r/galapagostourism

Looking at booking a 4 day/3night excursion to San Cristobal during our Ecuador portion of our South America journey. We have been reading a lot about the Humpback whale migration and have earmarked a few days for this and found plenty of opportunities on mainland off of Colombia and Ecuador, but being the Galapagos, one doesn't usually find themselves this close to an opportunity of a lifetime.

So, with Whale Watching being our primary goal for this time period, I see many many Day Tour options for the islands out of San Cristobal but nothing specifically along these lines. Some day tours advertise seeing different under sea creatures but none are coming out and saying Whales. Unless you book some extravagant cruise package for 4 nights which somehow costs the same as our entire 14 day trip to Ecuador/Colombia. We prefer Galapagos but if not an option, any Ecuador mainland based tours to recommend for this?

Thanks

I left my AirPods at Baltra Airport (GPS), and airport security has confirmed they found them, but can’t ship back to me.

I’m back in the U.S. and won’t be returning anytime soon.

Looking for someone flying back to the U.S. / North America who could pick them up and bring them back for me. I’ll pay for 20 minutes of your time + all shipping costs.
If you can help, please DM me! 🙏

I have filled in the TCT online form but my credit card is not being accepted. (I get an error message saying my bank has declined payment). I have run my bank and they say they haven't blocked any payments. I'm not travelling until October - is my payment being refused because I'm filling the form in too early (ie not 48 hours beforehand)? Would be grateful if anyone has any suggestions.

I've also read somewhere that you can't pay at the airport anymore - you have to pay online. Is this true?