Galapagos

tickets terms & conditions​​

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• Learn & Travel Course:

Neurological and Medical Emergencies

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• Dates:

You can attend only the neuter week before the Galapagos course (2-8 November 2025; few tickets left), only the Galapagos course (8-14 November 2025; few tickets left), only the neuter week after (16-22 November; sold out), or a combination of these!

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• Speakers:

🎓 Alessia Colverde, DipECVN Specialist in Neurology & Neurosurgery

🎓 Marina Hernandez ECVIM-CA Resident-Trained in Small Animal Medicine

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• What is included in the ticket?

- 6 nights in traditional hotels

- 15h of RACE-approved CE/CPD

- CE/CPD certificate

- breakfasts, lunches, coffee breaks (vegetarian and vegan)

- airport transfers, local taxis and ferries

- island hopping in 3 islands!

- tours with Ohana (swim with sea lions, iguanas and other animals; the best beaches and hikes).​

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• What is not included in the ticket?

- flights

- dinners (to give you the chance to eat whatever you want)
- fee to enter the Galapagos (£159 at the arrival airport + £8 on arrival in Isabela island)
- whatever you do on your ‘free day’

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• Do you need to organise anything?

Only your flights. Ohana organises everything else (local transport, food, hotels, activities...)

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• What is the the program?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

8 Nov: meet in San Cristobal (first island), spend the day at the beach

9 Nov: hike and snorkel

10 Nov: 40min flight to Isabela (second island), hike and beaches

11 Nov: free day 

12 Nov: course 8.30-17

13 Nov: course 8.30-17

14 Nov: 2h ferry to Santa Cruz (third island), visit Tortuga Bay, transfer to Seymour (Baltra) airport.

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Lectures:

- Neurological exam

- Update on seizure treatment and status epilepticus

- Head trauma

- Vestibular disease and strokes

- IVDD and FCE

- Tetanus and peripheral neuropathies

- Practical Neurology

- Intoxications

- Hypocalcemia

- Hypoglycemia

- Portosystemic shunts

- Addisson’s

- Diabetic ketoacidosis

- Liver profile interpretation

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The course will be limited to only ~25 people, to ensure you are comfortable asking all the questions you could never ask in conferences with hundreds of people!

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• I am not a vet, vet nurse, tech or student, can I join? Can I bring my partner, family or friends?

Yes! Non-vet professionals are always welcome in our courses/missions. Join us for every breakfast, lunch, dinner and activities, and enjoy the gorgeous beaches while your friend is having lectures. See the prices below. The principle is the same for everyone: the ticket covers your expenses and a donation towards the sterilisation campaign.

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• Why are we doing this course?

To fundraise for a neuter campaign for street dogs and cats, and those belonging to indigenous families of low income. This is done through working together with the Ecuadorian charity Colitas de La Calle. All the money raised in the Galapagos course will be used towards neutering and treating these animals (who don't deserve less than the pets we have at home!) - the more tickets we sell, the more community dogs we neuter. Organisers and speakers are working pro-bono. ​A huge thank you to our partners for supporting this meaningful cause: SPVS, Vetted Recruitment, Univets Global.

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• Why are the Galapagos called the ''Enchanted Islands''?

The Galapagos are a unique place on Earth, where animals are not scared of humans and swim around you. Sea lions, giant tortoises, penguins, the only location where you can see marine iguanas (yes, swimming iguanas!) and several other species. The Galapagos were the origin of Darwin's theory of evolution and remain a living laboratory for scientists today. An INCREDIBLE place you must visit at least once in your life!

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• Flight tips:

To fly to the Galapagos, you always need to stop in Quito or Guayaquil (Ecuador). There are no international flights that fly direct to the Galapagos. On www.skyscanner.net check flights to Quito and Guayaquil. I strongly recommend that you also see all the direct flights to Quito here (from Miami, NY, Atlanta, Houston, Madrid...) and all the direct flights to Guayaquil here. From Quito and Guayaquil, only Latam and Avianca fly to the Galapagos.

 

This is often the best combination to increase your time on the islands:

1. fly to Quito (from here it's a 3h30 flight to San Cristobal) or Guayaquil (from here it's a 1h50 flight to San Cristobal);

2. then fly to San Cristobal (Galapagos);

3. enjoy your course!

4. fly from Seymour airport (Galapagos) into Quito or Guayaquil.

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Airlines flying from Europe include Avianca (stops in Bogota), KLM (from Amsterdam), Iberia (from Madrid), Air Europa (from Madrid) and British Airways (from Madrid). If you have difficulty finding flights, you can ask a travel agent to find them for you; we are experienced travellers and can help those who already bought a ticket to the course.

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• Transport inside the Galapagos:

Ohana will organise transport inside the islands, including the flight from San Cristobal (island 1) to Isabela (island 2). There are 2 airlines flying between these two islands: Emetebe and ESAV. Each person is responsible to pay for their flight (from £111 per person). Instead of the 40min flight, you can take 2 ferries: cheaper (£55) but the two ferries take 5h and you wait another 7h between ferry 1 and 2.​

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• What are the room options/prices?​​​

Room for 3 people (3 single beds, or 1 double and 1 single; private bathroom):

Vet, vet nurse/tech, student: £1350 if only attending the course; or 1200 if also attending 1 or 2 weeks of the Neuter Campaign (which is priced separately).

Non-vet professional: £1250 if only attending the course; or 1090 if also attending the Campaign (priced separately).

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Room for 2 people (2 single beds, or 1 double; private bathroom):
Vet, vet nurse/tech, student: £1650 if only attending the course; or 1500 if also attending the Neuter Campaign (which is priced separately).

Non-vet professional: £1550 if only attending the course; or 1390 if also attending the Campaign (priced separately).

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Private room for 1 person (one double bed; private bathroom):

Vet, vet nurse/tech, student: £1999 if only attending the course; or 1850 if also attending the Neuter Campaign (which is priced separately).

Non-vet professional: £1890 if only attending the course; or 1750 if also attending the Campaign (priced separately).

 

The hotels don't have single rooms, so ''Private rooms for 1'' are in fact ''Rooms for 2'' made private for one person, which explains the increased cost (we could be selling two tickets instead of one). If you want to lower the cost, invite a friend to share a room.​​​​

 

👉 You might have reservations about sharing a room, but this always resolves after the first night in our courses :) Our courses are designed in a way that we all become friends soon after we meet, so don't be scared to share. You will also spend little time in the room, you will spend the days learning, at the beach and snorkelling with sea lions!​​​​​​​​​​

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• Where can I see footage from previous courses?

Our 2024 courses and missions were INCREDIBLE and you can see pictures in the highlight folders 'Azores', 'Africa' and 'Ericeira' on our instagram @ohana.animalcharity. We also a highlight folder called 'Galapagos' with videos of the trip I took there to organise this course. The easiest way to view these if you don't have insta is to create an account (it takes seconds) or ask a friend to use their account for a minute.

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• Are the tickets or deposit refundable?

They are not, as we had to pay expenses in advance and these are not refundable to us. But you can transfer the ticket to a friend, so your money won't be lost! Remember that all money received will be used to treat and neuter strays.

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• What are the payment options?

Google pay, debit card or transfer. A bank transfer results in more money for the animals (compared with payment via the website) because there are no fees. We can reserve a ticket when you pay a 40% deposit.

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Ready to visit The Enchanted Islands?

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Carolina Albuquerque,

DVM MSc CertAVP DipECVIM-CA RCVS and EBVS Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine

Proud co-founder of Ohana Animal Charity