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Galapagos Islands Cruises

The classic and traditional mode for visiting the Galapagos. Take your choice of yachts for as few as eight and as many as 80. One week cruises visit a number of islands and National Park visitor sites.

ACTIVITY: Eco-Travel & Cultural Exploration, Wildlife, Safaris and Photography Vacations, Multisport Trips - Active Adventure Vacations, Yachting and Barging
WHERE: Ecuador, SOUTH AMERICA
AVAILABILITY: All year
FROM: From $3225
DURATION: 7 days
AUDIENCE: Solo Adventure Travel and Singles Vacations, Family Vacations & Adventure Travel, For Groups: Adventure Travel With the Experts!, Vacations for Couples & Partners
MEMBER'S WEBSITE: Galapagos Islands Cruises

Ecuador | Galapagos Land Based

If you’re looking for a land-based Galápagos vacation, this is the one for you. Hike, bike, snorkel, kayak and sail three of the archipelago’s most exotic islands in on this eight-day Galápagos adventure.

Ramble through 20-foot Lava Tunnels dripping with stalactites
Snorkel with white-tipped sharks, manta rays and colorful tropical fish
Swim with penguins and sea lions off a rocky shore
Hike into the highlands of Floreana to a natural spring that once attracted pirates, whalers and early settlers
Watch as a blue-footed booby dances in courtship
Come nose to nose with a 600-pound, 150-year-old tortoise
Play hide and seek with a doe-eyed sea lion pup off the nose of your kayak
Trek to the caldera of Sierra Negra – at four miles across, it is the second largest in the world
Top off the day with a plate of BBQ and warm Galapaguena hospitality before calling it a night in your carefully selected island lodge

ACTIVITY: Eco-Travel & Cultural Exploration, Multisport Trips - Active Adventure Vacations
WHERE: Ecuador, SOUTH AMERICA
AVAILABILITY: All year
FROM: $3,016
DURATION: 8 days
AUDIENCE: Solo Adventure Travel and Singles Vacations, Family Vacations & Adventure Travel, For Groups: Adventure Travel With the Experts!, Vacations for Couples & Partners
MEMBER'S WEBSITE: Galapagos Land Tours

Rafting the Rio Upano

Fly south to the Amazon Basin and raft the marvelous Rio Upano, a winning combination of exciting class III-IV whitewater, sensational scenery, superb hiking and comfortable beach camps. Further highlights include a stop to explore a cave with an underground river and the chance to interact with the legendary Shuar Indians.

ACTIVITY: White Water Rafting - Rafting Vacations
WHERE: Ecuador, SOUTH AMERICA
AVAILABILITY: January, December
FROM: From $2290
DURATION: 7 days
AUDIENCE: Solo Adventure Travel and Singles Vacations, Family Vacations & Adventure Travel, For Groups: Adventure Travel With the Experts!
MEMBER'S WEBSITE: The Rio Upano

Ecuador | Galapagos Islands

Welcome to Darwin’s natural laboratory. Venture each day from your 20-passenger luxury yacht with a skilled naturalist to a new island and get up close and personal with the stunning terrain and exotic creatures that make the Galápagos Islands their home.

Come nose to nose with a 600-pound,150-year-old tortoise
Snorkel alongside warm-water penguins fishing off a rocky shore
Play hide and seek with a doe-eyed sea lion pup off the nose of your kayak
Marvel at the lava bombs, spatter cones, cinder cones and lava tubes on a hike to the top of an inactive volcano on Bartolome
Watch as a blue-footed booby dances in courtship
Explore the wind and sea-swept volcanic rock of Fernandina Island, stepping carefully so as not to disturb the sunning iguanas
Raise a glass over the rail of your 83-foot, 20-passenger luxury motor-yacht, perfectly suited to navigate the islands’ pristine waters

ACTIVITY: Eco-Travel & Cultural Exploration, Multisport Trips - Active Adventure Vacations, Adventure Cruises
WHERE: Ecuador, SOUTH AMERICA
AVAILABILITY: All year
FROM: $3,375
DURATION: 8 days
AUDIENCE: Solo Adventure Travel and Singles Vacations, Family Vacations & Adventure Travel, For Groups: Adventure Travel With the Experts!, Vacations for Couples & Partners
MEMBER'S WEBSITE: Galapagos Adventure Tours

Encantada - Galapagos Cruise

Every year ROW Adventures secures some of the most desirable departure dates on the popular Encantada motor yacht. 12 passengers total, this adventure is perfect for guests looking for an intimate experience on the Islands.

The dates fill up very quickly because of the affordable price and hard-to-find departure dates at the end of December. There are different itineraries for each departure date. Please visit ROW Adventures' website for more information.

