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. 

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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Cannot rate highly enough the service and attention we were given

“I cannot rate highly enough the service and attention we were given by Think Galápagos and the team they work with. I travelled with my husband and my 14 year old daughter. Our trip to the Napo wildlife centre in the Amazon was fantastic. Delfin was our guide and his knowledge and ability to spot wildlife was extremely impressive. The Galapagos was stunning and brilliant. The beluga yacht was lovely and comfortable. Our guide was Juan who has worked as a guide for over 30 years. He was extremely knowledgeable, as well as funny. The best moment of the whole 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 and family
Beluga and Napo Wildlife Centre, March 2018

Our best holiday – and we travel a lot!

"Thanks for arranging our Ecuador and Galapagos trip. We absolutely loved it. Special thanks to our guide in Quito. We loved the Galapagos and Beagle - really great boat. Can’t speak highly enough of your service or the Galapagos. In fact we loved it so much I have described it as our best holiday - and we travel a lot! “
Louise Inward and Henry Tennant
Beagle, March 2018

Simply fantastic, every single day was brilliant!

"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 to be made by taxi, air, and boat 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 - we got all on very well. I must mention the food - very tasty and so varied! 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, March 2018

It was truly a spectacular trip

".. we had the most amazing trip to Ecuador and the Galápagos. We only wish we had managed to spend more time on the mainland, as we loved the Cloud forest and could happily have stayed there another day or two. As for our trip on the Beagle, words fail me really. We had an absolute ball, falling into our bunks by 9pm each night, exhausted but elated. The crew and naturalists were tireless in their efforts to ensure we had a great time and the wildlife viewings and close encounters were beyond our wildest expectations. The culmination was a big pod of dolphins swimming and jumping just by our dinghy at sunset on the evening of Rob's birthday. It was a truly spectacular trip, many thanks for your help in organising it for us, your guidance and knowledge of the area really made it for us."
Maureen and Robert Macpherson
Beagle and Napo Wildlife Centre, February 2018

Thank you for our amazing trip

“Thank you for our amazing trip. We really enjoyed everything, and were very pleased with the Beluga - David was a great guide, and we were lucky to have some very nice fellow passengers from all over the world. We also enjoyed the Napo visit, and saw some amazing things.”
Niall MacFadyen
Beluga and Napo Wildlife Centre, Jan 2018

A truely great experience which we will remember for a long time

“ It was a truly great experience which we will remember for a long time. The hotels were good, the boat was good, the guides were good, the food was good, and of course the wildlife is amazing. What we thought worked particularly well were the pick-ups and drop-offs, making it really easy for us everywhere, particularly being rushed through the airport and security on the way out to Santa Cruz. One of the highlights was probably the additional day with guide in Santa Cruz, we saw bigger tortoises there than on the boat trip (!) and it was very informative and worthwhile to do, the guide was great and really helpful” So all in all, a great holiday which we very much enjoyed....big thankyou and we will certainly recommend you and have already spoken to friends about the trip and you!
Moira Nangle
Ocean Spray and Finch Bay, Dec 2017

How do you explain the thrill of swimming with sea lions

“We had a fabulous time. Finch Bay was delightful. The trip was all we had hoped for and more. We both say the snorkelling was a definite hit but my special moments were the mornings in the Mangrove at Elizabeth Bay and Punta Espinosa on Fernandina Island. We were well looked after and have talked non-stop to friends and family since we got back. How do you explain the thrill of swimming with sea lions or the beauty and majesty of the islands and animals; we keep trying.”
Alison and Graham Cartwright
Galaxy II and Finch Bay, Dec 2017

All of the details were taken care of perfectly

“Thank you for our amazing trip. We really enjoyed everything, and were very pleased with the Beluga - David was a great guide, and we were lucky to have some very nice fellow passengers from all over the world. We also enjoyed the Napo visit, and saw some amazing things.”
Roberta Manko
Beluga and Wyndham Guayaquil, Dec 2017

We loved every minute of it

"Our whole trip from arrival in Peru right through to our departure from the Galapagos via Ecuador was absolutely fantastic. We loved every minute of it. Our time on board The Beagle was truly amazing."
Anita and Roy Chalmers
Beagle, Cloud forest and Peru, Dec 2017

Exhilarated and enriched by our experiences

"We have arrived back from our Ecuador adventure feeling exhilarated and enriched by our experiences. From our first meeting with Santiago Salazar at Quito airport to our farewell to the tour group and your Santiago at Guayaquil airport everything we did and saw was just marvellous. We were very impressed with the quality of the guides, Santiago Salazar gave us three days of wonderful bird watching and his knowledge of the local species and where to see them was amazing. Daniel also was very knowledgeable about all things Ecuador and for us his bird knowledge was a bonus. Maria Carmen was a delight and her passion for the Galapagos shone through like a beacon, she also an encyclopaedic knowledge about the islands and her witty humour had us laughing on many occasions. Finally your Santiago was wonderful, caring, attentive, passionate and again with a wealth of knowledge that left no question unanswered. All in all a most memorable holiday that we rate as one of the best we have ever had."
Allan and Paula Briggs
Cloudforest, Andes and Galapagos, Nov 17