Top Ecuador Luxury Nature Trips & Packages 2025/2026

Highlights

• Snorkel amid shimmering fish, sea turtles, penguins, and playful sea lions.
• Cruise to pristine islands and walk among colonies of animals and birds unfazed by your presence.
• Observe rare giant tortoises at the Charles Darwin Research Station.
• Explore the waters of the Galápagos by kayak, glass-bottom boat (Endeavour only), or Zodiac.

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• Hone your skills while capturing images of wildlife in a variety of landscapes, from black lava fields to white-sand beaches, and from rocky cliffs to lush highland forests.
• Photograph colonies of iguanas, frigate, sea lions, and birds unfazed by your presence.
• See rare giant tortoises at the Charles Darwin Research Station.
• Explore the waters of the Galápagos by kayak, glass-bottom boat, snorkel, or Zodiac.

Highlights

• -- Embrace two UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the fabled Galápagos Islands and Quito’s celebrated Colonial city center -- Enjoy two nights at historic Casa Gangotena boutique hotel in Old Quito, voted Ecuador’s #1 hotel by Trip Advisor -- Stroll Quito’s Old City plazas, churches, and museums—rich with Spanish Colonial and pre-Columbian history—and savor a specially-arranged private dinner at the city's premier view restaurant -- Observe Galápagos wildlife up-close in their natural habitats—giant tortoises, endemic land and marine iguanas, penguins, reef sharks, and playful sea lions -- Set foot on eight islands and islets on this unique itinerary featuring explorations on two of the archipelago’s showcase islands—Genovesa and Española -- Unmatched birding opportunities—Red-footed boobies, Waved Albatross, Frigatebirds, Darwin’s finches, storm petrels, nocturnal swallow-tailed gulls, seabirds, shorebirds, tropic birds, and elusive short-eared owl -- Count the steps to Isla Bartolomé's summit for a sweeping panorama of iconic Pinnacle Rock -- Snorkel in an underwater menagerie of marine life or view it all from the yacht’s glass-bottom boat -- Learn about conservation successes and challenges at the Charles Darwin Research Center -- Certified guides accompany small groups of 12 to provide a more personalized experience -- Included roundtrip air between Quito and the Galápagos

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• Explore the Galápagos archipelago and undersea in great depth with hikes and Zodiac cruises
• Tour paced for photo ops and timed to take advantage of the best light.
• Shoot with and learn from top National Geographic photographers and the Lindblad-National Geographic Director of Expedition Photography
• Go on daily photo assignments to help build your personal portfolio with wildlife legendary for uniqueness and lack of fear of humans - allowing for up-close and magical photo opportunities with blue-footed boobies, sea lions, giant tortoises, marine iguanas, and more.
• Enjoy a mid-voyage photo seminar with our expert photographers and a special photography tour of the Charles Darwin Research Station.

Highlights

• Visit “Bird Island” home to over 30 bird species
• Climb Prince Philip’s Steps through a thriving seabird colony
• Observe sea lion families and the famed giant tortoises
• Search for the Galápagos Short-eared Owl.
• Admire the antics of Red-footed and Blue-footed Boobies

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• Visit the Napo River where you get a taste of the Amazon – ancestral communities, life on the river, and birdlife.
• Enjoy a picnic lunch in the forest in a special spot chosen by our guide.
• Visit Yasuni National Park which is Ecuador’s largest mainland park.
• Learn about the local’s architecture, see their farming activities, their lifestyle, discover plants in the rainforest that are used for medicine, and more.

Highlights

• Visit Cotopaxi National Park one of the most beautiful protected areas of Ecuador near the volcano Cotopaxi, the highest active volcano in the world.
• Explore waterfalls, bird watch, learn about plants, explore the surrounding higher mountains.
• See adventure of the rainforest, Discover medicinal uses for the rainforest’s many plant species.
• Enjoy wildlife watching from the tower.
• Discover some of the Amazon’s biodiversity that can be difficult if not impossible to see from the ground

Highlights

• Explore Santa Cruz highlands to view endemic Galapagos plant species
• Visit lava tubes and sinkholes
• Explore Quito and Puerto Ayora
• Discover Galapagos Islands and Santa Cruz Island
• Cruise through your luxury yacht for a week, spending as much time ashore as the Park rules permit.