6-Day Galapagos Hotel-Based Tour: Santa Cruz and Navigable Islands
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Trip Type: Multi-day Tours
Duration: 6 days
This 6-day Galapagos hotel-based tour features an amazing daily navigable travel plan with the perfect length for a family vacation or for adventuresome travelers alike. Visit four of the Galapagos Islands: Santa Cruz plus 3 navigable islands (either Bartolomé, North Seymour, Santa Fe or Plazas - destination depends on availability). Activities include hiking, snorkeling, swimming and breathtaking sightseeing. Explore one of the most awesome landscapes in the world while accompanied by a bilingual naturalist guides and staying at the hotel class of your choice.
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This 6-day Galapagos hotel-based tour features an amazing daily navigable travel plan with the perfect length for a family vacation or for adventuresome travelers alike. Visit four of the Galapagos Islands: Santa Cruz plus 3 navigable islands (either Bartolomé, North Seymour, Santa Fe or Plazas - destination depends on availability). Activities include hiking, snorkeling, swimming and breathtaking sightseeing. Explore one of the most awesome landscapes in the world while accompanied by a bilingual naturalist guides and staying at the hotel class of your choice.Day 1: From Baltra to Santa Cruz Island
Arrive at Baltra Airport and be transferred to Santa Cruz Island to visit the Highlands. Enjoy a visit to see giant tortoises in their natural habitat. Return to Puerto Ayora and in the afternoon head to the Charles Darwin Research Station and observe colorful land iguanas and a large variety of Galápagos Giant tortoises brought from the most important islands in the archipelago.
Day 2: Navigable Day Tour (B)
Travel by motor yacht to either one of these islands: Plazas, Bartolomé North Seymour OR Santa Fe (box lunch)/ overnight at Santa Cruz ** Destination depends on availability
Day 3: Navigable Day Tour (B)
Travel by motor yacht to either one of these islands: Plazas, Bartolomé North Seymour OR Santa Fe (box lunch)/ overnight at Santa Cruz ** Destination depends on availability
Day 4: Navigable Day Tour (B)
Travel by motor yacht to either one of these islands: Plazas, Bartolomé North Seymour OR Santa Fe (box lunch)/ overnight at Santa Cruz ** Destination depends on availability
Day 5: Santa Cruz Island (B)
Enjoy a panoramic visit to various sites in Puerto Ayora. The first stop will be Islote Camaño aka. “Isla la Lobería”, named after the large colony of sea lions that inhabit this area. Continue towards “Canal del Amor” view point, a great site for snorkeling, a variety of fish and white fin sharks inhabit the area. Moving towards Punta Estrada we will end the evening with a hike to observe marine iguanas at lovely “Playa de los Perros”. In the afternoon, visit Tortuga Bay Beach and enjoy 45 minute walk toward the beautiful white sand beach. Visit a flamisngos lagoon and an endemic tuna trees (Opuntia) forest habited by marine iguanas nesting and sun bathing. You can also see pelicans, great variety of fish and Galapagos gulls.
Day 6: Goodbye Galapagos (B)
Transfer-out to Baltra Airport (Visit “The Twins” on way out – if timing allows).
Arrive at Baltra Airport and be transferred to Santa Cruz Island to visit the Highlands. Enjoy a visit to see giant tortoises in their natural habitat. Return to Puerto Ayora and in the afternoon head to the Charles Darwin Research Station and observe colorful land iguanas and a large variety of Galápagos Giant tortoises brought from the most important islands in the archipelago.
Day 2: Navigable Day Tour (B)
Travel by motor yacht to either one of these islands: Plazas, Bartolomé North Seymour OR Santa Fe (box lunch)/ overnight at Santa Cruz ** Destination depends on availability
Day 3: Navigable Day Tour (B)
Travel by motor yacht to either one of these islands: Plazas, Bartolomé North Seymour OR Santa Fe (box lunch)/ overnight at Santa Cruz ** Destination depends on availability
Day 4: Navigable Day Tour (B)
Travel by motor yacht to either one of these islands: Plazas, Bartolomé North Seymour OR Santa Fe (box lunch)/ overnight at Santa Cruz ** Destination depends on availability
Day 5: Santa Cruz Island (B)
Enjoy a panoramic visit to various sites in Puerto Ayora. The first stop will be Islote Camaño aka. “Isla la Lobería”, named after the large colony of sea lions that inhabit this area. Continue towards “Canal del Amor” view point, a great site for snorkeling, a variety of fish and white fin sharks inhabit the area. Moving towards Punta Estrada we will end the evening with a hike to observe marine iguanas at lovely “Playa de los Perros”. In the afternoon, visit Tortuga Bay Beach and enjoy 45 minute walk toward the beautiful white sand beach. Visit a flamisngos lagoon and an endemic tuna trees (Opuntia) forest habited by marine iguanas nesting and sun bathing. You can also see pelicans, great variety of fish and Galapagos gulls.
Day 6: Goodbye Galapagos (B)
Transfer-out to Baltra Airport (Visit “The Twins” on way out – if timing allows).
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