Galapagos Nemo
ITINERARY DAY BY DAY
8 days / 7 nights
Tuesday to Tuesday
Day 1
Baltra Island / South Plaza Island
Arrival at Blatra, you are transfered to the Samba. Your first outing is on Plazas Island. You spend the next few hours ashore viewing sea lion colonies, land iguanas, swallow-tailed gulls, and red-billed tropicbirds.
Day 2
Charles Darwin Station / Puerto Ayora Highlands (Santa Cruz Island)
This morning, you stop in Puerto Ayora to visit the Charles Darwin Research Center. You may also take some time to walk through town for some souvenir shopping. This afternoon, you explore the Puerto Ayora Highlands. Watch the scenery change as you wind your way through all seven vegetation zones found in Galapagos.You may visit Los Gemelos “The Twins”, a pair of large pit craters where you find the bright red male vermilion flycatcher.
Day 3
Gardner Bay / Punta Suarez (Española Island)
This morning at Garder Bay on Hood Island you snorkel and take a panga ride. Later today at Punta Suarez look for large colonies of blue-footed boobies, masked boobies, marine iguanas, albatrosses, and swallow-tailed gulls.
Day 4
Punta Cormorant / Post Office Bay (Floreana Island)
This morning at Punta Cormorant on Floreana you visit a lagoon home to pink flamingos. Later relax on a beautiful white-sand beach where sea turtles nest. You then snorkel at Devil's Crown. Later, you visit the famous historic post office in Post Office Bay. Depart for Isabela Island looking for whales and dolphins on the way.
Day 5
Punta Moreno / Elizabeth Bay (Isabela Island)
This morning at Punta Moreno on Isabela, take a hike through lava fields. See cormorants and penguins along the way. This afternoon, explore Bahia Elizabeth in the panga.
Day 6
Urbina Bay (Isabela Island) / Punta Espinoza (Fernandina Island)
Take a long walk along Urvina Bay and see land iguanas and marine iguanas, native and endemic plants and the remains of raised seabed exposing corral heads and other marine fossils. This afternoon, visit Punta Espinoza on Fernandina Island. Expect to see large colonies of iguanas, cormorants, penguins, and sea lions.
Day 7
Puerto Egas (Santiago Island) / Bartolome Island
Visit Puerto Egas on Santiago Island and enjoy a coastal walk exploring the variety of marine tidal life and Galapagos fur seals. Later, swim and snorkel. This afternoon, visit Bartholomew and hike to get a panoramic view of Pinnacle Rock. Swim and snorkel in the afternoon.
Day 8
Black Turtle Cove / Baltra Island
Located on the north shore of Santa Cruz, Black Turtle Cove is a mangrove swamp. This is a great place to see large schools of Golden Rays, Green Sea Turtles, White-tipped Sharks, Galapagos Sharks, Lava Herons, Yellow Warblers and a variety of other bird species. This afternoon, return to Baltra for your flight back to Ecuador mainland.