Galápagos Exit Planner
All-in, this pick
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After the cruise · Dec 28 2026 – Jan 10 2027

The cruise ends.
Where does the week go?

A family cruise finishes in the Galápagos just before New Year's Eve. Mom and the uncle fly home on Dec 27 — then it's just the two of them, one open week, and her flight to Paris by the Jan 9–10 weekend. Every route below is priced from live-checked fares and real stay rates.

1 · Pick a departure date→ 2 · Pick where the week goes→ 3 · Pick when she flies
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When do they leave the islands?

Baltra → Quito, for two. This one date decides where New Year's Eve lands and which doors stay open.

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Where does the week go?

From Quito, one onward hop — or no hop at all. Greyed-out branches can't work from the chosen date, and they say why.

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When does she fly to Paris?

Her solo exit. She has to be in France by the Jan 9–10 weekend — everything here lands her there in time.

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Leave islands Route She flies Flights Stays est. All-in
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Reunion — 3 or 4 weeks later

She's back at work in France; he's based in Colombia or Mexico. Two long weekends: W1 · Fri Jan 29 → Sun Jan 31 and W2 · Fri Feb 5 → Sun Feb 7, 2027. Her prices are round trips from Paris CDG unless a card says otherwise; his are round-trip hops from wherever he's based. Checked bag is extra on nearly all her fares; all fares live-checked Nov 3, 2026.

The short version Cheapest real weekend: Bogotá (her nonstop $970–1,002, his hop $0–116). Best beach weekend: Cancún on W2 (her nonstop $840). Brazil is the splurge (~$2,180+ combined) and its returns land Monday midday.
Meet point Her trip · W1 Her trip · W2 His hop Weekend quality
BogotáColombia · she lands Fri 2:00 PM $1,002Avianca nonstop $970Avianca nonstop $0 if he's based in Colombia · $506 from Cancún Best weekend overall. Nonstop both ways, Friday-afternoon arrival, back in Paris Mon 7:00 AM.
MedellínColombia · one stop for her $1,074via Bogotá $849via Bogotá $0 if he's based there · $116 from Bogotá Her one stop buys the cheapest W2 in Colombia — $849 all-in on her side.
CancúnMexico · beach $776via Montréal · nonstop $1,089 $776via Montréal · nonstop $840 $0 if he's based there · $585 nonstop from Medellín · $600 from Bogotá Best beach weekend. On W2 her nonstop ($840) barely costs more than the 1-stop.
Mexico CityMexico · city weekend $9111 stop · nonstop $1,011 $9611 stop · nonstop $1,073 $233 from Cancún · $554 from Medellín · $669 nonstop from Bogotá Nonstops exist both weekends if she'll pay ~$100 over the sensible 1-stop.
FortalezaBrazil north · she departs Paris Orly $952TAP via Lisbon, from Orly · CDG $1,306–$1,366 via Madrid · nonstop $1,505 $996TAP via Lisbon, from Orly $1,229 from Bogotá The different-airport win — Orly + TAP beats every CDG routing. But returns land Paris Mon midday: tight if she can't miss Monday morning.
RecifeBrazil north $1,324via Madrid $1,324via Madrid $989 from Bogotá Same price both weekends and the same Monday-midday return problem as Fortaleza — with ~$1k of hop on his side too.
MazatlánMexico · Pacific coast $1,161–$1,565every routing lands Saturday — — Not viable. Every routing from Paris arrives Saturday — the weekend is gone before it starts.

Triangles & open jaws

Her two long-haul legs priced separately, plus one hop they take together — priced per person, so double it for both of them.

Mexico triangle — in Cancún, out of Mexico City
Her legs · W1$1,192 cheap / $1,448 sensible
Her legs · W2$959 cheap / $1,185 sensible
Shared hop Cancún → CDMX$71 pp · $142 for two
Beach first, city second, no backtracking to Cancún for her flight home. Her legs + hop for two: W1 from $1,334 · W2 from $1,101.
Mexico triangle, reversed — in CDMX, out of Cancún
Her legs · W1$1,099 cheap / $1,274 sensible
Her legs · W2$1,187 cheap / $1,220 sensible
Shared hop CDMX → Cancún$72 pp · $144 for two
City first, beach to finish. Her legs + hop for two: W1 from $1,243 · W2 from $1,331.
Colombia triangle — in Bogotá, out of Cartagena
Her legs · W1 (sensible)$1,444
Her legs · W2 (sensible)$1,428
Shared hop Bogotá → Cartagena$51 pp · $102 for two
Cartagena → Paris sensible routes run back via Bogotá ($855). About $450 over the plain Bogotá round trip buys the Cartagena days. Her legs + hop: W1 $1,546 · W2 $1,530.
Brazil coast, reversed — in Recife, out of Fortaleza
Her legs · W1 (sensible, reversed)$1,368
Forward direction · W1$1,621
W2, either direction (sensible)$1,621
Shared hop Recife → Fortaleza$93 pp · $186 for two
Flying the coast backwards saves $253 on W1. Returns still land Paris Mon midday.
Bordeaux departure — she skips Paris
Bordeaux → Bogotá round trip$1,219 sensible · both weekends
W2 alternative · Turkish via Istanbul$886 · 8h10 layover
KLM via Amsterdam or Air France via CDG — she never goes to Paris. Costs ~$220–250 more than the CDG nonstop, but the Paris trip disappears.