Wim (William) Theunis in Guayaquil, Ecuador
| Age: | 35 - 39 |
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| Languages: | As Belgian I do speak fluent French, Dutch, English and German but living now for many years in Ecuador i do speak also Spanish. We can help you with Italian, Rusian an Japanese guides if requested. |
| My Website: | http://www.galapagosnet.com |
| I’ve traveled to: | Europe: Germany, Netherlands, Ingland, France, Italy, Luxemburg, Spain, .... Asia: Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodgia, Laos, Sri Lanka, Maldives Islands, Vietnam, Malesia, South India Africa: South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Egypt |
| My motto: | Discover a country with your five sences and out of the touristical places |
| About me: | Activities: Manager Incomming Tour Operator Galanet S.A, Tour Guide and Tour Leader Gray Line Guayaquil with Every day last minute day tour or round trips |
| Location: | Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador |
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Galanet S.A.
As a travel expert we want you to enjoy as much as posible your vacacions. Let us do the work! Ask us any information about how to plan you trip and don´t lose time! We are a hot number for your problems! Galanet is an incomming Tour Operator with its own fleet of vehicules adapted to all size of groups or individuals. We can provide you all kind of services (hotels, transferts, flights, day tour or round trips, public transport hours) on Ecuador main land or Galapagos trips (flights, cruises, last minutes...) We provide services in English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Russian and Japanese Skype me at galanetecuador for more informations.
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Hotel Palace in Guayaquil, Ecuador
Hotel Palace Guayaquil, is a thoroughly modern hotel, catering to your every need, yet retaining the warmth and hospitality that only a family operated hotel can offer. The newly renovated Hotel is conveniently located in Downtown Guayaquil near the financial sector, museums and a short walk from the riverside boardwalk, a main attraction in the city –Malecon 2000– and only 10 minutes from the international airport, Jose Joaquin de Olmedo. Accommodations in our safe and friendly hotel are perfect for business and leisure travellers seeking modern conveniences at a reasonable price. Buffet Breakfast is included
Grand Hotel Guayaquil in Guayaquil Ecuador

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60.00 USD per day, per
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Hotel located just behing of the cathedral wich is part of the patio where a little pool is present. Spacious rooms with all the facilities and free internet access. Buffet Breakfast is included
Hotel Hampton inn by Hilton in Guayaquil, Ecuador
Hotel with an excelent location, wright on the 9th of october avenue, 3 blocks away from the waterfront and the Cathedral. Offers all the facilities of a luxery hotel with free internet access. Buffet Breakfast is included
Hotel Oro Verde in Guayaquil, Ecuador

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75.00 USD per day, per
person
Oro Verde Hotel Guayaquil. Member of The Leading Hotels of the World in Ecuador. Strategically located in the downtown commercial and banking heart of the city, at only eight minutes from the José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport. They offer 230 luxury rooms, three restaurants, bar, delicatessen, room service, a luxurious Club Floor, swimming pool, fitness and business center, casino and shops.
Hotel Sheraton in Guayaquil, Ecuador

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110.00 USD per day, per
person
Located nearby the airport it is a brand new hotel with all facilities like outdoor swimming pool, business center, gym, sauna. Just in front of the major shopping Mall of Ecuador: Mall del Sol. Breakfast buffet is included
Hotel Hilton in Guayaquil, Ecuador

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110.00 USD per day, per
person
Located in the nothern part of Guayaquil close to the bussiness centers and shopping malls, it has a huge swimming pool, sauna, yacuzzi included. Breakfast will be a great buffet with international cuisine and local specialities. Business center and wi-fi
Airport Shuttle up to 2 pax in Guayaquil, Ecuador
We meet you upon your domestic or international flight arrival and bring you to the hotel of your choice or back from your hotel to the airport for your flight. Please mention us your day of arrival, flight number, number of pasangers, language spoken and place of drop of so that we can provide you with the best service posible. We also can book an hotel for you!
Airport Shuttle up to 14 pax in Guayaquil, Ecuador
We meet you upon your domestic or international flight arrival and bring you to the hotel of your choice or back from your hotel to the airport for your flight. Please mention us your day of arrival, flight number, number of pasangers, language spoken and place of drop of so that we can provide you with the best service posible. We also can book an hotel for you!
Airport Shuttle up to 18 pax in Guayaquil, Ecuador
We meet you upon your domestic or international flight arrival and bring you to the hotel of your choice or back from your hotel to the airport for your flight. Please mention us your day of arrival, flight number, number of pasangers, language spoken and place of drop of so that we can provide you with the best service posible. We also can book an hotel for you!
Airport Shuttle up to 42 pax in Guayaquil, Ecuador
We meet you upon your domestic or international flight arrival and bring you to the hotel of your choice or back from your hotel to the airport for your flight. Please mention us your day of arrival, flight number, number of pasangers, language spoken and place of drop of so that we can provide you with the best service posible. We also can book an hotel for you!
Historical Park in Guayaquil, Ecuador
Every day except monday, thuesday (2 hours and an half)
Bringing to our memories, the old Guayaquil, just in front of the river, stands out the Historical Park like another one of the points that must be visited. There, people can go through the middel of a mangle and walk by a wood footpath that crosses it. it recreates the life style of the past years, with three different zones:
-Wildlife zone: the ecuadorian coast is a region of great ecological resources. Visiting the park you´ll have a clear evidence of it. Its 4 hectares of land are enough to protect more than 50 animal species between birds, mammals and fish.... that have found their habitat in this piece of forest.
- Architectonic urban Zone: Here it is posible to admire the Old Guayaquil and its museums, cafeteria, souvenir shops all reintroduced in rescued old houses from downtown.
- Tradictional zone: The zone of tradition will bring you to remote rural envirements where cocoa and banana influenced life style of locals.
On sunday, there is open air theater and dances.
Private City tour in Guayaquil, Ecuador
We will visit the most atractive places of the economical capital of Ecuador pasing by the Centenario Park, 9th october avenue, Flower Market, South Market, Iguana Park with the Cathedral, las Peñas (declared by the UNESCO as Best sustainable Turism Project) and Cerro Santa Anna to discover the rich history of Guayaquil influenced by the Guayas river. We will spend also special atention to the waterfront named Malecon 2000 symbol af the regeneration of the city in the last years. A private guide will explain all what can´t be seen like customs of the locals, history from the colonial period, etc
Shared base City tour in Guayaquil, Ecuador
Monday, wensday, friday (3 hours)
We will visit the most atractive places of the economical capital of Ecuador pasing by the Centenario Park, 9th october avenue, Flower Market, South Market, Iguana Park with the Cathedral, las Peñas (declared by the UNESCO as Best sustainable Turism Project) and Cerro Santa Anna to discover the rich history of Guayaquil influenced by the Guayas river. We will spend also special atention to the waterfront named Malecon 2000 symbol af the regeneration of the city in the last years. A private guide will explain all what can´t be seen like customs of the locals, history from the colonial period, etc
Ruta del Sol Surf & fun in Montañita, Ecuador
Monday 4 nights
Pick-up from your hotel in Guayaquil and transfert to Htl Baja Montanita 3* in DBL room with breakfast included. Montañita is paradise for surfers and night life with its numerous bars and discos
Ruta del sol Surf & fun in Montañita, Ecuador
Friday 3 nights
Pick-up from your hotel in Guayaquil and transfert to Htl Baja Montanita 3* in DBL room with breakfast included. Montañita is paradise for surfers and night life with its numerous bars and discos.
Whale Watching in Salinas, Ecuador
We leave to the peninsula of Santa Helena where we will get aboard of a small ship to sail for about 2 hours looking for the Humpback whales that comes each year to Salinas from july to september. We will see these junpng out of the water and splashing on their backs to impress females, The year after copulating they will return to Salinas to give birth to the youbg whales. After whale watching we will have a local seafood lunch
Churute Mangrove Nacional Park in Guayaquil, Ecuador
We will leave to Manglares Churute where we will visit 2 out of the 3 areas.
-Pancho Diablo is a tropical dry forest where we will learn about the typical plants and be able to see some howler.
-Laguna del canclon is a wet lagoon where lot of birds can be seen like the Horned Screamer.
- Boat trip to mangroves areas and if high tight we can sail up to the shore birds island.
Birds Island in Puerto del Moro Guayaquil, Ecuador
We will leave to Puerto del Moro, a small fisherman village to embarc a small boat. We will sail thrue the mangroves to observe lots of seashore birds like, pelican, ibis, egrets, herons, ... After a while we will arive a the big Guayas river delta where dolfins can be seen. We will desembarc a little island to go the see Fregat birds that are nesting in huge amounts and walk close to the nests to see the little chicks.
We will have a local lunch and some free time to enjoy the pacific ocean beach before returning to Guayaquil
Cerro Blanco Dry Tropical Forest & Puerto Hondo Mangroves
We will visit 2 of the typical ecosystems founded around Guayaquil City. The protected Reserve cerro Blanco is a dry Tropical forest with a specific fauna and flora wich is linked with climat. We can still find the Parrot of Guayaquil, morfo buterflies with its impresive blue wings, ocelots, peccaries, etc. After lunch we will navigate in a swamp area where 4 species of mangle threes. It is posible to observe sometimes any snake. there exist also several species of birdslike herons, the lazy bird and the red-forehead parrot between others.
Markets in Economical capital Guayaquil, Ecuador
Guayaquil has always been a very economicly active ciy during all its history. Still nowadays produce about 75% of the gross incom of the country. We will bring you to visit diferent places where we will be able to see the daily activity on the markets around Guayaquil. We will visit the flower market, on of Ecuadors main export products with its rozes but also tropical flowers like heliconia, ginger flowers, ...
Also we will enter a huge food market where indigenous comunities will be seen comming from the andes with teir local products like corn, patatoes, carots, ...and fruits like, Guavas, bananas, mangos, sapote, taxo, ...
Of course as a harbord city we will visit a fish and sea food market where tuna wil be seen, crabs, shrimps wich are important export products.
We will go to the South Market wich nowadays has been renovated into a beautifull cultural center called Palacio de Cristal.
We will end our visit with some free time at the handycraft market alowin you to do some shoping!!!
Banana Plantation with lunch
We leave to Babahoyo where lots of banana plantation are present and visit to a typical Hacienda wich is one of the major exporting plantation of Ecuador. After visiting the Hacienda we will have a tradicional Ecuadorian lunch. We also will go thrue the plantation and the paking process where we will explain you about this important export product.
Restaurant Lo Nuestro in Guayaquil, Ecuador

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The BEST restaurant of all Ecuador. It name, Lo Nuestro, means ours. Our food mainly based on sea food, with lobsters, jumbo praws, swardfish, crabs, .... but they have also good poultry and meats but ... ecerything in a traditional way. even the athmosphere of the restaurant invites you. Excelent wine cellar.
Shark Diving in Guayaquil, Ecuador

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