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Travelmarvel

Amazon and Galapagos Cruising

11-Day Extension, Lima to Guayaquil

Trip Code: ISTAG11
11 Days
23 Meals
2 Countries
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Trip Inclusions

  • 3 nights Amazon cruising on the Delfin III
  • Four nights’ Galapagos cruising aboard Yacht Isabela II
  • A total of three nights in premium accommodation on land
  • Services of expert local guides
  • All flights between Lima and Guayaquil
  • 23 meals - 10 breakfasts, 6 lunches and 7 dinners

Map & Itinerary

Trip Notes

  • Itinerary and inclusions subject to change
  • Prices include meals, tipping, transfers, all internal flights and airport taxes as per itinerary (airport taxes are subject to change)
  • Flights to and from South America are not included
  • This extension can only be purchased in conjunction with an escorted Travelmarvel South America tour. It can be added to the end of selected departure dates of the IST20
  • Note, you will not be escorted by a Travelmarvel Tour Director on this extension, however you will enjoy the expert services of local guides
  • It can be added to the end of selected departure dates of the IST20 and ISTL10
  • Prices are for cruise/land and flights specified only
South America map 2023 ISTAG11
11-Day Extension, Lima to Guayaquil

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Insider Experience

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Enhance Your Journey

Travelmarvel provides further opportunity to pursue your special interests and enhance your holiday with a range of optional experiences

At the end of your escorted journey, fly from Lima to Iquitos, gateway to the Peruvian Amazon. From here, a private vehicle will transfer you to the small riverside port town of Nauta, where the Delfin III awaits. After being welcomed on board, learn about the region you’ll be cruising through at an orientation presentation, before being treated to the first of many delicious meals in the ship’s restaurant tonight.

Stay: Three Nights, Amazon Cruise, Delfin III

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Bow of canoe on river with rainforest to the waters edge

This morning, a skiff will deliver you to firm ground so that you can embark on a walk along the Fundo Casual jungle trail with your naturalist guide. Watch for the local wildlife and learn about daily life in this part of the Amazon. In the afternoon, your ship will start cruising along the Yanayacu and Pucate rivers through one of the best-preserved zones of the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve. Here perhaps go for swim or paddle board, keeping an eye out all the while for the famous pink river dolphins that call this section of the waterway home.

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After breakfast, embark on a skiff exploration along the Samiria River, where an abundance of wildlife hides in the deep rainforest. Watch for blue and yellow macaws, scarlet macaws, toucans, umbrella birds, monkeys, and capybaras, among other creatures. After lunch, you’ll head for Nauta Cano Creek, where you may like to go fishing for piranhas. As night approaches, your guide will take you on a night safari in search of caiman alligators and night birds.

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INSIDER EXPERIENCE

Stop at the Rescue and Rehabilitation Center for River Mammals to see where biologists and volunteers care for the endangered Amazon wildlife.


Farewelling the river, disembark your ship and travel by private vehicle back to Iquitos. Transfer to the airport in Iquitos for your flight to the Peruvian capital, Lima. On arrival in Lima, transfer to your hotel.

Stay: Lima, Wyndham Costa del Sol

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  • Breakfast

ENHANCE YOUR JOURNEY

Discover more with our Enhance Your Journey optional experience. Perhaps discover the highlights of Guayaquil on a scenic tour of its greatest sights including Guayaquil Cemetery, the iguana-filled Parque Seminario and the colourful, historic neighbourhood of Barrio Las Penas. (additional charges apply), enquire for details.


Be transferred to the airport this morning for your flight from Lima to Guayaquil. This afternoon, enjoy time at leisure in Ecuador’s second largest city, or set off on an in-depth city tour (additional expense).

Stay: Wyndham Guayaquil Hotel

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  • Breakfast
Twin clock towers side by side with a city behind them, Quito

Fly to Baltra Island in the Galapagos archipelago and be driven to the Itabaca Channel before taking a ferry to Santa Cruz Island. Savour lunch at a local restaurant in the island’s humid highlands before continuing to the archipelago’s biggest town, Puerto Ayora. Visit the fascinating Charle Darwin Research Station and Giant Tortoise Breeding Center, then enjoy a walk along Puerto Ayora’s main street before boarding Yacht Isabela II, your home for the next four nights. Settle in, relax and enjoy a Captain’s Welcome Cocktail and Dinner on board.

Stay: Four Nights, Galapagos Islands Cruise, Yacht Isabela II

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Visit Bartolome Island this morning, where terrific panoramic views await after climbing a wooden staircase to the top of the island. After the walk, board a panga (a Zodiac-like boat) for a ride around the imposing Pinnacle Rock as you keep your eyes peeled for Galapagos penguins, dolphins and other marine life. After lunch, re-join a panga headed to Santiago Island’s Sullivan Bay, home to a pristine white coral sand beach that provides a perfect base for swimming. You can also join a walking trail through the island’s unique lava fields.

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Set off on a walk at Dragon Hill on the north coast of Santa Cruz Island, first reaching a brackish water lagoon where you can admire the diverse birdlife including shorebirds, ducks and American flamingos. Continue inland, soaking in scenic views of the bay and other islands and enjoying the chance view land iguanas. Following the walk, you can snorkel in the clear waters off the shore on the lookout for rays, green turtles and sharks. After lunch, explore cliffs of Buccaneer Cove on Santiago Island as you learn about the history of the region. See various marine birds and sea lions and see unique rock formations before enjoying more opportunities to explore the area your way either snorkelling, taking a panga ride or seeing below the surface on a glass-bottom boat.

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More amazing landscapes and wildlife await today. Isabela Island is the first destination, where you can see Galapagos fur seals, nesting Nazca boobies, penguins and marine iguanas. If conditions permit, you’ll also have the chance to snorkel along the cliffs. Later, visit the archipelago’s youngest island, Fernandina, a pristine ecosystem bursting with wildlife and free of introduced species. Local animals to admire include hawks, penguins, flightless cormorants and countless marine iguanas, while the island’s live volcano dominates the amazing scenery.

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  • Lunch
  • Dinner
Turquoise waters abbuting the sandy shores around the barren coastline

Your Galapagos journey comes to an end this morning as you disembark your ship at Baltra Island and transfer to the airport for your flight to Guayaquil. Enjoy this evening at leisure.

Stay: Wyndham Guayaquil Hotel

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After breakfast, be transferred to the airport for your onward flight.

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