7 Day Package

1st day: Quito / Guayaquil – flight – Galapagos: Baltra Island & Tortuga Bay or Kayak

Upon disembarking from the airplane, you will go to the Galapagos immigration area.  (Here you will need to present your passport and pay your US$100.00  Galapagos National Park fee in cash which is a requirement for all visitors) Once the Park officials have completed the check-in you exit the immigration area and you will be greeted by your guide and transferred to Puerto Ayora, to your hotel. Room assignment and Lunch.

Here we have two options:

1^st Option:

Afterwards, we will take an excursion to the most beautiful beach in Galapagos, Tortuga Bay. A 30 minutes walk (two km) west from Puerto Ayora on a marked and cobbled path. The path is good for bird watching, it is easy to spot several species of finches as you walk along the path. The sunsets here are excellent. There is a swimming area and a nice spot for relaxing. The white sand beach is considered by many the nicest of the archipelago. It name comes from the sea turtles that go there to lay their eggs. Other species can be found, including pelicans, flamingos and marine iguanas. Return to the Hotel. Diner and overnight.

2^nd Option:

After lunch, we slip into our kayak and paddle around Divine Bay and Punta Estrada, traveling through multiple lava channels of calm, turquoise waters. Within the channels, white tipped sharks and rays patrol beneath the waves, while colonies of blue footed-boobies, tropic birds, herons and marine iguanas perch along the jagged cliffs. In the evening, we are free to explore the nightlife in Puerto Ayora, the Galapagos' most populous town. (For this Option there is a supplement of US $100.00/pers)

2^nd day: Galapagos: Sail to Floreana Island

Our guide will pick you up at 07h30 – 07h45 from your hotel for your sail to Floreana Is. This is one of the islands with the most interesting human history and one of the earliest to be inhabited.

After 2 hours we arrive to Puerto Velasco Ibarra, to upload an ecological bus that will take us to the high lands  where we will visit the caves where inhabited by pirates, the only source of fresh water on the island and visit to the Galapaguera to see giant tortoises.

Later we sail by 15 minutes where we will have a boat tour around this islet Enderby to observe frigates, boobies of Nazca boobies legs blue, swallow-tailed gulls, sea lions. Continue to the islet lobería, where you can practice Snorkeling in the South East to observe amount of fish reefs sea turtles sharks and the playful sea lions, this snorkel continues to the beach of the above-mentioned islet, also there is a small beach where people with less skill can snorkel.

Then return to the Hotel. Dinner at Chocolate restaurant.

3^rd day:  Galapagos: Sail to Santa Fe Island & Garrapatero

Our guide will pick us up from our hotel at 08h15 AM. Breakfast in the hotel.

Santa Fe Island is a small island which lies in the centre of the Galapagos archipelago, to the south east of Santa Cruz Island. Geologically, it is one of the oldest, since volcanic rocks of about 4 million years old have been found. The vegetation of the island is characterized by the presence of a dense forest of the largest species of the giant Opuntia cactus. The water is crystal clear where we can swim and snorkel with schools of fish, we will enjoy a great snorkeling activity in the Santa Fe Bay. You will also be able to see a great variety of birds.  In the afternoon we will visit  Garrapatero beach to have lunch in a relaxed environment. You will have approximately 3 hours here to swim, relax on the beach and snorkeling. El Garrapatero is a wide bay with multiple sandy beaches. Behind the beach is an area with a fresh water lake where you can come across pink flamingos, herons, grebes, stilts and other shore birds. Then return to the Hotel. Diner and overnight.

4th day: Galapagos: Charles Darwin Station – Isabela Island

Our guide will pick us up from our hotel at 08h30 AM. Breakfast in the Hotel.

The Charles Darwin Research Station encompasses an information centre, a museum, a library and the tortoise breeding station as well. Here you will have an opportunity to visit some of the best scientists of the Galápagos. Park rangers and park managers among others, who make huge efforts to preserve this Unesco World Heritage Site, conduct the conservation of the islands. In the tortoise breeding and rearing centre you can encounter tortoises of different subspecies, which are prepared for reintroduction to their natural habitats. The most popular inhabitant of this island is probably Lonesome George. He is the only survivor of his specific turtle species. In the past all approaches to find a partner for him failed. But in July 2008 the scientists found a carved nest wit nine eggs from a female tortoise. Three of them could be saved and now accordingly to strict instructions they are incubated synthetically. After Lunch we will travel by speed boat for approximately three and half hours to Isabela Island. Accommodation in our hotel and a short rest.  Then we will then visit the Flamingo Lagoon, the largest coastal lagoon in Galapagos and a principal breeding ground for the Flamingos. Diner and overnight.

