Travel Review: Luxury Tour of Ecuador & The Galapagos Island, Quito, Santa Cruz, Equator Tour, Snorkeling, Wildlife

Our travel agent planned this awesome trip for us.  Our flights were thoroughly looked at for the most direct (coming from Buffalo, NY is always a challenge for connections.  Our flights were all booked in first class all the way to Santa Cruz in the Galapagos.  We were met in Quito by our guide who wisked us straight away to our hotel.  An exceptionally pretty hotel.  The suite is small but well appointed.  Every one was so friendly and helpful.  We had a great view of the city.  We stayed in Quito for three days.  Our guide showed us everything, we saw all the monuments, went to the equator, had lunch on the rim of a volcano, now totally green and pretty.  Our guide and our driver were very polite, knowledgeable and super friendly!  We departed for Santa Cruz, Galapagos early, with our guide taking great care of us.  We were met at the runway by a lovely young lady who took us to an air conditioned room asked us to describe our luggage which she promptly retrieved and handed over to the driver, walked us out of the airport and we were met by our guide, what a wonderful man!  I have never been whisked through an airport so easily!  Throughout the entire trip including snorkeling he was always making sure we were ok and having fun!  We got to Santa Cruz by car, plane, van, boat and van again.  It was fun.  We arrived at our lodge and had a very nice lunch.  The resort is beautiful, we had our own little pool and a lovely room.  The food was very good, the drinks very expensive, everywhere!  We bought gin and wine and had a fridge to put it in.  Touring was amazing.  Giant tortoises , sea lions and their pups, marine iguanas, land iguanas, Penguins, yes they are warm weather penguins, blue footed boobies, frigate birds with their red pouch fully inflated, all sitting on eggs.  We had three days on a 105 foot yacht, a full breakfast, a very nice buffet lunch, snorkeling, land tours including giant tortoises mating, a very rare thing to encounter....

Our agents kept us informed every step of the way.  We had no questions unanswered right down to what to pack.  This trip was so well planned and full of amazing things to see and do.  Every aspect was just fabulous!  I strongly recommend this company they really know their business.  Ecuador is awesome!