Complete navigation and safety equipment, 1 dingy with 10 hp outboard motor, life raft, Radar, Gps, Echo sounder, auto pilot, Sart, Epirb, class 1 life jackets.
ITINERARY:
Day 1 Flight to Baltra/ Hiking to Tortuga Bay
Day 2 San Cristóbal – Centro de Interpretación – Lobería – Cerro Tijeretas
Day 3 Kicker rock - Puerto Grande.
Day 4 Floreana - Highlands.
Day 5 Isabela - Sierra negra - volcan chico.
Day 6 Muro de las lagrimas- centro de crianza – Villamil beach
Day 7 Santa Cruz - Highlands - Bike ride
Day 8 Darwin centre / Flight to the mainland
Day 1 flight from Quito or Guayaquil to Baltra Island , where our guide will pick you up and take you to the yacht. After a quick stop in Puerto Ayora and lunch on board we will move on to Punta Estrada and Bahia Divine , a calm shallow water place where rays, mullets and sharks can be seen along the rocky coast line,blue footed boobies and frigates are also found on the cliffs,snorkelling . Back on board: dinner and navigation to San Cristobal Island .
Day 2 After breakfast we will drive to the highlands and walk to El Junco lagoon (the only natural source of fresh water in the islands, frigate birds feed on the fish in the lagoon, lots of land birds such as Darwins finches and mocking birds can be found.) Box lunch and visit to La Galapaguera which is a part of the Galapagos National Park where we will be able to find a great number of giant tortoises in its natural habitat, in other words a privilege of our journey. After exploring the surroundings we will walk to Puerto Chino , a beautiful and pristine beach will be the perfect spot for a laid back afternoon where you can snorkel, swim or simply relax. Dinner.
Day 3 Breakfast and on the way sightseeing visit to Kicker Rock - León dormido, an old tuff cone eroded by the ocean and now serves as nesting place for frigate birds, blue footed boobies and nazca (ex masked) boobies, tropic birds and of course this magnificent volcanic formation. Box lunch and visit to Puerto Grande for snorkeling . A fter dinner we sail to Floreana .
Day 4 After having breakfast on board we will go by car to the highlands of Floreana , where pirates and whalers used volcanic caves as hiding places. Box Lunch, back in town we will visit Puerto Velasco Ibarra , the smallest town in the Galapagos with a population of around 100 people. We'll have dinner on board and navigation to Isabela.
Day 5 Isabela island the largest and one of the youngest in the Galapagos and it is one of the most beautiful island. After breakfast and approximately an hour bus ride we will get to Sierra Negra volcano, which is still active and in October 2005 gave us the most recent volcanic eruption in Galapagos. From here we start with a horse back-riding journey along the crater of the volcano, this experience will fulfill every expectation. Normally we find giant tortoises on the way. After we continue with a trekking on a trail of lava to volcan Chico , walk on a large lava flow and fortunately we might see fumaroles and an incredible landscape from the top. Today we will have a box lunch and the afternoon we'll have it free to enjoy the beach.
Day 6 Puerto Villamil on Isabela Island has the second smallest population in Galapagos with around 1800 inhabitants is still pristine and untouched. Breakfast and zodiac ride to tintoreras or white tip sharks grotto, small shallow channels in between lava flows with sandy bottom in which we usually find white tipped reef sharks. Isabela also has penguins populations and normally we find them swimming with us, after this visit we go back on board. Lunch and in the afternoon we visit to the muro de las lagrimas a wall of lava rocks made by inmates from an old penal colony established on the island. To finish our day we can relax on the white sand beach right in town with many shore birds and marine life .
Day 7 Puerto Ayora during the morning and alter breakfast we go to the highest part of the Island for a bike ride and will be able to observe tortoises in its natural habitat. After lunch we visit the world famous Charles Darwin Research Centre where all the efforts to protect and preserve the native and endemic animals are developed; we will also find Giant tortoises rearing programs and of courseLonesome George .
Day 8 After breakfast on our way to the airport we stop at Los Gemelos a pair of craters (sink holes) in the middle of the Scalesia zone, scalesias are endemic trees only found in Galapagos and they create a great nesting area for Darwins finches as well as many other land birds such as flycatchers, doves etc Baltra and visit to the Gemelos. After this visit we drive straight to the airport to catch your flight back to main land: Quito or Guayaquil.
Itinerary subject to change depending on weather conditions,park authorities, navy authorities and hotels availability,
The rate includes:
• All meals, Buffet (breakfast - lunch - dinner) water with meals.
• Accommodation in double cabins.
• Transfers from the airport to the yacht and vice versa in Galapagos.
• Excursions in the islands with English Speaking Nature Guide.
• Air ticket
Rate does not include: • Galapagos National Park Entrance Fee: USD 100.00 per person
• Migratory Control Card: USD 10.00 per person
• Soft drinks and alcoholics beverages.
• Snorkelling equipment for rent on board.
• Tips.
NOTE: • Rates per person in U.S. Dollars
• Single occupancy supplement 50%
• The route of the ship and the itinerary are subject to change and can vary depending on the regulations and policies of the Galapagos National Park, weather, seasonal changes, safety, etc.
