8 DAY - GALAPAGOS 360 TOUR "A" - IDEAL - SMART25 in Puerto Ayora, Ecuador

SMART GALAPAGOS

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Duration: 8 days

Group size: 1 - 12

8 DAY - GALAPAGOS 360 TOUR "A" - IDEAL - SMART25

Puerto Ayora, Ecuador

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SMART GALAPAGOS

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Duration: 8 days

Group size: 1 - 12

4 or more Adults

Deposit: $1,000

Available until 40 days before departure

$2,174

Deposit: $1,000

2 or 3 adults

Deposit: $1,000

Available until 40 days before departure

$2,289

Deposit: $1,000

Child from 2 to 11 years

Deposit: $800

Available until 40 days before departure

$1,831

Deposit: $800

Toddlers under 2 years

Deposit: $400

Available until 40 days before departure

$686

Deposit: $400

Single Traveler

Deposit: $1,500

Available until 40 days before departure

$3,433

Deposit: $1,500

Service Tips to your travel assistant

$35

UPGRADE TO PREMIUM HOTEL IN SANTA CRUZ

$190

UPGRADE TO PREMIUM HOTEL IN ISABELA

$285

UPGRADE TO PREMIUM HOTEL SAN CRISTOBAL

$247

UPGRADE D2) DIVING NORTH SEYMOUR

$150

UPGRADE D2) YACHT TO NORTH SEYMOUR

$210

UPGRADE D4) TINTORERAS TOUR

$30

UPGRADE D7) DIVING KICKER ROCK

$85

D1) S. Cruz + Baltra
D1) S. Cruz + Baltra
Transfer from the airport + Giant Tortoises
After your arrival, we will pick you up at the airport in Baltra Island and cross to Itabaca Channel and then take you to Santa Cruz Island to your selected hotel at the beautiful town of Puerto Ayora. On the way we will make a short visit "Los Gemelos" volcanic formations and a private Ranch where we will see Giant Galapagos Tortoises on their natural habitat. We will also walk inside a petrified lava tunnel!

Enjoy a special welcome dinner in front of the sea at one of the best restaurants in town!

Accommodation at your selected hotel

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D2) Santa Fé Island
D2) Santa Fé Island
Navigable Tour to Santa Fé + Snorkel + "Hidden" Beach (+ Upgrades)
After breakfast we will pick you up from your hotel and take you to the pier for a great snorkeling day tour to Santa Fé Island. We will snorkel with abundant marine wildlife at a beautiful turquoise lagoon and then head to "Hidden" beach.
Lunch on board.
Sport Fishing (Catch & release) might be practiced.

Return to town for a good night sleep at your selected hotel.

(B/L/-)

*OPTIONAL UPGRADE: Breakfast at your hotel and then we pick you up to take our diving tour to Seymour Island.
If you don't have a PADI diving certificate, you can choose our Discovery Diving tour with our special instructor to experience underwater life up to 12 meters deep (For safety reasons).
If you do have PADI certificate, we do 2 immersions. If you don't have, then we do 1 immersion and 1 snorkeling on the Discovery Diving tour.
Lunch on board.
Return to town for a good night sleep at your selected hotel.
(B/L/-)

*OPTIONAL UPGRADE 2: YACHT TOUR TO NORTH SEYMOUR ISLAND
Breakfast at your hotel and then we pick you up to take our comfortable yacht that will take us to the incredible island of North Seymour. This uninhabited island is one of our favorites for animal lovers. Here you will see a large colony of Blue-footed boobies and the extremely photogenic Great Frigate birds. Also lookout for swallow-tailed gulls, marine iguanas, land iguanas, sea lions and more.
North Seymour is particularly famous for its elegant Frigate birds that, during mating season, rewards us with the vision (and photographs) of males inflating their guttural pouch into an enormous scarlet-red balloon to attract the females.
After a delicious lunch onboard the yacht, we head to Bachas Beach, a beautiful white coralline expanse. This is the perfect place for practicing snorkeling, swimming or to simply enjoy the white soft sand. Several brackish lagoons only a few steps away from the sea provide feeding grounds for various wading birds, from stilts to flamingos.
Lunch on board.
*This tour might be changed to Bartholomew, Plazas or Santa Fé.

Overnight at your selected Hotel.
(B/L/-)
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D3) S. Cruz - Isabela
D3) S. Cruz - Isabela
Tortuga Bay + transfer to Isabela Island
After a nice breakfast at your hotel, enjoy a free morning 50 minute walk to the world famous white beach of Tortuga Bay beach (a top 5 in the world) until noon. Swim in "Playa Mansa" and enjoy kayaking if you prefer (Rent available for $10 pp). Then return to your hotel before 1pm so we will pick you up and transfer you to the pier to take a fast boat to Isabela Island (the biggest island in the Galapagos).

