Great guide. Wonderful trip. Thank you!
Galapagos Islands
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Mar 6 - Mar 14, 2026
Our guide Karla was wonderful. I really appreciated how when we asked questions ahead of time she was very responsive and when I sent some flight information she noticed that I had sent the wrong date which helped me fix my reservations which somehow had gotten off. She set up a wonderful experience and given the global news that happened right before our trip (war in middle east, US joint military in Ecuador), it was wonderful she had a set up with someone to meet us at the airport everywhere and make sure everything went smoothly and that. My only complaint would be that we never new the name of the tour operators that we were going on which would have helped us plan for what to pack and what we should be taking with us on a trip. For instance, one day we had a tour that listed a hike, a museum, and something else and said there might be time we would do an additional activity. We weren't sure exactly what to pack or wear for the day so having links to what the activities were would have made things a little easier. I don't know if that is a policy so that we can't see what the prices are or not but I would have preferred to have those details. Otherwise, it was wonderful.
Hotel Reviews
This hotel is beautiful, the breakfast is amazing, the area is beautiful. Could not recommend more!
Good value. There are quite a few bugs in the evening and the rooms are fairly small but breakfast was nice, staff was nice, and pool was nice (though pool furniture a little worn). Also, kind of on the edge of town so a longer walk to some things.
The original part of the hotel didn't look wonderful and the pools look a little dated but they worked great and the new part where all 3 of our rooms were was beautiful and comfortable. Breakfast overlooking the water was wonderful as well. Staff was extremely friendly.
Near the airport with an easy shuttle. Gym, sauna, pool were great. Dinner was nice. Nothing to complain about for an airport hotel at all.
Activity Reviews
Appreciated meeting us at airport to make sure we got settled in.
Wonderful to see sharks, sea turtles swimming underneath your kayak, tons of lizards, beautiful beach.
This was fun though somewhat touristy. Still worthwhile to see the main points.
The plant a tree part was hokey and not really special. Everything else was great.
This was beautiful. The only downside is the over 2 hours on the boat to get there and then another over 2 hours to get back. This is on top of 40 minute bus ride to get to the boat and another 40 min bus ride on teh way back so tons of time spent traveling for really 2 hours of beautiful things.
This was our favorite activity. It was amazing to have an island and snorkel and beach all to ourselves in our 7 person group. The guides and boat team were wonderful. The animals, views, activities were perfect.
This was good but we didn't spend anywhere near 6 hours on activities. We did the interpretation center but it wasn't a long thing to do. The hike was great but not all that long. I don't know what La Loberia was. I think there was some talk of snorkeling but were told the visibility was poor. I think we spent a total of 3 hours on activities so while we enjoyed what we did, it was not as good as most of the rest of our activities.
