Happy Gringo Travel: Galapagos & Mainland Tour CMF 2026

Introduction

This popular tour combines the magical Galapagos Islands with some of the best highlights from mainland Ecuador.

Short Itinerary: 

  • DAY 1 Quito arrival. Private pickup at the airport, transfer to your hotel. Free time to relax and acclimatize to your new surroundings.
  • DAY 2 Quito tour: Colonial old town + Equator line.
  • DAY 3 Otavalo day tour: Otavalo market + Peguche waterfall + indigenous workshops.
  • DAY 4 Otavalo Condor Park + Transfer Mindo.
  • DAY 5 Mindo day tour.
  • DAY 6 Transfer out + Flight Galapagos + Santa Cruz Highlands tour & Charles Darwin Station.
  • DAY 7 Galapagos Island day tour (one of Seymour, Bartholome, Santa Fe or Plazas.
  • DAY 8 Speedboat to Isabela Island + Concha Perla & Tintoreras tour.
  • DAY 9 Cabo Rosa tour (or optional: Sierra Negra Volcano with extra cost).
  • DAY 10 Speedboat to Santa Cruz Island + Transfer Baltra + Flight back to Quito. Transfer to your hotel on arrival.
  • DAY 11 Transfer out to Quito airport.

Key

B&B: Bed and Breakfast

 

Fast Facts

Travellers

Fast Facts

11 Days / 10 Nights

Travellers

Quito: Hostal de La Rabida

Otavalo: Hostal Dona Esther

Mindo: Casa Divina Lodge

Quito: La Casona De La Ronda Hotel Boutique

Casona La Casona de la Ronda La Casona de la Ronda

Puerto Ayora: Hotel Mainao

MAINAO HOTEL - Main view MAINAO HOTEL - Lateral view MAINAO HOTEL - Single room

Puerto Villamil: The Wooden House Lodge

Quito: Hostal de La Rabida

Quito: Hostal de La Rabida

Otavalo: Hostal Dona Esther

Mindo: Casa Divina Lodge

Quito: La Casona De La Ronda Hotel Boutique

Casona La Casona de la Ronda La Casona de la Ronda

Puerto Ayora: Hotel Mainao

MAINAO HOTEL - Main view MAINAO HOTEL - Lateral view MAINAO HOTEL - Single room

Puerto Villamil: The Wooden House Lodge

Quito: Hostal de La Rabida

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