I had already spent 25 days of my 6-week individual tour through Ecuador. The sometimes violent uprisings in the country made my travel program almost impossible. So I was faced with the decision of flying home early or spontaneously traveling to the Galapagos Islands for another 15 days – I had already been there years ago. After some initial research on the internet, I remembered the random encounter and conversations with Yannik and Finn from Galapagos-Pro (I had never heard of this agency before) on the summit of Rucu Pichincha a few weeks ago … I contacted Yannik in Quito to see if Galapagos-Pro could make an offer for a trip to Galapagos at short notice.

Within a few days, Yannik, in cooperation with his colleagues in Frankfurt and on the Galapagos Islands, put together a program that met my wishes (western route on a good quality ship, land stay on two islands including a tour to Espaniola) and was also competitive in terms of price/performance ratio. The dialogue was extremely intensive, open and characterized by a high level of expertise. The documents sent were extremely informative in terms of organization and nature/animal world.

The trip itself then went completely according to plan, always flanked by direct contact with Galapagos-Pro (Yannik, Karin/Santa Cruz and Manuela/San Cristobal). The 8-day western route of the cruise, the activities, the ship (the Solaris with a great crew and excellent food) were just as first-class as the stays ashore (including two booked day tours and suggestions for individual activities). One hotel on San Cristobal was rebooked as a precaution and without my involvement due to the construction noise caused by a building site next door.

I was able to experience the wildlife and island world on Galapagos – simply outstanding and unique – intensively on numerous shore excursions, snorkeling and boat tours.

I would like to thank everyone involved at Galapagos-Pro for their first-class service.

Translated by Galapagos PRO