Galapagos Islands
Ikala Hotel
Ikala Hotel is located in Puerto Ayora, on Santa Cruz Island. Puerto Ayora is the most populous town in the Galapagos archipelago. Santa Cruz is the most well connected of the Galapagos Islands, with the international airport situated on adjacent Baltra Island, and the main ferry terminal located in Puerto Ayora.
There are 22 rooms, well presented as either a Standard Room, a Suite with a balcony, or one two-storey Duplex Suite. It’s positioned just a three minutes’ walk from the main pier and ferry terminal and withing easy walking distance of a good choice of restaurants, cafes and bars.
Facilities
Restaurant, bar, outdoor swimming pool, garden, 24-hour front desk, room service, luggage storage.
Rooms have air conditioning, fan, safety box, toiletries, complimentary Wi-Fi, hair dryer, laundry service.
Local Wildlife
Galapagos sea lions, giant tortoises, Darwin's finches, Galapagos doves, blue-footed boobies, pelicans, whitetip reef sharks, flamingos, iguanas
Optional Activities
Day tours to neighbouring islands; Isabela, San Cristobal and Floreana. Multi-day cruises and tours.
John Melton
Area Specialist
If you can, make time to visit The Fausto Llerena Tortoise Centre, where hatchlings are given the best possible chance to develop into mature adults, before being released into the wild on multiple islands of archipelago.
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Here is the report on the trip I have just finished, visiting Ecuador and the Galapagos… The [AMAZON RAINFOREST LODGE] is delightful. The rooms are very comfortable with a view over the lagoon spectacular and we woke to the sound of howler monkeys every morning…We spent a couple of nights at [THE CLOUD FOREST LODGE], an extraordinary place with the most amazing accommodation… The atmosphere was terrific and the staff wonderful, food excellent, the ambiance was great.
The [GALAPAGOS CRUISE] was without doubt the highlight of the tour and it is difficult to describe how much pleasure we all got from this leg of the trip. We were accompanied again by an English speaking guide, Franklin Ramirez who was extremely knowledgeable and very good company. We saw a host of wildlife including Sei whales, dolphins, manta rays, hammer-head sharks and all the birds and reptiles one expects to see on these islands. However the impact of seeing them close and seeing such a diversity of habitat on the different islands is simply unbelievable…The crew were excellent, the chef performed wonders in a small galley kitchen and we were all extremely happy with this accommodation.