Transport

Boat, taxi, SUV, minivan

Meals

Day 1: Lunch Day 2: Breakfast, box lunch Day 3: Breakfast, lunch Day 4: Breakfast, Box lunch Day 5: Breakfast, lunch Day 6: Breakfast, Box lunch Day 7: Breakfast, Box lunch Day 8: Breakfast

Guide

Certified Naturalist English/Spanish speaking guide

Others

- Daily visits with a Guide certified by the National Park – we use local guides on each island, and you are also assisted by our operation staff on each island (English speaking) - Meals mentioned - Accommodation in a double room (please specify if a twin room or double bed is needed) - Ask for a single supplement - All transportation on the islands (boat, car) (except transportation during the free time) - Snorkeling gear including fins and Wetsuit (shorty 2.5mm) when the excursions include water activities (not during free time activities) - Transportation Baltra Airport – Itabaca Channel – USD 5 p.p. (subject to change). - Transportation Itabaca Channel – Baltra Airport – USD 5 p.p. (subject to change).

Not included:

Insurance

Travelers must have their own travel insurance

Optional

Flight must arrive at San Cristobal Island around mid-day.

Flights

Flight from /to Galapagos is not included. It has an extra $500,00 (we can help you to arrange the plane tickets)

Others

- Entrance fee to the Galapagos National Park is $200 (to be paid upon arrival at the airport – CASH ONLY – There is no ATM at the airport. Please bring enough cash) - INGALA Migration card $20 to be paid in cash in Quito or Guayaquil airport (Consejo de Gobierno counter, easy to spot in the airport. There you will also have to register your details before you go to the check-in counter of your airline) - All not mentioned services in the program - Travel insurance: mandatory for all tourists entering Ecuador - Tips (guides expect tips, and also the boat crew – for boat excursions not for transfers between islands) - Air tickets - Water taxi from dock to speedboat (depending on the tide) – $ 1.00 US per person per ride - Drinks and not specified meals - Pier uses in Isabela USD $10 per person

Accommodation

Deja Vu Hotel or similar in Santa Cruz Cabañas Pimampiro or similar in San Cristobal Hostel Las Fragatas or similar in Isabela

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Day 1 Day 1: Airport Transfer + Tijeretas & Carola Beach
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Airport Transfer + Tijeretas & Carola Beach

You will be picked up at the airport by your private certified guide and he will take you to the hotel. After your lunch with the guide, you will visit the Interpretation Center, where the guide will talk to you about the formation, colonization and actual situation of the islands. Then you will follow the trail to the Frigate bird hill, a viewpoint from which you have a beautiful view over the island. You will be able to snorkel the shallow waters of Tijeretas Bay or Carola beach (according to the tide your guide will take you to the best spot), where you can see sea lions, various tropical fishes, and turtles. Your small hike will finish at Carola beach from where you will go back to the hotel and have the rest of the day free time for dinner.
Day 2 Day 2: El Junco - Puerto Chino - Galapaguera
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: El Junco - Puerto Chino - Galapaguera

After having breakfast, your naturalist tour guide will pick you up from your hotel to visit the community of “El Progreso” and the only freshwater crater lake of all the archipelago known as “El Junco”, where the frigate birds like to wash their wings to move apart the excess of salt on them. Afterward, you’ll drive down to “Cerro Colorado” to visit the Giant Tortoise Breeding Centre! Lunch is on the way. You will finish your wonderful day at one of the most beautiful beaches of the Archipelago, well-known as “Puerto Chino”. There you could see marine iguanas, Galapagos crabs, blue-footed boobies, lava lizards, sea lions, etc. Then you’ll drive back to your hotel, and you will have time to rest and relax at the front ocean boulevard…!
Day 3 Day 3: Kicker Rock (More Snorkeling)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Kicker Rock (More Snorkeling)

