keep up most of the time. I found Andres at Nature Galapagos by accident and he worked with me tirelessly to put together a trip that met all our needs and was within our budget. I will forever be grateful for his persistence and caring. It was a trip of a livetime.The tour was very organized and almost everything went smoothly. Guides and hotel staff were friendly and helpful. Of course the wildlife is outstanding. Snorkels are not all great as at times the water was dark and clouded but the good ones were excellent. The mid-range hotels we selected were fine. (reviewed those separately) There are two cautions we have from this trip. First, we snorkeled every day and each day we had to try on wetsuits, masks and fins all over again as they had us turn them all in at the end of the day. This became tedious and I would advise the company to arrange to have you keep the equipment until your stay on one island is over. Guides were caring and knowledgeable but they did not always wait for the last people in the group to catch up on land or water. Thus the older of us missed some of the talks and felt a little unsafe in the water. As well towels were not available for the water activities until we pushed to have them. I found travelling in The Galapagos much easier in the past touring from a boat but if like us you need to be sleeping on land I would highly recommend Nature Galabagos and urge you to ask at the beginning about the issues I raised above. As well be aware that boat rides between islands are rough. We flew and the flights are fast and easy. Unfortunately for one of the two flights one plane needed repair so we were held up all day. The other was perfect.