Tour Number: 2412031XF
Group Leader: Erik Rothacker
Requested Departure Date: 3/12/2022
Requested Return Date: 3/22/2022
Requested Departure Gateway: Columbus (OH)

ABOUT EF

For over 55 years, we’ve dedicated ourselves to one global mission: Opening the World Through Education. Our programs help students expand their knowledge of the world around them, discover more about themselves, grow more confident and independent, and understand new people, places, and cultures.

11 days

The experience of a lifetime is waiting for you. Every detail from the cities you’ll stay in to the cultural discoveries you’ll make have been customized by your teacher for your group. Take a look at your personal itinerary for a sneak peek of what's in store.

  • Day 1: Fly to Ecuador

    Meet your Tour Director at the airport
  • Day 2: Quito • Mindo Cloud Forest

    Take a day trip to the Mindo Cloud Forest

    Enjoy a hike through the Cloud Forest

    Visit a butterfly garden

  • Day 3: Quito • Baltra Island • Santa Cruz Island

    Fly to Baltra Island

    Visit the Twin Craters and the Lava Tunnels

    Visit the Santa Cruz highlands to see wild tortoises

    Visit the Charles Darwin Research Station

  • Day 4: Santa Cruz Island • Isabela Island

    Travel by boat to Isabela Island

    Hike along Los Humedales trail

    Visit a pink flamingo habitat

    Visit a tortoise breeding center

    Take a boat excursion to the Tintoreras Lava Islet

    Go snorkeling

  • Day 5: Isabela Island • Santa Cruz Island

    Travel by boat to Santa Cruz Island

    Hike to Tortuga Bay

    Go swimming at Las Grietas canyon

    Visit the Playa de los Alemanes Beach

  • Day 6: Santa Cruz Island • Baltra Island • Quito

    Enjoy free time in the morning on Santa Cruz Island

    Fly to Quito

  • Day 7: Quito • Cotopaxi National Park

    Visit Cotopaxi National Park

  • Day 8: Quito • Tena

    Travel to Tena

    Hike in the Amazon rainforest

  • Day 9: Tena

    Enjoy a whitewater rafting excursion

  • Day 10: Tena • Quito • Depart for home

    Visit an indigenous Kichwa community 

    Travel to Quito

  • Day 11: Arrive home

  • Day 1: Fly to Ecuador

    Meet your Tour Director at the airport
  • Day 2: Quito • Mindo Cloud Forest

    Take a day trip to the Mindo Cloud Forest

    Enjoy a hike through the Cloud Forest

    Visit a butterfly garden

  • Day 3: Quito • Baltra Island • Santa Cruz Island

    Fly to Baltra Island

    Visit the Twin Craters and the Lava Tunnels

    Visit the Santa Cruz highlands to see wild tortoises

    Visit the Charles Darwin Research Station

  • Day 4: Santa Cruz Island • Isabela Island

    Travel by boat to Isabela Island

    Hike along Los Humedales trail

    Visit a pink flamingo habitat

    Visit a tortoise breeding center

    Take a boat excursion to the Tintoreras Lava Islet

    Go snorkeling

  • Day 5: Isabela Island • Santa Cruz Island

    Travel by boat to Santa Cruz Island

    Hike to Tortuga Bay

    Go swimming at Las Grietas canyon

    Visit the Playa de los Alemanes Beach

  • Day 6: Santa Cruz Island • Baltra Island • Quito

    Enjoy free time in the morning on Santa Cruz Island

    Fly to Quito

  • Day 7: Quito • Cotopaxi National Park

    Visit Cotopaxi National Park

  • Day 8: Quito • Tena

    Travel to Tena

    Hike in the Amazon rainforest

  • Day 9: Tena

    Enjoy a whitewater rafting excursion

  • Day 10: Tena • Quito • Depart for home

    Visit an indigenous Kichwa community 

    Travel to Quito

  • Day 11: Arrive home


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Are you the “print it, scribble notes on it, stick it to the fridge” type? You can download a printable version of our Parent Guide, too.

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Total price

$4,695
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