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Day 1 - (SUNDAY)
Meeting and assistance upon arrival in Quito and transfer to the Hotel for overnight.
Day 2 – (MONDAY)
Departure from Quito or Guayaquil to Baltra (a flight of about two and a
half hours). Passengers are picked up at the airport by our guides and taken
to the pier to board the M/V Galapagos Legend.
North Seymour
Dry landing. Guests will see swallow-tailed gulls and sea lions. This site
is a major nesting colony of blue-footed boobies, and has the largest colony
of the magnificent frigate bird. Travelers will also see both marine iguanas
and land iguanas and will have opportunities for snorkeling.
Day 3 -
(TUESDAY) - Santa Cruz (Dragon Hill or Venice)
Wet landing. Passengers walk to a salt-water pond behind the beach,
where pink flamingos can occasionally be observed. This trail leads up to
Dragon Hill, which offers a lovely view of the bay. This is a nesting site
for reintroducing land iguanas, and there is also a Scalesia tree forest.
Passengers
may opt to take a dinghy to Venice islet and observe the vegetation and
marine animals like spotted eagle rays, golden rays, mullets, sharks and sea
turtles. Land iguanas have often been observed as well.
Floreana (Cormorant
Point)
Wet landing on a greenish-colored sand beach. Visitors will hike from the
black mangrove beds to a large, brackish lake, which holds one of the
biggest flamingo populations in the Galapagos. The island is best known for
its endemic plants like the Galapagos milkwort, passion flower and button
mangrove.
Novice
snorkelers can practice on the main beach with playful sea lions;
experienced snorkelers can roam around Devil’s Crown. Please keep in mind
this is an open-water activity; there is nothing to step on.
Day 4 -
(WEDNESDAY) - Española (Suárez Point)
Dry landing. Visitors will learn more about the lava terrain and cross
the inactive lava fields.
Besides the sea lion colonies, this is a very important site for bird
watching. Many species, such as the hooded mocking bird and red-billed
tropic bird can be seen and observed closely.
You will also see a large colony of marine iguanas, lava lizards, and Sally
Light-foot crabs.
After a short trek, visitors will see colonies of masked and blue-footed
boobies.
The nesting grounds sometimes overlap the trail. Visitors will also find
Galapagos doves, hawks and swallow-tailed gulls and then reach the world’s
largest colony of waved albatross.
A major highlight is their mating season, from May through December.
You’ll
visit the famous blowhole, where water shoots about 23 m (75 ft) up into the
air.
San Cristóbal (Interpretation Center or La Galapaguera)
Dry landing at Puerto Baquerizo Moreno. Passengers will visit San Cristóbal
breeding center and learn about the National Park’s breeding program with
the giant tortoises.
Passengers will observe animals in their natural environment.
Day 5 -
(THURSDAY) - Santa Cruz (Carrión Point)
During this visit you can snorkel and see a variety of fish, rays and
perhaps the harmless white-tip reef sharks.
From Punta Carrion the short navigation is through the beautiful Itabaca
Channel with its turquoise waters. Return to the Galapagos Legend, check-out
and transfer to the airport.
Return flight to Quito or Guayaquil.
( AIRFARE
INCLUDED ) . Meeting and assistance upon arrival in Quito and transfer to
the Four points Sheraton Hotel or similar for overnight.
Day 6 - (FRIDAY)
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight home , or
connection flight to Lima to take an exiting extension to Peru, Cusco and
Machu Picchu . |
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