Puerto Ayora Hotels - Reviews and Rates

After eight days of sailing (and some motoring) we arrived safely at Santa Cruz in the Galapagos. The trip was calm and easy, which is a good. Our days were spent thinking about food, preparing it, eating, and cleaning up after. That and roaming around the deck of the boat, trying to stay within the shade of the sails. It got really hot during t...

I flew from Charlottetown to Halifax (Air Canada), Halifax to Narita, USA (Air Canada), Narita to Guayaquil , Ecuador (TAME), the Guayaquil to Baltra Island, Galapagos, Ecuador (AEROGAL), water taxi, and then bus to Puerto Ayora , Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. I taught at Communicactus - a morning daycare and afternoon ESL school. I was...

So we took the plunge and paid a tonne of cash to fly to Santa Cruz in the Galapagos Islands. We had hoped to pick up a cheap last minute cruise but for our 450 dollars each we only got 3 nights on the Rumba yacht. What it lacked in warm showers it didn´t make up for with spacious cabins but the food was good and the crew were all nice. Our guid...

My last two days on the islands I spent in Puerto Ayora, the tourist capital. I went to Las Grietas, a mini lagoon in a canyon of black lava rocks, and then a remote little beach called Playa de Albergues with Diego, with the bartender from the Rock Restaurant, which was just lovely... except for the hundred screaming children visiting the area ...

So after deciding that even though the Galapagos is super expensive we reasoned that it was still way cheaper than coming back to Ecuador again because we missed it the first time. After Baños we headed to Guayaquil (the comercial capital of Ecuador) we arrived at 7.30pm off the bus and after finding a place to stay - I cant be 100% positive but...

Today was our last day on the Galápagos Islands, very sad! We left the Galápagos Voyager at 7am, and transferred to the airport on Baltra Island with just a quick stop at the Twin Craters on Santa Cruz Island. Here it was time to say goodbye to our guide and check into our flight to Quito. Unfortunately the airport in Guayaquil was closed, so ou...

This is a very breif placeholder of an update. In short, the Galapagos Islands are AMAZING. Here is a brief summary of our trip. Boat: Yate Rumba Cruise dates: March 2 - 9, 2008 Itenerary: March 2 Arrival via plane at Isla Baltra Bachas Beach (walk) Evening swim off boat March 3 Isla Mosquera Isla Santa Fe (walk then snorkel) March 4 Isla Españo...

The Galapagos Islands are as wonderful as the tourist brochures say it is. There are sealions sharing the beaches with marine iguanas and the swimmers. There are birds of all sorts flying about in the trees and there are tiny little lizards scampering underfoot on the trails and walkways. You can go snorkelling in the local beaches and see giant...

Hello, Well you´ll be pleased to know we have our camera back, in one piece, so we will be able to send you pictures after our tour. We have booked an 8 day tour and leave on Saturday. Our boat is very posh, and has seriously hurt our budget, we think that we will be ´even´ again in three months. Once in a lifetime, right? It may be the only lux...

It was emotional enough organising the Galapagos, we booked our flights a couple of weeks before we went and all was ok and confirmed. We got 2 the airpoet really early but were still bumped off our plane! There were 7 of us and most of them had just a week left before going home, they were going nuts- sympathetic Dean said they shouldn't have c...