Koln Itinerary East - 4 days
ITINERARY (EAST) - 4 DAYS
FRIDAY
AM: Baltra: Arrival and Transfer to the boat
PM: Santa Cruz: Black Turtle Cove (PR)
SATURDAY
AM: Genovesa: El Barranco / Prince Phillip’s Steps (SN/HK/PR)
PM: Genovesa: Darwin Bay (HK/PR/SN)
SUNDAY
AM: Rabida (HK/SN/KY/PR)
PM: Santa Cruz: Dragon Hill (HK/SN)
MONDAY
AM: Santa Cruz: Interpretation Center Fausto Llerena (HK)
Baltra: Transfer to the Airport
HK: HIKE / SN: SNORKEL / PR: PANGA RIDE / KY: KAYAK /
PB: PADDLE BOARD
DAY 1: FRIDAY
AM: BALTRA ARRIVAL AND TRANSFER TO THE BOAT
You'll fly from mainland Ecuador (either Quito or Guayaquil) to Baltra with LATAM Airlines, arriving around 09:50 a.m. Your guide will be waiting for you at the arrivals gate, and our crew will handle your luggage. The guide will then escort you to a bus for a brief 5-kilometer ride to the pier, where you'll promptly board the Yacht. As the crew prepares to set sail, we'll welcome you with an initial orientation and a light snack.
PM: SANTA CRUZ: BLACK TURTLE COVE
After lunch, enjoy a panga ride through Black Turtle Cove, a network of mangrovelined inlets and small islets. This tranquil setting offers the chance to spot whitetipped reef sharks, marine turtles, spotted eagle rays, and yellow cow-nosed rays.
In the evening, we'll have an orientation about the Galapagos Islands, covering their origin and evolution. You'll enjoy a welcome cocktail with the entire crew, followed by dinner and your first nightly orientation.
DAY 2: SATURDAY
AM: GENOVESA: EL BARRANCO / PRINCE PHILLIP`S STEPS
Start your day with a delightful breakfast and continue with an exhilarating panga ride and make a dry landing at Prince Phillips’s Steps.
Here, you'll have the chance to walk and immerse yourself in the captivating lives of the local bird species.
Return to the yacht for a sumptuous lunch.
PM: GENOVESA: DARWIN BAY
In the afternoon, make a thrilling wet landing at Darwin Bay to explore and observe an array of wildlife, including frigate birds, herons, mockingbirds, boobies, shorebirds, turtles, marine iguanas, and more. Relish dinner on the yacht, followed by an engaging orientation about the conservation efforts dedicated to protecting the Islands.
Optional: your guide will inform you where there will be time for swimming and snorkeling
DAY 3: SUNDAY
AM: RABIDA
After breakfast, we make a wet landing on Rabida, to walk and observe marine iguanas and sea lions, pelicans, blue-footed boobies, masked boobies and brown pelicans. We walk and we arrive at a small saltwater lagoon where we can see pink flamingos. Optional: time for those who would like to swim or snorkel. Return to the Yacht for lunch.
PM: SANTA CRUZ: DRAGON HILL
Later in the afternoon you make a dry landing on Dragon Hill, where you can see land iguanas; you walk to a hypersalinic lagoon (saltier than the ocean), where you can observe flamingos, common stilts, pintail ducks and other species of birds. Optional: time for those who would like to swim or snorkel. At the end of the afternoon, we return to the Yacht for dinner and our nightly orientation.
DAY 4: MONDAY
AM: SANTA CRUZ: TWIN CRATERS / TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT
After breakfast, we make a dry landing on Puerto Ayora port, after a short drive, then you arrive at the Twin Crater, where you will do a fast visit. Your guide accompanies you on the bus ride directly to the airport.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE ITINERARIES MAY CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE DUE TO OPERATIONAL REASONS, WEATHER CONDITIONS, OR DIRECTIVES FROM THE GALAPAGOS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITIES
