"Welcome to our curated list of recommendations for traveling and dining in Galapagos. These suggestions have been gathered from our personal networks. While these recommendations are not personally vetted by us, they come highly recommended by those within our network. Please feel free to add your own favourite spots or share any updates in the comments section below. If you come across any information that may have changed, such as closures or updated details, we would greatly appreciate your feedback. Let's build a community-sourced guide to ensure that everyone can enjoy the best of what Galapagos has to offer." Marco van Embden, Cape Town
1. Tour Operators / Travel Agent Recommendations
- Alluring Americas added 7 June 2024
Contact: Raj Sanghrajka
USA: +1 (772) 291-7581UK: +44 1376 329846
Email: raj@alluringamericas.com
“We have done several trips with him and he is amazing - attention to detail, and expert local teams” - Butterfield & Robinson
“I went also to Machu Picchu only with my wife, on a walking trip with Butterfield & Robinson. It was a one-week trip, and we took the one-day Inka trail. They have several options. I believe that they also have bespoke for Galapagos.” - Kuodo Travel
Contact: Mery Calderon
“Mery Calderon @ Kuodo Travel was top notch. I think the company is in Florida but she lives in Peru.” - Tropic Travel
Contact: Jascivan Carvalho
E: jascivan.carvalho@tropiceco.com
“my great buddy Jascivan Carvalho and amazing company he owns called Tropic, he can help with Galapagos and Machu Picchu.“ - Quasar Expeditions
Contact: Diane Schicke
E: Diane@quasarex.com
T: +1 415.738.6335
“I am in Quito, after spending a week in the Galapagos on a private chartered yacht with 30 other friends with Quasar Expeditions. They do have teams in Peru and Patagonia as well. Everything was absolutely perfect and they handled all the small details, including our special requests (it was my wife’s birthday). I highly recommend them.”
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2. Activities Recommendations
- “We travelled on the Celebrity Flora, the most amazing small ship with a ratio of 1 crew per passenger, the only way to see the Islands. and they organized everything. Seriously the only way to do it, do not even look elsewhere. Seriously the best way. Most other ships old. This was just an amazing trip.”
- "I went with my family (me, my wife, and my two kids) to Galapagos seven years ago and we bought two cabins on a boat called Ocean Spray. It’s a Catamaran and we did a one-week live aboard and die tour around a couple of islands. We did 5-night Cruise A. It was wonderful, it was a great time, the guide was amazing, and the members of the boat with a lot of attention to us, good meals."
- “I went to Machu Picchu only with my wife, on a walking trip with Butterfield & Robinson. It was a one-week trip, and we took the one-day Inka trail. They have several options. I believe that they also have bespoke for Galapagos.”
- In Patagonia: "we also did a trip but in this case with YPO for a year-end celebration, at the hotel The Singular Patagonia, but what we did after was to take the Stella Australis boat on a four or five days trip."
3. Accommodation Recommendations
- The Singular Patagonia