Itinerary for 4 days B4

(4 days B4)

Day 1: You will be taken to the Archipel I after landing at Baltra Airport. After lunch, you’ll go to Bachas Beach, which consists of two tiny coral-decomposed-coral beaches that are a favorite sea turtle nesting location.

Day 2: You start out early in the morning by climbing the steep stairs from the landing dock to a palo santo bush up top, where you might see red-footed boobies. Nesting sites for Nazca boobies and petrels can be found at the trail’s end. You will travel to Darwin Bay after lunch.

Day 3: The day’s first activity will be a trip to the stunning Bartolome volcano islet, which offers the Archipelago’s most recognizable landscape and panoramic view. To access the view from the top of the island known as Pinnacle Bay, you must ascend the stairs. After lunch, go up to Sullivan Bay, where you can see pacific green turtles, crabs, and stray blue herons or oystercatchers. Santiago is a newly formed island in the bay. Dinner on the yacht after your return.

Day 4: You will board a bus in the morning and travel to Santa Cruz Island’s highlands, where you will see the Twin Craters, before visiting El Chato Reserve to see the island’s giant tortoise in its natural setting. You will then be driven to Baltra Airport.

Itinerary for 5 days A5

(5 days A5)

Day 1: Transfer in after landing at Baltra Airport. Your luggage will be checked, and you will need to pay the entrance fee to the Galapagos National Park. The tour at the Fausto Llerena Breeding Center ends in the corral for the tortoise exhibit where you can see the tortoises from Española Island.

Day 2: You will travel to Moreno Point in the morning, where you will follow a trail alongside a frozen lava flow to a coastal lagoon home to a variety of bird species. Visits to Urbina Bay, which is at the foot of Alcedo Volcano, will take place in the afternoon. Snorkeling here is a great way to see local wildlife like land iguanas, Darwin’s finches, and Galapagos tortoises.

Day 3: Visit Tagus Cove in the early morning to observe Galapagos penguins, flightless cormorants, and other seabirds. Then take the trail up to the cliff’s edge where you can see Darwin Lake and the graffiti on the cliffs that surround the cove. Visit Fernandina’s Espinoza Point after lunch to see vast colonies of marine iguanas. evening meal and day’s end.

Day 4: You will first travel to Egas Port, also known as James Bay, which is located on Santiago Island and features a black sand beach. Due to its red sand beach in the archipelago and its popularity as a snorkeling destination, Rabida Island is one of the most vibrant and volcanically diverse islands you will visit after lunch.

Day 5: You will take a dinghy ride to Black Turtle Bay after breakfast, where you might see sea lions and pacific green turtles. Transfer to Baltra Airport following your visit, then catch a flight back to the mainland.

Itinerary for 5 days B5

(5 days B5)

Day 1: Our journey begins with a stop at Charles Darwin Station, where we learn about the scientific investigations and conservation efforts made to protect the Galapagos giant tortoise.

Day 2: Early in the morning, travel to Floreana Island, stopping first at the Cormorant Peninsula, where a small colony of Galapagos sea lions will greet you. We travel to Post Office Bay after lunch so that you can bring your postcards and mail them in the unique barrel at this historic location. Dinner at the end of the day.

Day 3: Head to Gardner Bay on Española Island early in the morning; this is a crucial location for pacific green turtle breeding. However, the Galapagos sea lion colony is the main draw. Visit Suarez Point, a basaltic cliff with a blowhole where water shoots high into the air, after lunch. We also pass nesting locations for waved albatrosses and blue-footed boobies on the trail.

Day 4: The trip to Pitt Point will be the day’s first activity. A male colony of Galapagos sea lions will be visible to you. You can access a trail that ascends to a tropical dry forest from here. Proceed to Witch Hill after lunch. A coral sand beach is its main draw. Dinner on the yacht after your return.

Day 5: A visit to Lobos Islet, home to a colony of Galapagos sea lions, including protective mothers and their young, will be the first morning activity. Great frigate birds and male blue-footed boobies may also be seen. You will take a shuttle back to San Cristobal Airport following this activity in order to catch your flight back to the continent.