Upon arrival, we will pick you up from the pier and take you to your hotel. If time allows you can visit the Flamingos lagoon and Galapagos Tortoise Breeding Center.

Enjoy the wonderful white beach of Isabela.

A nice dinner at "The Beach" Restaurant will be waiting for you.

Accommodation on your selected hotel.
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D4) Active Volcano
D4) Active Volcano
Trekking to an active Volcano and enjoy wonderful views
After a nice breakfast we will go trekking to an active volcano. This 4-5 hours (16km both ways) hike to Volcán Sierra Negra and Volcán Chico will offer you breathtaking views of the second largest oceanic crater in the world as well as amazing views of northern Isabela Island. Enjoy a Box lunch with this view.
Return to your hotel, and enjoy a free afternoon to walk to Humedales or "La Galapaguera" (Tortoise Breeding center).
Accommodation at your selected hotel.
(B/BL/-)

*OPTIONAL UPGRADE: Tintoreras Tour
If you decide not to do the walking tour, we can arrange a beautiful tour to Tintoreras Island for you. Here you will see penguins, sharks, sea-lions and Iguanas.

(B/-/-)
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D5) Lava Tunnels
D5) Lava Tunnels
Enjoy snorkeling at Isabela's Lava Tunnels and Cabo Rosas
After breakfast we will pick you up to start our navigable tour to the incredible Lava Tunnels and Cabo Rosas. Here we will have the chance to snorkel with amazing marine animals such as White Tip (Friendly) sharks, rays, Marine Turtles and even get to see Penguins and Sea Horses. (This Off the Beaten path tour is one of the best hidden gems in Galapagos)

Then we will walk over the tunnels to see land animals such as the beautiful Blue-Footed boobies. Lunch on board before returning to your hotel for a relaxed afternoon at the beach.

Accommodation at your selected hotel.

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D6) Isabela -S.Cristobal
D6) Isabela -S.Cristobal
Kayak to the penguins + Fly to San Cristobal Island + Tijeretas
After breakfast, we will pick you up at your hotel to take you to the pier to start our kayaking tour in search of the penguins at Tintoreras Islet. Then we can do a short snorkel at "Concha de Perla".

After kayaking, we will return to our hotel for check out and then we take you to the airport for your small plane private flight to San Cristobal Island. 45 minute flight with outstanding views of Galapagos. Upon arrival, we will pick you up and take you to your hotel.

Enjoy a free afternoon to relax at Playa Mann, snorkel at Tijeretas and walk to Tijeretas Hill before reaching Playa Punta Carola for an amazing sunset surrounded by Sea Lions.

Accommodation at your selected hotel

(B/-/-)

*Change this tour to a walking family tour to Tintoreras with great snorkeling at no extra cost.

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D7) San Cristobal 360
D7) San Cristobal 360
All day tour around San Cristobal Island + Kicker Rock
After an early breakfast, start our navigable day tour around all San Cristobal Island. This tour consist on going around the island of San Cristobal, where you can see Frigate birds, Boobies, Dolphins, Sea Lions, Sea Turtles, Hammerhead sharks, Sea-gulls, marine iguanas and many more.
It takes around 7h30.
Visit: Kicker Rock, Cerro Brujo, Bahía Sardina, go around Punta Pitt, Bahía Rosa Blanca.
Snorkel 80% - Walk on the Beach 20%
You can also experience sport fishing on this tour.

After your return, enjoy a nice dinner and then relax at your selected hotel for a good overnight sleep.

(B/L/D)

OPTIONAL UPGRADE: DIVING
Breakfast and then go to our Diving shop to start our diving tour to the magnificent Kicker Rock. 2 dives included in search for sharks, rays, turtles and more. This amazing 145meter high volcanic rock is one of the best diving spots in Galapagos. Then we have lunch on board and relax at a beautiful white sand beach
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D8) San Cristobal
D8) San Cristobal
Free morning + Pick up to go to the airport
Breakfast + Free morning to enjoy San Cristobal Island + Transfer out to the airport

(B/-/-)

UNTIL NEXT TIME GALAPAGOS!
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D1) S. Cruz + Baltra

Transfer from the airport + Giant Tortoises

We are just back to the UK from a trip to the Galápagos booked with Juan Pablo at Smart Galápagos. We couldn’t have had a better trip, Juan took away the complexity of booking everything ourselves. Right from the beginning he kept us informed of hotels and what trips were wanted to do and offered alternatives to. All the hotels and trips exceeded our expectations and Juan was always quick to answer if we had any queries. He and Smart Galápagos were just excellent thank you.

