GALAPAGOS ISLANDS/ECUADORIAN HIGHLANDS
Ecotourism and uninhabited wilderness at its absolute best.
When to go: Winter or summer.
Where to stay: Get your sea legs on aboard Gap Adventures' newest intimate catamaran, Adventurer VI, and tour the Galapagos Islands for 10 days. There are only eight rooms (plus personalized service and naturalist guides) and amenities like a four-person Jacuzzi. Inka's Empire Tourstakes you to Ecuador's highlands and on a larger cruise (for less cash) between the untouched Galapagos Islands.
What not to miss: Check out rare species like giant tortoises, marine iguanas, lava lizards, blue-footed boobies, red bats, and adorable baby sea lions (plus their protective larger parents). For a truly surreal experience, jump in the water to snorkel and swim with hundreds of marine turtles. Ready for dry land? Stay at Hacienda Cusin, and from there, visit the markets in the leather town of Cotacachi, where La Mirage Garden Hotel's lavish themed spa boasts wandering peacocks. Then put one foot on each side of the equator and nest at beautiful Old Town Hotel Patio Andaluz in Quito. Be sure to order the traditional stewed figs for dessert.
Beautiful Bartolome Island in the Galapagos.
Ecotourism and uninhabited wilderness at its absolute best.
When to go: Winter or summer.
Where to stay: Get your sea legs on aboard Gap Adventures' newest intimate catamaran, Adventurer VI, and tour the Galapagos Islands for 10 days. There are only eight rooms (plus personalized service and naturalist guides) and amenities like a four-person Jacuzzi. Inka's Empire Tourstakes you to Ecuador's highlands and on a larger cruise (for less cash) between the untouched Galapagos Islands.
What not to miss: Check out rare species like giant tortoises, marine iguanas, lava lizards, blue-footed boobies, red bats, and adorable baby sea lions (plus their protective larger parents). For a truly surreal experience, jump in the water to snorkel and swim with hundreds of marine turtles. Ready for dry land? Stay at Hacienda Cusin, and from there, visit the markets in the leather town of Cotacachi, where La Mirage Garden Hotel's lavish themed spa boasts wandering peacocks. Then put one foot on each side of the equator and nest at beautiful Old Town Hotel Patio Andaluz in Quito. Be sure to order the traditional stewed figs for dessert.
Beautiful Bartolome Island in the Galapagos.
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