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Discover the Galapagos and Peru with Amazon Extension
| | Globus Tours - Land Discount with Air: 10% |
| Land only discount: 10% |
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| Package Information |
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Tour Operator |
Globus |
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Tour Code |
WGGE |
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Vacation Quality |
First Class |
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Vacation Type |
Tour and Cruise |
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Number of Days |
18 |
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Starting Price |
$5359 (Select Dates) * |
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Single Supplement |
$2200 |
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Countries Visited |
Ecuador
Galapagos
Peru
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City Highlights |
Amazon Jungle Trek, Cuzco, Galapagos Isles, Lima, Machu Picchu, Quito, Santa Cruz Island |
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LIMA
Sightseeing with a Local Guide, visit the cathedral, San Francisco Monastery, Welcome Dinner
SACRED VALLEY
Visit Ollantaytambo ruins and the market town of Pisac
MACHU-PICCHU
Guided visit to the Inca ruins
CUZCO
Visit the Inca baths of Tambomachay, the Temple of Sacsayhuaman; sightseeing with a Local Guide; visit the cathedral, the Santo Domingo Monastery; enjoy dinner with Andean music
QUITO
Sightseeing with a Local Guide, Legislative Palace, San Francisco Monastery, La Compania Church, Workshop and Museum of Oswaldo Guayasamin, Equatorial Monument; Farewell Dinner
COTOPAXI NATIONAL PARK
“Ride the roof” on board the Chiva Express; view the Andean region of Ecuador; lunch at a local family’s hacienda
GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS
Three nights cruising the Galápagos National Park aboard the M/V Santa Cruz; Charles Darwin Research Station; guided sightseeing each day with a local naturalist
AMAZON EXTENSION
Guided Amazon cruises by naturalists, visit a parrot clay lick, canopy walk, butterfly house, dugout canoe excursion, nature walks
ALL INTRA-TOUR FLIGHTS
INSIDE VISITS
Inside visits and special features are shown in UPPERCASE in the tour description, including admission charges when applicable.
MEALS
American breakfast daily (B), 10 lunches (L) and 11 dinners (D), including a farewell dinner in Quito
AIRPORT TRANSFERS
Airport transfers are included with land and air price.
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Day 1 Fly to Lima, Peru
Board your flight to Lima, the capital of Peru and known as the "City of Kings." Your flight to South America arrives late this evening where you will be met by your Local Host.
Day 2 Lima
Your Local Guide focuses on the city’s colonial heritage during today’s walking tour. Start at the Plaza de Armas to see the Government Palace and visit the CATHEDRAL, where the remains of Francisco Pizarro, the founder of Lima, are housed. From here, stroll to the SAN FRANCISCO MONASTERY with its splendid 17th-century cloister murals. This evening, meet your Tour Director and enjoy a WELCOME DINNER with your fellow traveling companions. (B,D)
Day 3 Lima–Cuzco–Sacred Valley
Fly to Cuzco, the impressive Andean city that was once the capital of the Inca Empire. Continue into the Sacred Valley and visit the nearby Inca baths of TAMBOMACHAY and the semi-circular Kenko Amphitheater with its stone altars and labyrinth of passages. See the ancient site of Puca Pucara before reaching the TEMPLE OF SACSAYHUAMAN. It remains unfathomable how and when this fortress of gigantic stones—with some blocks weighing more than 350 tons—was built. Next, visit Pisac, an old mountain village where you will have the chance to visit a local home and experience their way of life. Enjoy free time in the town center to browse colorful stalls where vendors sell their handicrafts, ranging from fine alpaca sweaters and blankets to hand-painted ornamental dishes and vases. (B,L,D)
Day 4 Sacred Valley–Machu Picchu
Begin the morning with a visit to the Inca fortress of OLLANTAYTAMBO. Next, board a TRAIN through the lush Urubamba Valley. Ascend to legendary MACHU PICCHU, “The Lost City of the Incas,” high above the valley and overlaid with dense tropical jungle. Your Local Guide will bring you closer to the lives and mysteries still hidden in these amazing structures, built by the pre-Columbian masters of this sacred land. (B,L,D)
Day 5 Machu Picchu–Cuzco
Enjoy the tranquility of the morning with free time to wander the ruins at your own pace and absorb the magic that is Machu Picchu. After lunch, return to Ollantaytambo by train and continue to Cuzco. (B,L)
Day 6 Cuzco
Learn more about the Incas and their struggle against the invading Spaniards, visiting the imposing CATHEDRAL and the SANTO DOMINGO MONASTERY on your guided tour. Tonight, enjoy dinner at a local restaurant accompanied by ANDEAN FOLKLORIC MUSIC. (B,D)
Day 7 Cuzco–Quito, Ecuador
Fly to Quito, the capital of Ecuador and a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site. (B)
Day 8 Quito
An included sightseeing tour showcases Quito’s treasures: the historic stone murals of the LEGISLATIVE PALACE; Independence Plaza and the 16th-century SAN FRANCISCO MONASTERY; the Jesuit’s LA COMPANIA CHURCH with its stunning golden altars; and the impressive paintings at the WORKSHOP AND MUSEUM of Oswaldo Guayasamin. Be sure to have your photo taken in front of the EQUATORIAL MONUMENT, “the center of the world.” (B)
Day 9 Quito. Excursion to Cotopaxi National Park and Ride the Chiva Express
Today’s adventure takes you into COTOPAXI NATIONAL PARK at the foot of Cotopaxi Volcano. Inside the park, enjoy lunch at a local family’s hacienda where your meal comes from the surrounding area—with fresh cheese from the farm, vegetables just picked from the garden, homemade desserts, and natural seasonings. There will be time to horseback ride, bird watch, or explore the surroundings on foot. Later, head to the station of Chasqui, where the “CHIVA EXPRESS,” a colorful one-coach train, like a bus on tracks, is ready to depart. A highlight of the trip is to “ride the roof” and take in the panoramic views of the stunning Andean region of Ecuador. Up top in the open air you will enjoy the ever-changing scenery as you roll along the rails, passing local villages and country homes. (B,L)
Day 10 Quito–Baltra–Galápagos Islands (Embarkation)–Cruising
A morning flight to Baltra, one of the remote Galápagos Islands. Upon arrival, board the sleek MV Santa Cruz and enjoy four days of CRUISING among various Galápagos Islands. Each day, travel ashore to the remote islands with your expert naturalist who introduces you to the unique fauna living free and fearless of man. Today, visit San Cristobal Island, where Charles Darwin first set foot in the Galápagos back in 1835. This island is home to seabirds like blue-footed boobies, Nazca boobies, herons, and frigate birds. Also look for the Chatham (San Cristobal) Mockingbird and Chatham Lava Lizard—both species are endemic to this island and seen nowhere else in Galápagos. (B,L,D)
Please note: The ship’s itinerary may vary according to the Galápagos National Park policies and regulations, weather conditions, and seasonal changes to create the perfect crosssection of sites visited.
Day 11 Galápagos Islands Cruising
Your exploration continues on Española (Hood Island). Here, you will see unique sea bird colonies, including the waved albatrosses (April-December), Nazca and blue-footed boobies, Darwin’s finches, and the famous blowhole. Also, look for red-green-black marine iguanas and a rookery of sea lions right at the landing site. This afternoon, visit a brackish-water lagoon on Floreana where Greater Flamingos, pintail ducks, common stilts, herons, and sandpipers may be observed. For marine enthusiasts this is a great place for snorkeling! (B,L,D)
Day 12 Galápagos Islands Cruising
This morning brings you to the youngest island, Fernandina. Having no introduced mammals, Fernandina has a very unique environment and the highest density of marine iguanas. Sharing their habitat are sea lions, Sally Lightfoot crabs, and hawks. In the afternoon, enjoy coastal exploration along the cliffs of sunken Ecuador Volcano by panga, where our naturalist guides explain the dramatic geology of the area with remains of lava flows and tuff stone layers. This is the nesting place for flightless cormorants, the only birds in the world that have changed from flying birds to diving birds. Wildlife here includes sea lions, Galápagos penguins, blue-footed and Nazca boobies, and noddy terns. (B,L,D)
Day 13 Galápagos (Disembarkation)–Quito
Early this morning, visit the CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION, established to help conserve the Islands’ natural habitat and protect the famous giant tortoises. Depart the Galápagos today for Quito. This evening, gather with your fellow traveling companions as your Tour Director hosts a special FAREWELL DINNER to celebrate an unforgettable experience. (B,D)
Day 14 Quito–Coca
Fly from Quito to Coca and travel by canoe to your Amazon lodge. The Ecuadorian Amazon is the world’s largest remaining tropical rainforest, where more life hums, buzzes, chatters, and bubbles than anywhere else on the planet. One Amazonian tree can host more ant species than all of the British Isles put together, one hectare of forest boasts about as many frog species as all of North America, and the great expanse of jungle contains more than 20 percent of the earth’s vascular plant species. Here you can find a monkey small enough to sit on your fingertip, an 8-pound toad, a spider that eats birds, and the world’s largest snake, the 30-foot anaconda. (B,L,D)
Day 15 Amazon
Begin on the lodge’s suspended canopy walk with views of the rainforest canopy, where your naturalist will point out many different species of vibrantly colored birds. Continue through the jungle below and learn of the medicinal plants and immense biodiversity found here that have been used by the native cultures for hundreds of years. After a picnic lunch in the primary forest, return to the lodge by canoe. This evening, accompany your Local Guide on a night walk or canoe ride to discover creatures that can rarely be seen during the day; you many even spot a caiman or two! (B,L,D)
Day 16 Amazon
This morning you may opt to visit a parrot clay lick, where parrots and parakeets by the thousands can usually be seen. Later, depart on a cruise of the Napo River through the flooded forest in search of the varied wildlife found in the Amazon Basin. You will have a good chance of seeing troops of squirrel, capuchin, and howler monkeys—and maybe even the incredibly well camouflaged 3-toed sloth. After time spent fishing for piranhas, arrive at the Kapok Tree Tower, perched 135-feet high. Get close-up views of birds as the sun sets on volcano Mount Sumaco and the Andes. (B,L,D)
Day 17 Coca–Quito
Homebound Flight. Depart your Amazon Lodge today for Coca where you will board your return flight to Quito and join up with your homebound flight departing this evening. (B)
Day 18
An early morning arrival is ideal for making homebound connections. |
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Land & Air and Land Only prices are based on per person in a double occupancy room. Single (Land & Air) and Single (Land Only) prices are based on per person in a single room. Land & Air prices are based from Miami (MIA), for air supplement prices from your departure airport please call us toll-free at 1-800-935-2620. Taxes are not included on the listed prices.
| Touring Date |
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Land Only |
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| Jan 09 - Jan 25, 2008 | $6560 | $5359 | $8760 | $7559 | | Feb 13 - Feb 29, 2008 | $6478 | $5359 | $8678 | $7559 | | Feb 27 - Mar 14, 2008 | $6478 | $5359 | $8678 | $7559 | | Mar 26 - Apr 11, 2008 | $6478 | $5359 | $8678 | $7559 | | Apr 23 - May 09, 2008 | $6478 | $5359 | $8678 | $7559 | | May 28 - Jun 13, 2008 | $6478 | $5359 | $8678 | $7559 | | Jul 16 - Aug 01, 2008 | $6560 | $5359 | $8760 | $7559 | | Aug 06 - Aug 22, 2008 | $6560 | $5359 | $8760 | $7559 | | Sep 03 - Sep 19, 2008 | $6478 | $5359 | $8678 | $7559 | | Oct 15 - Oct 31, 2008 | $6478 | $5359 | $8678 | $7559 | | Nov 05 - Nov 21, 2008 | $6478 | $5359 | $8678 | $7559 | | Dec 10 - Dec 26, 2008 | $6560 | $5359 | $8760 | $7559 | | Jan 07 - Jan 23, 2009 | $6926 | $5589 | $9126 | $7789 | | Feb 11 - Feb 27, 2009 | $6839 | $5589 | $9039 | $7789 | | Feb 25 - Mar 13, 2009 | $6839 | $5589 | $9039 | $7789 | | Mar 25 - Apr 10, 2009 | $6839 | $5589 | $9039 | $7789 |
* All prices are subject to change without notice and at any time by the tour operators. Availability is limited and must be reconfirmed at time of booking. Please call us toll free at 1-800-935-2620 to confirm availability and current pricing on all our discounted specials. The prices on this website are not guaranteed until a deposit has been made. We are not responsible for errors, omissions, or changes in these prices until a booking has been confirmed by one of our agents.
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