ACTIVITY: Adventure Cruises
WHERE: Ecuador, SOUTH AMERICA
AVAILABILITY: January, December
FROM: $2095
DURATION: 6-8 days
AUDIENCE: Solo Adventure Travel and Singles Vacations, Family Vacations & Adventure Travel, For Groups: Adventure Travel With the Experts!, Vacations for Couples & Partners
MEMBER'S WEBSITE: Galapagos Islands Sailing

Galapagos Unbound

The only Galapagos Islands Adventure that includes camping on two island beaches and exploration by sea kayak. Winner of National Geographic Traveler's "Tour of a Lifetime." See wildlife up close while paddling, hike to an active volcano, snorkel with fish and sea lions and much more...

ACTIVITY: Eco-Travel & Cultural Exploration, Wildlife, Safaris and Photography Vacations, Multisport Trips - Active Adventure Vacations
WHERE: Ecuador, SOUTH AMERICA
AVAILABILITY: All year
FROM: From $3690
DURATION: 11 days
AUDIENCE: Solo Adventure Travel and Singles Vacations, Family Vacations & Adventure Travel, For Groups: Adventure Travel With the Experts!, Vacations for Couples & Partners
MEMBER'S WEBSITE: Galapagos Adventure Tour

Ecuador Highlands and Market Tours

Join a two or three-day adventure to Otavalo and the surrounding area to visit market towns, hike and stay in 17th century haciendas.

ACTIVITY: Walking & Hiking Vacations, Eco-Travel & Cultural Exploration
WHERE: Ecuador, SOUTH AMERICA
AVAILABILITY: All year
FROM: From $970
DURATION: 3 days
AUDIENCE: Solo Adventure Travel and Singles Vacations, Family Vacations & Adventure Travel, For Groups: Adventure Travel With the Experts!, Vacations for Couples & Partners
MEMBER'S WEBSITE: Ecuador Highlands and Market Tours

Galapagos Vacation - Eclipse

During an 8-day voyage, you visit all the major sites in the archipelago, including outer islands. Nowhere else on Earth can you observe, photograph and commune so closely with exotic and bizarre wildlife as you venture among cinder cones, lava flows, white and black sand beaches, rocky cliffs and shorelines. You would be on board the Eclipse, which accommodates up to 48 passengers yet still preservesan elegant, smaller boat atmosphere.

ACTIVITY: Wildlife, Safaris and Photography Vacations, Yachting and Barging, Adventure Cruises
WHERE: Ecuador, SOUTH AMERICA
AVAILABILITY: All year
FROM: $5395
DURATION: 11 days
AUDIENCE: Solo Adventure Travel and Singles Vacations, Family Vacations & Adventure Travel, For Groups: Adventure Travel With the Experts!, Vacations for Couples & Partners
MEMBER'S WEBSITE: Galapagos Vacation - Eclipse

Christmas in the Galapagos

Would you like to spend Christmas in the Galapagos Islands? It's an extremely desirable time of the year to visit the enchanted isles. Every year ROW Adventures secures some of the most desirable departure dates during Christmas vacation on our famous Galapagos Unbound trip, our Lodge to Lodge adventures and on the motor yacht, M/V Encantada.

The dates fill up very quickly because of the affordable prices and hard-to-find departure dates at the end of December. There are different itineraries for each departure date. Please visit ROW Adventures' website for more information.

ACTIVITY: Yachting and Barging, Adventure Cruises
WHERE: Ecuador, SOUTH AMERICA
AVAILABILITY: December
FROM: $2095
DURATION: 6-8 days
AUDIENCE: Solo Adventure Travel and Singles Vacations, Family Vacations & Adventure Travel, For Groups: Adventure Travel With the Experts!, Vacations for Couples & Partners
MEMBER'S WEBSITE: Galapagos Christmas

Galapagos Vacation - Grace

An elegant 145 foot motor yacht accommodating just 18 passengers, the Grace offers spacious cabins and excellent service. The Grace was re-christened in honor of a previous owner; Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco. She carries sea kayaks on board for guests to discouver more of the marine life around the islands.

ACTIVITY: Wildlife, Safaris and Photography Vacations, Yachting and Barging
WHERE: Ecuador, SOUTH AMERICA
AVAILABILITY: All year
FROM: $5795
DURATION: 11 days
AUDIENCE: Solo Adventure Travel and Singles Vacations, Family Vacations & Adventure Travel, For Groups: Adventure Travel With the Experts!, Vacations for Couples & Partners
MEMBER'S WEBSITE: Galapagos Vacation - Grace