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Page updated October 2022 (by Kathy Jarvis, director)
THANKS
We would like to extend our thanks also to our many customers who have been patient and continue to be so whilst we rearranged all holidays that had been programmed for 2020 and early 2021. We are delighted that South America is open for business.
Andean Trails staff are working from home for now.
We can be contacted on our office emails. If you prefer to speak on the phone please email with your number and and let us know good time to speak as one of us will then call you as soon as we can.
Contact Us:
Email: info@andeantrails.co.uk, kat@andeantrails.co.uk, kathy@andeantrails.co.uk Tel / WhatsApp: + 44 7754442434 (0900 to 1600 UK time)
Thank you for your understanding and support,
Kathy Jarvis
Director, Andean Trails, since 1998
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The high point was a sea lion swimming with us whilst snorkelling off Cape Rosa amongst the lava ‘tunnels’. We have a video of this taken by the snorkel leader playing on our digital frame at home. The low point were the Avianca flights out and back to Galapagos from Ecuador mainland – an airline & staff that really don’t care about you! The day tours were all excellent – sometimes the description was a little vague – for example the Volcano tour on Santa Cruz was a 5 hour 10 mile hike on muddy paths and uneven lava fields, with only a couple of short stops, that needed a good level of fitness but was pitched as a 2 to 4 hour ‘walk’. Food on some tours was a little basic and not very vegan whilst on others it was superb, e.g. the vegan vegetable rice served on one of the boat tours. The highlights were the snorkelling trip to Cape Rosa tunnels and the visit to the Bartolome Island, plus the small plane trip back from Isabela to Santa Cruz. The guides were all very knowledgeable and friendly – William and Martin stood out. We feel we benefited the local people. We had lots of feedback from locals thanking us for staying on land rather than going on one of the boat cruises What we would do differently is probably fly between islands rather than taking the speedboat – and perhaps fly to a third island as we had long enough there to spend three days on a third island (Cristobal?) We chose Andean Trails because it felt like a focused agency that specialised in the area and we liked Kat!
Prof Bob
We had a wonderful time in Galapagos. We really appreciated the guide we had: he gave us so much information, he made us feel safe and took us to the most spectacular snorkelling sessions. I can’t describe any low points. Everything went very smoothly: starting from Quito airport, the welcome in Baltra, the boat and the whole crew. The crew did their best to accommodate all our requests and desires. The only thing I would do differently next time is choose a longer holiday :).
A Calinici