By Jessica B for T. BUTCHER x 2 - 8+2 DAY - GALAPAGOS 360 TOUR "A" -ESSENTIAL-SMART25 on Aug 26, 2025

Juan Pablo was amazing from start to finish. Although the trip was officially an "8 day tour", Juan Pablo booked extra nights for us at our request for down time and a chance to explore on our own. The activities were perfectly curated and very well run throughout. Juan Pablo added some great included dinners are really nice restaurants, usually right on the water. He also checked in with us regularly to make sure that we were 100% happy. Juan Pablo knows everybody, so he will connect you with great people and great experiences. We went with the "comfort" hotels and these were great, often family run places with friendly service and a chill vibe. We usually travel more upscale, but I think we were actually happier with these family-run hotels. I probably don't need to tell you that the Galapagos islands are an amazing place for a vacation! We saw blue footed boobies, frigate birds, 4-5 giant turtle species, iguanas, sea turtles up to 2 meters in length, 2 species of sharks, Darwin's finches and many many more. The people who live in the Galapagos were genuinely friendly, helpful, and honest and, from my experience, there are zero safety concerns. We looked at pricey cruises and tours, and I'm so glad we went with Smart Galapagos! Our vacation was perfect!

By Alain A for 8 DAY - GALAPAGOS 360 TOUR "A" - IDEAL - SMART25 on Aug 05, 2025

We had a wonderful 8-day land-based tour in the Galapagos, organized with Juan Pablo from Smart Galapagos. Our main interest was seeing birds and other wildlife, and we saw so many incredible species of birds (especially the famed blue-footed booby), land and marine iguanas, sea lions, the iconic Galapagos tortoises, and marine turtles. It was just beautiful, and I appreciated being in touch before our trip and daily on the trip. The personalized attention from the planning stages, during the trip -- from changing a meal venue to touching base about a tsunami warning -- made it feel like we had a cousin helping us plan our trip. The places we stayed were run by very kind and helpful people, the food was excellent (I have celiac disease and ate safely and very well!), and the walking and snorkeling tours were just phenomenal.

By Annapurna P for T. ANN x 4 - 8 DAY - GALAPAGOS 360 TOUR "A" - IDEAL - SMART25 on Aug 05, 2025

We saved for 10 years for this dream trip. Smart Galapagos took care of everything at a great price!! They customized our adventures to best suit our desires and provided special dinners at top quality restaurants. We plan to return to the Galapagos and will definitely use them again.

By Ken S for T. KEN x 2 - 12 DAY - MEGA GALAPAGOS 360 "A" - IDEAL - SMART25 on May 27, 2025

Wonderful 8 days in the Galapagos Islands! Juan Pablo was friendly and helpful, having lived on the islands for many years. We spread our time across Santa Cruz, Isabela and San Cristobal. The Tortoise ranch was a great start and we learned quite a bit from the guide. On Isabela, the snorkel at Cabo Rosas was very cool, but a bit rough with swells and open water. We swam right next to several sea turtles! An afternoon kayaking was fun and a sea lion swam along with us. Our favorite snorkel was the last full day, at Kicker Rock off San Cristobal. The guide was excellent, we felt very safe and the equipment was top notch. We usually plan all of our own travel but with all the intricacies and options in the Galapagos we're very glad we had Juan Pablo and Smart Travel take care of it, and we still had plenty of time on our own to wander the towns and explore other centers and wildlife areas. Highly rec working with Juan Pablo, a great value overall.

By EIleen R for T. EILEEN x 2 - 8 DAY - GALAPAGOS 360 TOUR "A" - ESSENTIAL - SMART24 on May 08, 2025

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My husband and I are just back home in the UK after an eight day Galápagos Wisdom land based tour booked through Juan Pablo at Smart Galápagos. All the Islands and trips he arranged were well managed and interesting. The hotels were just lovely near the sea front with views of the harbours and beaches. We had a meal in a nice restaurant on each Island and Juan was very helpful with hints and tips at every stop. Coming from the UK we had enough to arrange and getting Juan and Smart Galápagos to organise our trip to the Islands took a lot of the complexity away, enabling us to have a more relaxed trip which was money well spent. Juan Pablo was very supportive and very quick to pick up while there for any queries that arose. Thank you.

By Jessica B on 26 Aug, 2025

Juan Pablo of Smart Galapagos organised a fantastic 8 day Galapagos experience for my group of 4 friends. It could not have been better organised. The hotels were all comfortable with lovely, helpful staff and great views. The restaurants were always the best in town. We saw all the major sights on the three main islands and it all ran like clockwork. He got us great prices and made sure we had a lot of extras. He kept in touch with us constantly, making sure everything was perfect. Thank you, Juan Pablo ! What a great experience ! All ' of us would highly recommend Smart Galapagos.

By Catherine M on 12 Dec, 2023

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