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Short Visit to Galapagos & Machu Picchu Cruising Galapagos aboard the M/V LEGEND for 4 days and then Visit Machu Picchu INCLUDING:
Round trip airfare from Miami to Quito via American Airlines. Meeting and transfer service. Tours as mentioned in itinerary, including entrance fees and English speaking naturalist guides. Hotels as per itinerary including room taxes and service charges with Buffet Breakfast. 2 Nights Faraona hotel in Lima (B), 2 nights Don Carlos in Cuzco (B), 2 night in Hampton Inn in Guayaquil (B), all the transfers, The 4day/3 night Galapagos Cruise aboard the M/V Legend -inside superior cabins-with 2 lower berths. Meals as noted in itinerary B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner.
Airfare from Guayaquil to Baltra Island via Tame Airlines and Lima-Cuzco-Lima via Lan Peru. Tips to airport porters.
NOTE: For outside cabins -please add $250 per person.
NOT INCLUDED:
Services not mentioned in itinerary. Passport fees. Departure taxes: Galapagos National Park Tax upon entry $100.00: Airport departure tax of $2.00 in Guayaquil, Airport departure tax each and upon leaving Peru $28.00. Lima and Cuzco $4.00. Insurance. Tips to hotel porters and naturalist guide in Galapagos . USA departure tax $232 (Inc. USA airport tax/security/fuel surcharges)
* As of Aug.01, 2007…..The new international departure tax in Quito will be USD40,80 per person, Guayaquil however will remain at USD26,00 per person. |
| Call (800) 395-9550 for more information or to book today! Mention code 7417713 | | Tara Tours | | Offer valid through 12/31/2008 | | | | Day | Destination | Description | | Day 1 | Depart Miami | SUN. MIAMI-GUAYAQUIL : Arrive Guayaquil with transfer to hotel HAMPTON INN. | | Day 2 | Galapagos | MON. GUAYAQUIL-GALAPAGOS-LEGEND : Transfer to the airport for flight to Galapagos. Welcome at Baltra Airport . Briefing on ship's facilities at lounge given by guides as well as National Park. Safety drill practice with passengers, crew and guides.Afternoon visit North Seymour Island . After a dry landing guests will encounter Swallow Tailed Gulls and Sea Lions. This site is also known for being a major nesting colony for Blue Footed Boobies, and the largest colony of the Magnificent Frigate Bird. (a different species from the Great Frigate Bird). Travelers will also spot both endemic species of iguanas, the Marine Iguanas and Land Iguanas. Passengers will enjoy this relaxed hike around the nesting sites. (B,L,D) | | Day 3 | Galapagos | TUE. GALAPAGOS : Morning at Genovesa Island . Best known as "the island of birds." Passengers enjoy the safe harbor of being anchored deep within the cater formed bay. A dry landing at El Barranco (Prince Philip's Steps). Passengers will walk on lava terrain observing Red Footed Boobies, Frigates, and the fragrant Palo Santo trees. Thousands of Storm Petrels can be seen hovering over the open expanses. Your second visit is a refreshing wet landing, travelers visit Darwin Bay . Visitors will enjoy observing the Red-Footed Boobies, Frigates, Sea Lions, Lava Gulls, Night Herons, and Fiddler Crabs at this site. This site also offers snorkeling in the bay to observe sharks and rays at a safe distance. Passengers never forget the beaches on this island. (B,L,D) | | Day 4 | Galapagos | WED. GALAPAGOS : AM Espanola Island . Travelers enjoy a dry landing at Suarez Point. Upon landing visitors will learn more about the lava terrain while crossing the inactive lava fields.. Aside from the Sea Lion colonies, this is one of the most important sites for bird watching. As soon as visitors step foot on this island many species can be spotted and observed up close. Among the many species, the Hooded Mocking bird and Red Billed Tropic Bird can be seen. Travelers will also spot a large colony of Marine Iguanas, Lava Lizards, and the colorful Sally Light Foot Crabs. After a short trek visitors encounter colonies of masked and blue-footed boobies. Nesting grounds sometimes overlap the trail. Visitors will also find Galapagos Doves, Hawks and Swallow-Tailed Gulls. After crossing the nesting grounds you will reach the world's largest colony of Waved Albatross (15000 approx.), Their mating rituals are a highlight. Nearing the end of this excursion passengers will visit the famous blowhole, where water shoots into the air at almost 23 mts. (75 ft.).Afternoon at San Cristobal Island . Dry landing at Puerto Baquerizo Moreno. Here passengers visit the Interpretation Center providing travelers an opportunity to learn about the natural and human history of the islands through an hour-long interactive presentation. There is some time to shop in town. (B,L,D) | | Day 5 | Guayaquil | THU. GALAPAGOS -GUAYAQUIL : The M/V Legend arrives at S.Cruz Island. Disembark and transfer to the airport for flight to Guayaquil for connection to Lima. Arrive and transfer to hotel Faraona. (B) | | Day 6 | Cuzco | FRI. LIMA-CUZCO : Transfer to the airport for flight to Cuzco. Reception and transfer to the HOTEL DON CARLOS. Afternoon city tour of Cuzco and the surrounding valley and ruins of Kenko, Tambomachay, Puca-Pucara and the Fortress of Sacsayhuaman. (B) | | Day 7 | Machu Picchu | SAT. CUZCO-MACHU PICCHU : Full day excursion by train to the most mysterious and energetic place of the Inka civilization. Early morning your tour guide will pick you up and transfer you to the train station for your 3 1/2 hour trip with spectacular views of the Urubamba River and the Andean mountain range to Machu Picchu. Temples, palaces, towers and staircases are built into the side of the mountain. Here your tour guide will take you from site to site explaining the advanced world of the Inkas.(B) | | Day 8 | Lima | SUN. CUZCO-LIMA : Transfer to the airport for flight to Lima with transfer to HOTEL FARAONA. (B) | | Day 9 | Miami | MON. LIMA-MIAMI : Transfer to the airport. (B) |
| | *From Jun.15 to Aug.16 add $80 per person and from Dec.09 to 31 add $250 per person.
HOTEL UPGRADES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
ADD-ONS & VIA AMERICAN AIRLINES:
For same package add $140 from ORL,TPA, JAX, FMY and Zone 1; $190 from ATL; add $230 from BDL, BOS,BWI, EWR, NYC, PHL, RDU, WAS, + Zone 3 - - Add $290 from CHI, CLE, DTT; - Add $320 from DEN, DFW, HOU, MSY, SJU ZONE 2 & 4; Add $390 from LAX, SFO + ZONE 5; Add $410 from Zone 6. RATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME. |
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