Ecuador Kosher Tours has 15 years of experience working in tourism in South America. This project has strict supervision of Chabad. The company makes sure that all kashrut laws are adhered at the highest level and that religious principles are highlight. Yossi is the guide and has has a great knowledge of the country, Alexandra holds a degree from pretigious Culinary School Mausi Sebbes from Buenos Aires.

Kosher Ecuador and Galapagos, Nature tours

November 18-28, 2010

Glatt Kosher meals under strict supervision of Rabbi Leon Albin of the Orthodox Stream

Others departures are on request, min 10 pax required.

Kosher Ecuador / Galapagos

Day 1

Transfer from airport to hotel in Quito.

Accommodations will be at 5* hotels double bed or twin rooms. 

Dinner at hotel   

Early breakfast

Full day visit of Otavalo Indian Market and surroundings, kosher box lunch provided

Shabbat dinner

Religious Service at hotel on private room, separation men and women (Ecuador Kosher Tours is not able to guarantee Minyan)

Accommodations at hotel  in double bed or twin rooms

Day 3

Light breakfast

Religious service at hotel on private room, separation men and women (Ecuador Kosher Tours is not able to guarantee Minyan)

Shabbat lunch at hotel

Seudat Shlishit

Religious service

Dinner at hotel

Accommodations at hotel in double bed or twin rooms

Day 4

After an early breakfast you will be transferred to the airport to fly to Galapagos Islands arrival to Baltra airport and transfer to Puerto Ayora and to the Red Booby Hotel

Strict kosher service

Visit of highlands of Santa Cruz where you are able to see the famous Giant Tortoises.

This 986 square km island is the second largest and most populated of the Archipelago. The highlands located about 12 km from Bellavista. To reach this site you have to go through the xerophytic vegetation into areas overgrown with scalecia, miconia, fern-sedge. Other species are the opuntia and the cereus. Palo Santo, croten and cryptocarpus bushes. The visit will include a hike around Los Gemelos which are actually sink holes rather than craters, surrounded by a scalecia forest where a large number of birds like the vermillion flycatcher and most of the 13 species of the famous Darwin finches have made their home.

South Plaza One of a small uplifted islands a short distance from the east coast of Santa Cruz. South Plaza has a unique Sesivium and Opuntia landscape which provides some of the most interesting wild life observation available in Galapagos. Land iguanas are always easily seen from the trail, frequently in the shade of a cactus. Swallow-tailed gulls, which nest on the rugged southern cliffs, are usually seen along with various other sea birds. The protected rocky seashore is a prime habitat for a large colony of noisy sea lions.

Punta Carrion a beach on the eastern tip of Santa Cruz Island, there is an easy walking of about 1 ½ hours. It is possible to swim and snorkel in the small bay. Vegetation is arid with cactus mainly Palo Santo. Little soil development. Eventually there are coastal birds, Nazca boobie, swallow tail gulls and tropic birds.

Day 6  (Itinerary Subject to change)

North Seymour: Life is teeming along this 1.4 km. visitors trail. On this island you can find sea lions waddling on the beach, land iguanas, frigate birds displaying their red pouches, colonies of blue footed boobies, swallow-tailed gulls the bright yellow warbler, and eventually fur seals

Bachas Beach Located just west of Turtle Cove, Las Bachas are two small beaches one of which contains the remains of a floating pier, a remnant of World War II activity in the islands. While an excellent place to swim, the shoreline and saltwater ponds behind the beach are a good habitat for blue herons, and other shore birds, as well as an occasional flamingo. The beach is a favorite nesting place for the green sea turtle.

Bartolome: From its 14 meter high summit, you will have the most breathtaking view of the islands, overlooking Sullivan By & Pinnacle Rock. The Galapagos penguin can be found there .

Or Santa Fe: The small bay of Barrington´s. Northeast coast, an extremely picturesque anchorage, provides the visitor with 2 trails. One of these trails leads to a scenic viewpoint on top of a cliff, and eventually leads to an area where a species of land iguana unique to this land can sometimes be seen. The second trail is a short walk from the beach to an unusually tall forest of prickly pear cactus.

Charles Darwin Station

At Academy Bay there is Puerto Ayora, site for the facilities of the Charles Darwin Scientific Station, a centre for conducting research and conserving Galapagos species, especially the 11 surviving species of tortoises. Other spots for visitors are the highlands

Today we transfer back to Baltra for the flight back to Quito  (no kosher meals provided on the plane)

On your arrival to Quito you will be transferred to the hotel.

Dinner will be provided at hotel

Accommodations at twin or double bed room 5* hotel

Day 9

After breakfast this day we will have a connection with Nature, a visit to the cloud forest with the possibility to see 40 different species of hummingbirds, kosher box lunch included

Return to Quito

Arrive on time for preparation for Shabbat.

Orthodox Religious service at private room Hotel Dan Carlton, separation for men and women (Ecuador Kosher Tours can not guarantee Minyan)

Shabbat dinner at hotel

Accommodations at twin or double bed room 5* hotel

Breakfast at hotel.

Religious service, separate for men and women (Ecuador Kosher Tours can not guarantee Minyan)

Shabbat lunch at hotel.

Seudat Shlishit

Religious Service

Dinner at hotel

Accommodations in twin standard room 5* hotel  in Quito

Day 11

After an early breakfast you will be transferred to the airport on time for flight back home.

 Services included

• Land services on air conditioned vehicles,

• Top Naturalist III guides on land and Naturalist II in the Galapagos Islands English speaking

• All entrance fees to sites of interest except the Galapagos Islands.                                                                      

Accommodations

• Quito 5* hotel  in twin or double bed standard rooms.

• Galapagos Islands Hotel Red Boobie in twin or double bed rooms

Meals included at Quito

• Breakfast at hotel will include milk. Not Halav Israel, but authorized by Chabad, bread, butter, marmalade, boiled or scrambled eggs with vegetables, some days fresh fruit, fresh juices with fruit of the season, cream cheese, coffee and tea.

• Glatt Kosher Lunch and dinner at hotel with include three course meal and plenty fresh juice with fruit of the season, coffee and tea.

• Meals in Galapagos will be exactly the same, in Galapagos we provide bottled water to drink but juices for lunch and dinner must be paid directly.

• In Ecuador we don’t have Coca Cola kosher so the only drinks available will be water and juices.

HOTEL FACILITIES IN QUITO

• Mini bar with bottled water to drink

• Wireless internet connection in the room

• Safety deposit box in rooms

• TV with cable

• Gym

• Indoor, outdoor swimming pool

• Spa

HOTEL FACILITIES IN GALAPAGOS

• Hot water

• Air condition

• TV Cable

• Swimming pool with water at air temperature

Price per person $4999.00 per person, double or triple occupancy- in USD . Payment by check. Credit cards extra 3%.

Additionally you should consider the following prices per person subject to change without previous notice

• Air ticket Quito / Galapagos / Quito $429.00

• Galapagos National Park tax $100.00

• Galapagos visitor card US$10