You will visit the famous Kicker Rock (Leon Dormido – sleeping Lion), a volcanic formation amid the ocean. There you will be able to snorkel with sharks, rays, turtles and if you are lucky also with hammerhead sharks! After lunch on the boat, you will go to a beautiful, pristine beach, where you will have time to relax. In the afternoon you will be back at the port. The rest of the day is at your leisure. You can watch the sunset on Playa Mann or you can go to Loberia (about $5 each way by taxi). There you can walk the Barranco cliff trail.
Day 4 Day 4: San Cristobal - Santa Cruz Highlands - Charles Darwin Station
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: San Cristobal - Santa Cruz Highlands - Charles Darwin Station

At 6:30 pick you up and take you to the harbor 7:00 speedboat to Santa Cruz (approx. 2-hour ride). A local guide will receive you at the harbor. Drive to a Ranch in the highlands to see giant tortoises in their native environment! After a lunch stop, you will visit the Charles Darwin Station. Overnight in Santa Cruz
Day 5 Day 5: Santa Cruz - Isabela - Snorkel
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Santa Cruz - Isabela - Snorkel

At 6:30 am we will pick you up at the hotel and accompany you to the harbor, where you will take the shared speed boat at 7:00 am to Isabela (approx. 2-hour ride). Our staff will welcome you and accompany you to your hotel for check-in.

After lunch, we will visit "Las Tintoreras," a chain of small islets full of the cove and hidden beaches. The islet of Tintoreras is situated in the south of Puerto Villamil. It has a bay where it is possible to see sea lions, marine turtles, iguanas, manta rays, etc. This bay is connected by a superficial crack with crystalline water which is closed off during low tide. In this crack, it is possible to see the sharks from Blanca Point swimming with the rest of the tropical fish and sea lions (Snorkeling).
Day 6 Day 6: Isabela Island - Sierra Negra Volcano Hike
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: Isabela Island - Sierra Negra Volcano Hike

Breakfast at the hotel. Pick up by our guide, then, we will be ready to walk through spectacular lava landscapes overlooking the volcanoes of northern Isabela and Fernandina. The hike to the Sierra Negra Volcano and the Chico Volcano is 16 km long. We will see the second-largest volcanic crater in the world and explore different areas of vegetation. We will have lunch and the rest of the day is free. You can enjoy the beautiful beach in Isabela, or you can dive in the Laguna Concha de Perla (the free time snorkeling equipment is not included, but it can be hired locally). Overnight in Isabela
Day 7 Day 7: Cabo Rosa / Túneles
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7: Cabo Rosa / Túneles

By boat to Cabo Rosa (45 min by boat), where lava flowed into the ocean and formed beautiful lava tunnels. There you will see penguins, blue-footed boobies, and sea turtles. However, the highlight is diving. You have the opportunity to see sharks, turtles/sea lions, sea lions, rays, seahorses, and many tropical fish. The tour to Cabo Rosa lasts approximately 5 hours. Speed boat to Santa Cruz at 15:00. Overnight in Santa Cruz
Day 8 Day 8: Isabela – Baltra
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 8: Isabela – Baltra

Breakfast at your hotel. Afterward, your driver will bring you to the Itabaca Channel, which you will cross on a ferry. Please take into account that your flight does not depart before 12:30 pm.

8 days tour

Galapagos Island Hopping (Santa Cruz, San Cristobal And Isab

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Itinerary of your trip Galapagos Island Hopping (Santa Cruz, San Cristobal And Isab

Day 1: Airport Transfer + Tijeretas & Carola Beach

Day 2: El Junco - Puerto Chino - Galapaguera

Day 3: Kicker Rock (More Snorkeling)

Day 4: San Cristobal - Santa Cruz Highlands - Charles Darwin Station

Day 5: Santa Cruz - Isabela - Snorkel

Day 6: Isabela Island - Sierra Negra Volcano Hike

Day 7: Cabo Rosa / Túneles

Day 8: Isabela – Baltra

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