Reviews

Hearing from our guests after they return from Galapagos is probably our favourite part of the job. Here are the reviews from previous guests, which you may find helpful to read. 

All parts of the holiday were superb

Just to say a final BIG thank you for all the hard work you and your teams put into making our holiday just that – a holiday, with no worries about what would happen when, where do we go next! All parts of the holiday were superb, Cristian and the team in Peru, and the team in Ecuador with Sani Lodge and Seaman Journey both providing first class service. We loved it all and would not hesitate to recommend you  – in fact I already have!! Yes, it is not a cheap holiday, but we considered it excellent value for money – and three weeks gives a suitable buffer zone between two long journeys. We made a video of our time in Galapagos which you can watch here. 

Martyn and Louisa Nicholls,  Peru, Sani Lodge and Seaman Journey

What an amazing adventure! We loved every minute

What an amazing adventure! We loved every minute and can see why it’s difficult in advance to describe quite what a special and unique place it is. Thank you Rachel for all your carefully considered arrangements which all worked perfectly. Without exception all the people who looked after us were charming, helpful and very competent. We cannot begin to describe all that we saw and the experiences we had – wow! Thank you again.

Roger Harrop, La Jimenita, Finch Bay & Tip Top II

A truly amazing and most memorable trip!

Thanks again for all your help putting this trip together. It was a great combination of structured and unstructured activities. Not only were we excited about all the different places we got to see but we were also impressed by the quality of the guides. Everybody was on time, super friendly and helpful, and very knowledgeable. It felt very luxurious to never have to worry about how to get from A to B, figuring out where/how to buy tickets, etc. All in all, it was a truly amazing and most memorable trip! Thank you!!!!

Claudia Roeder and Family, Cloud forest, Galaxy and Peru

Highly recommended

I cannot rate highly enough the service and attention we were given by Think Galápagos and the team they work with. Our trip to the Napo wildlife centre in the Amazon was fantastic. The Galapagos was stunning and brilliant. The best moment of the trip was playing and swimming in the sea with 9 sea lions. It was a moment I will treasure forever. We are a well-travelled family and this holiday is up there as one of the best. The whole thing was seamless. We were so well taken care of by every guide and driver we came into contact with. Rachel and the team at Think Galápagos are great at what they do. Highly recommended.

Joanne Demirkazik, Beluga & Napo Wildlife Centre

Simply fantastic!

It was simply fantastic, every single day was brilliant! All was superbly planned and happened as planned, the information received for all the different journeys was always accurate and all people involved were helpful and nice. The stay on the Beagle – well, I can’t say any more than that it was outstanding! Our guide (Xavier) was great, able to infect everyone with his enthusiasm and knowledge, so was the crew and the others on the boat. Napo Wildlife Centre was of course also amazing, not just the lodge itself and the stunning wildlife, but the whole experience. It has been a magical experience all round.

Corrina Matt, Beagle and Napo Wildlife Centre,

Holiday of a lifetime!

…an absolutely wonderful, amazing, brilliant (etc.!) holiday we had, and to thank you for everything which came together to make the holiday so perfect. The arrangements were flawless in every respect, with guides to meet and look after us from the moment we stepped off the airport in Quito, until we said goodbye. What was so special was how personal the service was from all the guides and drivers and everyone we met. I have already been, and will continue to recommend Think Galapagos to anyone and everyone who might even consider a holiday in Ecuador and the Galapagos. Definitely a holiday of a lifetime!

Sharron Abbott, Cachalote & Napo Wildlife Centre

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Everything was perfect! I felt like royalty

Thank you for the AMAZING trip you planned for me to the Amazon and Galápagos! Everything was perfect! Throughout the entire trip you had everything planned and taken care of. All the people that were there to greet me and guide me to my next destination were wonderful and a pleasure to meet. I felt like royalty. The Sani Lodge was perfect. Omar and Javier were my guides. They were so incredibly knowledgeable and friendly. The Galapagos suites was so very nice. They run everything so smoothly and professionally. Even ensuring the time my taxi pick up to the yacht. Breakfast was great as well as the location.  The Sea Star was beyond my expectations! I was so taken back by my first introduction to the crew, the yacht itself and my room! I just kept saying “oh, my god”. I felt like I was in a dream. I couldn’t believe I was fortunate enough to be there. The entire crew was so friendly, helpful, professional yet personable. Even the captain was there to assist us coming back from excursions. The food was delicious, plentiful, and served so beautifully. The yacht itself is so classy, clean, elegant yet cozy and comfortable.  I can’t say enough about how amazing this experience was. You and your team have a talent for what you do that was beyond my expectations. Thank you so very much! 
Laura Casale, Sani Lodge & Sea Star
July 2026

Thank you for your advice on so many things along the way

Our trip went extremely well and everyone was super-excited. Memories to last a lifetime! So thank you very much for setting it up, listening to what we were looking for, proposing an excellent range of options, attention to detail, and your advice on so many things along the way.    Galaxy and her crew were wonderful, and the excursions were well organized, informative and a good balance of activities for all - from young to me! And we loved Casa de la Ronda too. I have no hesitation in recommending ThinkGalapagos to others.
Brian Knowles and family, Private Charter Galaxy & Quito
July 2026

