Koln Itinerary East - 5 days
ITINERARY OPT. 2 (EAST) - 5 DAYS
MONDAY
AM: Baltra: Arrival and Transfer to the boat
PM: Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz Highlands (HK)
TUESDAY
AM: Floreana: Baroness View point / Post O. Bay (PR/KY/HK/SN)
PM: Floreana: Champion Islet / Cormorant Point (HK/PR/SN)
WEDNESDAY
AM: Espanola: Suarez Point (HK)
PM: Espanola: Gardner Bay / Garden Islet (HK/SN/KY)
THURSDAY
AM: San Cristobal: Kicker Rock / Witch Hill (SN/PR/HK/KY)
PM: San Cristobal: Gianni Arismendy Interpretation Center (HK)
FRIDAY
AM: Mosquera Island (PR)
Baltra: Transfer to the Airport
HK: HIKE / SN: SNORKEL / PR: PANGA RIDE / KY: KAYAK /
PB: PADDLE BOARD
DAY 1: MONDAY
AM: BALTRA ARRIVAL AND TRANSFER TO THE BOAT
A gabaca Channel, we cross the channel by barge and then we continue to Puerto Ayora by bus. We aboard the Yacht and the crew greets us and offers us a light snack and we have our first orientationuide meets us and accompanies us as we ride the bus to the It.
PM: SANTA CRUZ: HIGHLANDS
After lunch, you will visit the twin craters.
Return to the Port for a walk through the little town to appreciate various handicrafts. We have a welcome cocktail with the entire crew, and dinner
DAY 2: TUESDAY
AM: FLOREANA: BARONESS VIEW POINT / POST OFFICE BAY
Followed by a delicious breakfast, your first stop will be at Post Office Bay, a historic site dating back to the 18th century when whalers used a wooden barrel as a post office. Pay a visit to Baroness Point, named after the intriguing Baroness Eloisa von Wagner, who once lived on Floreana Island. Return to the yacht, for a well deserved lunch.
The activities continue with a panga ride around Champion Islet, a small island off the coast of Floreana Island. The main attraction here is the nearly extinct Charles (Floreana) Mockingbird.
Visitors can also observe bird species such as Swallow-tailed Gulls, Nazca Boobies, and Brown Noddies.
PM: FLOREANA: CHAMPION ISLET / CORMORANT POINT
Champion Islet is an excellent spot for snorkeling, where you can see sea turtles, reef fish, Galapagos Penguins, and white-tipped reef sharks.
Make a wet landing at Cormorant Point for a short walk to the Flamingo Lagoon. Continue the walk to "La Picona" beach to see marine turtles and their nesting grounds. Early in the afternoon, return to the yacht for dinner and a nightly orientation.
Optional: your guide will inform you where there will be time for swimming and snorkeling.
IMPORTANT: the listed visit spots can´t be visited in one day, we will proceed according to weather conditions and group dynamics.
DAY 3: WEDNESDAY
AM: ESPANOLA: SUAREZ POINT
Start your day with a good breakfast and kick off with an early dry landing at Suarez Point, where you'll embark on an adventurous walk along lava beds. Here, you'll encounter unique colonies of marine birds, including the majestic Albatross (from May to December). Return to the yacht for a delicious lunch
PM: ESPANOLA: GARDNER BAY
n the afternoon, set out on a thrilling panga ride around Gardner Islet. Then, make a wet landing at Gardner Bay for an exhilarating beach walk, where you'll observe a lively colony of sea lions, abundant during the breeding season. This area is also a crucial nesting site for sea turtles. After this, embark on another panga ride around Osborn Islet. Late in the afternoon return to the yacht for a delightful dinner and an engaging nightly orientation.
Optional: your guide will inform you where there will be time for swimming and snorkeling.
DAY 4: THURSDAY
AM: SAN CRISTOBAL: KICKER ROCK / WITCH HILL
After breakfast, your experienced Captain sails easily around Kicker Rock (Leon Dormido), a massive tuff-rock that juts abruptly almost 500 feet straight from the ocean. Kicker Rock serves as nesting place for many sea birds. Then, you make a wet landing on Cerro Brujo to walk on a white sand beach and observe sea lions, brown pelicans, marine iguanas and blue-footed boobies. Optional: time for those who would like to swim, snorkel or Kayak. You come aboard for a delicious lunch.
PM: SAN CRISTOBAL: GIANNI ARISMENDY INTERPRETATION CENTER
In the afternoon, you make a dry landing on San Cristobal port, visit to the Interpretation Center Gianni Arismendy at Port, where you learn about the origin and evolution of the Galapagos Islands, regarding the human, natural and conservation aspects. Time in town to do your last shopping or to go to the ATM. You return to the Yacht for dinner, and our nightly orientation.
DAY 5: FRIDAY
AM: MOSQUERA ISLAND
After breakfast, you make an early wet landing on Mosquera Islet, a reef of rocks and coral (the result of an uprising) and a great white sand beach and tide pools. You observe colonies of sea lions, brown pelicans, blue-footed boobies and sally light-foot crabs, the contrast between these bright red crabs on top and blue on the bottom and the black lava is stunning.
You'll then return to the Yacht, have a farewell breakfast. Your guide will accompany you to disembark at the pier at Baltra Island on after a short bus ride you reach the airport, just in time to board your flight back to the mainland.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE ITINERARIES MAY CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE DUE TO OPERATIONAL REASONS, WEATHER CONDITIONS, OR DIRECTIVES FROM THE GALAPAGOS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITIES