Here is a list of Galápagos locals holidays as well as other festivities celebrated in Ecuador.
Local Holidays
- February 12 – Galápagos Province Day, “Día de la Provincia de Galápagos” in Spanish. This marks the date in 1832 when Ecuador annexed the Galapagos Islands as part of its territory.
National Holidays
- January 1 – New Year’s Day (Año Nuevo)
- February or March – Carnival (Carnaval). The date varies each year and is based on the liturgical calendar, on the weekend closest to the New Moon, it extends Monday and Tuesday.
- March or April – Easter and Holy Week (Semana Santa). Actual dates for Holy Week varies based on the liturgical calendar.
- Good Friday (Viernes Santo)
- Easter Sunday (Pascua/Domingo de Pascua)
- May 1 – International Workers’ Day (Día del Trabajo, Primero de Mayo)
- May 24 – Battle of Pichincha (Batalla de Pichincha)
- July 24 – Birthday of Simón Bolívar (Natalicio de Simón Bolivar)
- July 25 – Guayaquil Founder’s Day (Fundacion de Guayaquil)
- August 10 – Declaration of Independence of Quito (Primer Grito de Independencia)
- October 9 – Independence of Guayaquil (Independencia de Guayaquil)
- October 12 – Columbus Day (Día de la Raza)
- November 2 – All Souls’ Day or Day of the Dead (Día de los Difuntos, Día de Muertos)
- November 3 – Independence of Cuenca (Independencia de Cuenca)
- December 25 – Christmas Day (Día de Navidad)
- December 31 – New Years Eve (Fin de año or nochevieja)
