DAY 1 (-/S/-)
QUITO – SAN CRISTOBAL
Your Naturalist will be waiting for you at the San Cristobal airport. Transfer to the hotel where bags will be drop. We will start our first visit with Interpretation Center, where you will learn about the islands, evolution of their species, fauna, migration, and how humans came to live here. Then continue to playa Carola for water activity .
Accommodation in Hotel Casa Opuntia or similar.
DAY 2 (B/L/-)
KICKER ROCK
After breakfast, excursion to One of the most sought-after sites in Galapagos, Kicker Rock, also known as León Dormido, is the remains of a volcanic cone, eroded by the sea across hundredths of years. It is the eroded cone of an extinct volcano in the shape of a sleeping lion which earned it the name, Leon Dormido. Above the water, the monolithic rock formation towers over 500 feet above the Pacific Ocean and is home to various Blue-Footed Boobies, Frigatebirds, California Sea Lions, Red-billed Tropicbirds, its locations and unique ecosystem makes it an underwater paradise.
Accommodation in Hotel Casa Opuntia or similar.
DAY 3 (B/ L/-)
PUERTO AYORA – CHARLES DARWIN STATION – SANTA CRUZ ISLAND HIGHLANDS
In the morning (07:00 AM) you will take the public speedboat from San Cristobal to Puerto Ayora (approximately 2,5 hours). Drop bags at the hotel , you will have a breakfast at a local restaurant and transfer to the Highlands of Santa Cruz to make closer contact with the Giant Galapagos Tortoises in their natural habitat. You will be surrounded all the excursion by the endemic vegetation of the Galapagos. Lunch included, after the meal you will be drive to visit the Charles Darwin Research Station, where you can see the memorial site for the last living Galapagos tortoise of its species.
Accommodation in Hotel La Isla or similar.
DAY 4 (B/-/-)
MORNING AT LEISURE – ISABELA ISLAND – FLAMINGO LAGOON
Morning at leisure, suggested to visit Las Grietas. Around 1:30 PM, you will take a public speedboat to Isabela Island, which takes approximately 2,5 hours. Upon arrival in Isabela, you will visit the Flamingo Lagoon. This place is the largest coastal lagoon found in the Galapagos and is one of the main reproductive sites for the majority of flamingos.
Accommodation in Hotel Volcano or similar.
DAY 5 (B/BL/-)
LOS TUNELES SNORKELING
After breakfast, your guide will take you to what is said to be one of the best snorkeling places in the world, Los Tuneles. The water is shallow, calm and very clear- a sea sanctuary. A series of lava flows have produced unique geological formations, a series of arcs and tunnels underneath and above the water- a habitat for many local Galapagos Species. The entrance to the site is shallow and the waves can be strong, for this reason, the access can be complicated. You will have lunch on board and then return to Puerto Villamil.
Accommodation in Hotel Volcano or similar.
DAY 6 (BOX B/-/- )
TRANSFER OUT TO BALTRA AIRPORT
At 6:00 AM you take the public speedboat to Puerto Ayora (2,5 hours), meet at the pier by a local representative that will take you to the airport (about 40 minutes). Ferry from Itabaca Channel and Transportation in Baltra are included, the driver will help you check in at the airport
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$ 2600 p/person, minimum 2 up to 4