It felt like we lived three holidays in one

Everything was perfectly organised logistically and we didn’t have to worry about a thing; all transfers went very smoothly and we loved every location we stayed in, particularly El Monte Lodge and the hospitality of the owners, Tom and Mariela. Our guides, Freddy in Quito, Jorge at El Monte, and Morris in the Galápagos were superb, and on the Samba we simply had the time of our lives, looked after by a fantastic crew. It felt like we lived three holidays in one; after the first week in mainland Ecuador, we were asking ourselves ‘how can the holiday get even better than this?’ and then the magic of the Galápagos took us. But we had such a good time in the mainland that we felt it would have been worth going for that section of the holiday alone. Thanks again for helping us making this possible, it really has been an unforgettable holiday.
Veronica Barfucci, Samba, Quito & El Monte
July 2026

Your team on the ground was flawless

I can not tell you how wonderful the trip was especially since you had planned out most every detail. Your team on the ground was flawless and we always had someone exactly when and where you said they would be. There was nothing about the Galapagos that was disappointing or less than our expectations. I realized about halfway through the trip that what made the Galapagos so special is not waiting to see one or two big things but all of the constant little details that we around whether it was small animals or just the changing geography of the islands. I think we all agreed that our favorite stop was Floreana. Between the exceptional beaches and the snorkeling, it was the best. The Angel and her crew were also top notch and we would love to do another trip with them in the future.  Thank you for all of your support in making this a trip of a lifetime!
Ryan Strange & Family, Angel and Galapagos Suites
June 2026

No other travel company would have given such amazing service

Fabulous Adventure! No other travel company would have given such amazing service. From the initial booking and talking to you about our preferences and your ideas, everything was so smooth and professional, everything organised with great attention to detail, nothing was too much trouble! We had the most super time on the Angel with the best group ever and Fabian our fabulous guide, so knowledgeable and enthusiastic. The Angel team were slick, professional and good fun, snorkelling with sea lions, turtles and white tipped reef sharks was 🤩, seeing the Waved Albatross........we had so many incredible moments to remember.
Fiona and Christopher Eccleston, Angel
June 2026

You perfectly interpreted our brief of providing “the trip of a lifetime”

You perfectly interpreted our original brief of providing "the trip of a lifetime" for us and our family group. I had said that we wanted characterful and local - not bland "international"style - stays and accommodation, and that is precisely what we got. In Quito, the Casona de la Ronda was not only itself historic and stunningly beautiful, but also extremely comfortable, and provided access to so many superb churches and nearby sites of cultural and historical interest, as well as to a great choice of restaurants. The Sani Lodge was just superb. It combined in exactly the way we wanted lovely accommodation and facilities with a sense of being remote and "away from it all". We loved everything there - the walks, the canoe outings, the canopy views and the time spent with the local community. And the Galapagos was like an incredible dream. Every island was fascinatingly different in its geology, landscapes, colours, fauna and flora. We had read about and seen in documentaries the astonishing way that the animals tolerate humans, and lack a "fight-or-flight" instinct, but it was quite another thing to encounter it at close quarters, to be within feet of so many birds, iguanas, sea lions and penguins. Throughout, the guides were fantastic: friendly, helpful, and extremely knowledgeable (even for the expert naturalists in our group!) A huge THANK YOU to you and all your team for making this brilliant journey possible.
Richard Whitaker and Family, Sani Lodge and Samba
June 2026

A jaw dropping, how do you match that kind of a holiday

What an absolutely amazing time we had in the Galapagos. All of the crew on the Angel and guides in the Galapagos and Quito were fantastic and made the holiday a really great experience. All was very well organised and just made the whole thing easy. A very jaw dropping, how do you match that kind of a holiday. So thank you again.
Jo Bunyan, Angel
June 2026

We could not have asked for better venues and guides

It was an experience of a lifetime. Thank you for the thought and careful consideration that you put into building the itinerary as well as the coordination to ensure that the experience was well managed and the logistics went smoothly. The meet and greet at the various points along the journey helped ensure that the experience was stress free.  What a wonderful choice of destinations as well as intermediate stay-overs - we could not have asked for better venues and guides. Both my wife and I are biologists and our guides at both Sani Lodge and on the Samba yacht were attentive, knowledgeable and ever-accommodating of our endless questions! Thank you very much for making such an amazing trip possible.  I will recommend Think Galapagos to anyone who takes interest in the wonderful experiences that our family had over the past three weeks.
Anthony Roberts & Family, Samba & Sani Lodge
June 2026

Thank you for booking such a wonderful trip

The trip was amazing. We enjoyed it all. Thank you for booking such a wonderful trip.
Zebadiah Ziegenbein, Sirius & Peru
June 2026

I have already recommended this trip to others

The trip was amazing. Everything was so well organized. Our guide was able to answer any questions we asked. The crew was helpful and always had a smile. The meals were like those of a high quality restaurant. I have already recommended this trip to others and am glad to have had this opportunity.
Jeanne Paolilli, Angel
June 2026