Galapagos Island Trip 22 Feb 07

[Sassy]

I'm organising a trip to the Galapagos island the end of Feb and I have three palces left on the trip.We are a group of friends that go on a trip each year to dive and have a bit of irish craic and we are always looking for new friends. We are leaving out of Dublin on Fri 22nd Feb and here is the itinerary Meals Included
Sat 23-Feb Guayaquil Transfer from the airport to Hampton Inn 5 *hotel Centrally located, stnd room, overnight stay
Sun 24-Feb Galapagos Transfer from the hotel to the airpot (b,l,d)
Fly to San Cristobal - Galagos -Board Nemo Cruise PM Check dive North Seymour
Mon 25-Feb Galapagos Wolf dive (b,l,d)
Tue 26-Feb Galapagos Darwin dive (b,l,d)
Wed 27-Feb Galapagos Wolf or Darwin dive (b,l,d)
Thu 28-Feb Galapagos Roca Redonda dive (b,l,d)
Fri 01-Mar Galapagos AM Cousin Dive PM Bartolome Island land visit
Sat 02-Mar Galapagos AM Grodon Rocks Dive (b,l,d)
AM South Plaza land visit
PM Charles Darwin Station
Sun 03-Mar Guayaquil AM Black turtle cove Transfer to Galapagos airport
Fly to Quito to Hampton Inn 5*, centrally located Overnight stay
Sun 04-Mar Return Transfer from the hotel to the airpot
Mon 5th Mar Arrive Dbulin Airport

The price is €3700Euros which is around the £2600 sterling.If any of you are interested please contact me on gibbonsas@yahoo.com and I can send you more details. Happy new year

[Fiona]

Enjoy your trip, we will look forward to your trip report. A bunch of us are going in October it has taken that long to save up.

Does your cost include international flights ?

[Sassy]

All the flights are included with this package the only thing we have to pay for is dinner at the hotels going and returning and a tip for the guides. How much are you paying??

[Lou]

Originally Posted by Sassy

All the flights are included with this package the only thing we have to pay for is dinner at the hotels going and returning and a tip for the guides. How much are you paying??

Don't know how much it will all come to yet. It is a 10 day dive package and the estimate when we booked was about £3200. Thinks change with flights and exchange rates though so what the final figure will be will vary with each of us as we are sorting flights mostly individually due to quite a few of us taking various extensions after the Galapagos section.

[principia]

Originally Posted by Lou

Don't know how much it will all come to yet.

and trying hard not to think about it

J.

[Sassy]

Have a great trip, I'll will let ye know how we get on. Looking forward to the photos

[jph6969]

I have been looking into a trip to the Galapagos for later in 2007 because I have heard a rumour that after 2007 diving and/or tours to Darwin and Wolf will no longer be permitted???

Can anybody confirm or deny??

Jason

[Fiona]

Jason we have been informed that 2007 with be the last year for 10 night trips. Boats will also not be able to do both dive and land visits on the same trip.

We were informed by Maldives Scuba Tours and there is also something running on Scubaboard. MST might concider running back to back trips but again according to their wesbite they will just be a repeat of the previous week.

I am so glad we have ours planned for this year, there is no way I would go for a weeks trip.

Americans don't like to take more than a week at a time.

[John Gulliver]

Originally Posted by Fiona

Jason we have been informed that 2007 with be the last year for 10 night trips. Boats will also not be able to do both dive and land visits on the same trip.

Do we know how much truth there is in this? I remember somebody reporting that they had discussed the matter with MST (I think) at the Birmingham show and being told that the suggestion is in fact unlikely to come to anything, due to strong oppositon from the liveaboard owners and tour operators and influential local people.

[CotoChris]

Yesterday on ITV news they were saying that this year will be a El Nino year, it's the first i've heard of it, has anyone else heard of this. If so it will be a bugger for these two Galapagos trips. :-(