5th day: Isabela Island Sierra Madre Volcano, Chico Volcano, Tintoreras

Our guide will pick us up from our hotel at 08h00 AM. Breakfast in the Hotel.

We  begin our full day excursion to the Sierra Negra Volcano, located 13 miles from Puerto Villamil.  After a gorgeous hike, we arrive to the caldera of Sierra Negra, boasting the world’s second largest volcanic crater measuring 6 miles in diameter and 300 feet deep. We will walk up to this magnificent site. This volcano erupted on 2005, the lava flowed from the crater at a speed of 20 meters per second. Lava flowed for a distance of 800 m in channels up to 50 m wide. The lava from the eruption covered about 14 sq km of the caldera floor. Then, we continue our hike to  Volcan Chico, where fumarole activity is abundant, the views are spectacular. In the afternoon we will sail to “Islote Tintoreras,” a large crevice with very clear, calm water in which white-tip sharks (“tintoreras”) rest daily on the bottom. We can also see Penguins, Sea Lions, marine Iguanas and snorkel with sharks and colorful tropical fishes while enjoying the beaches of Isabela. Diner and overnight.

6th day: Isabela Island Giant Tortoise Breeding Center, The Wall of Tears  & Concha y Perla

Our guide will pick up from our hotel at 08h00 AM. Breakfast in the hotel.

Today we visit Giant Turtle Breeding Center. With a small interesting interpretation centre, corrals for adult turtles and a hatchery for the infants, the centre works to protect and increase the population of the island’s five subspecies of these giant creatures. Whilst the aim is always to release the turtles back into their natural habitat, on occasion it has been used as a rescue centre for individuals who have been threatened by volcanic eruptions and forest fires. At the breeding center it is possible to see tortoises in the various stages of development from eggs to small hatchlings, to juveniles to sub adults.  The tortoises remain at the breeding center until they are big enough to survive on their own. When they are reintroduced to the wild. Then we visit the “Muro de las Lágrimas” ("The Wall of Tears"). This is a historic site in Isabela. Between 1946 and 1959 Isabela was a penal colony, where prisoners were made build a wall with huge blocks of lava as punishment. The wall is 100 meters long and 7 meters high. Due to the arduous labor and harsh conditions in which the prisoners lived, this site is known as the wall of tears. In the afternoon we have the opportunity to snorkel in Concha Perla. This is the perfect spot for those who love swimming or snorkeling! Concha de Perla is a shallow, calm bay with crystal clear water that allows you to enjoy the fascinating marine life of Galapagos. We  will be able to swim with sea lions and penguins. Return to the Hotel. Diner and overnight.

7th day: Isabela Island Transfer to Santa Cruz Island – Baltra Island Flight – Quito

Our guide will pick us up from our hotel at 05h40 and will take us to the pier of Isabela Island in order to take our  boat to Puerto Ayora. Once in Puerto Ayora we will be transferred to the pier of Baltra Island. Here we take a ferry to cross to Baltra Island and then a bus to the airport.

(*) This itinerary can be modified according your request, A la Carte

Prices per person:

Double Acommodation:

Solo Traveller:

(*) Single supplement: For those persons that belong to a group and prefer a single accommodation.

(*) Solo Traveler: These prices are for the persons that are traveling solo.

THE PRICES INCLUDE:

- All transfers in Galapagos

- Accommodation in Puerto Ayora

- All Meals (Breakfast, lunch & dinner)

- Tour of Tortuga Bay and Charles Darwin Station

- 1 Sail to Floreana Is. (5, 6, 7 day packages)

- 1 Sail to Santa Fe Is & Garrapatero (6, 7 day package)

- Transfer to Puerto Ayora (Sta. Cruz Island) – Puerto Villamil (Isabela Is.)

- Accommodation in Isabela Island.

- Snorkeling gear

- Tour to Sierra Madre Volcano, Chico Volcano and Tintoreras

- The Wall of Tears, Giant Tortoise Breeding Center & Concha Perla

THE PRICES DOES NOT INCLUDE:

- Round trip airfare to Galapagos

- Galapagos National Park fee US $ 100.00 (To be paid in cash in Galapagos)

- Ingala Immigration card of US $ 10.00 (To be paid in cash in the airport in Quito)

- Isabela Dock Tax of US $5.00

- Tips

- Alcoholic beverages

- Special service not described above

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