Galapagos Sagitta
ITINERARY DAY BY DAY
8 days / 7 nights
Wednesday to Wednesday
Day 1
Arrival at Baltra airport / North Seymour Island
Arrival at Baltra airport at 1:30p.m. Transfer by our guide to the yacht.
Snack and orientation while traveling to nearby North Seymour Island. Approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours shore visit to observe sea lions, blue footed-boobies, magnificent frigatebirds, if time permits, snorkeling.
Day 2
Plazas Islands / Research Station (Santa Cruz Island)
Plaza Islands, large sea lion colonies, land iguanas, opuntia cacti, swallow-tailed gulls, and red-billed tropic birds, etc. Duration of land visit 2-3 hours. Possibly snorkeling.
Charles Darwin Research Station and walk through town (souvenir shopping if desired) 3 hours.
Day 3
Punta Suarez / Gardner Bay ( Espanola Island)
Punta Suarez: Colonies of blue-footed boobies, masked boobies, marine iguanas, albatrosses, swallow-tailed gulls, 3-4 hours.
In Gardner Bay, Española Island: Snorkeling at beach and panga ride 21/2 hours.
Day 4
Punta Cormorant - Devil’s Crown / Post Office Bay (Floreana Island)
Visit of a lagoon, where you find flamingos and other birds, beautiful white sand beach where sea turtles nest, snorkeling at Devil's crown. 3 hours.
Short visit to the historic Post Office Barrel. Early departure to the island Isabela looking for whales and dolphins while we travel.
Day 5
Punta Moreno / Elizabeth Bay (Isabela Island)
3 hours walk, lava fields, flamingo lagoons, some cormorants and penguins.
Panga ride, penguins, cormorants, sea turtles, quiet mangrove lagoons. 3 hours.
Day 6
Urbina Bay (sabela Island) / Punta Espinosa (Fernandina Island)
Urbina Bay: Relatively long walk to see land iguanas and marine iguanas, variety of native and endemic plants, remains of raised seabed exposing corral heads and other marine fossils. Nesting cormorants and sometimes a few Galapagos Tortoises in their natural habitat. 3 to 3 1/2 hours.
In Punta Espinoza large colonies of marine iguanas, flightless cormorants nesting, penguins, baby sea lions, snorkeling. 2 hours.
Day 7
Puerto Egas / Espumilla Beach (Santiago Island)
Puerto Egas: Coastal walk exploring the great variety of tidal marine life, Galapagos fur seals. Swimming and snorkeling - 3 hours.
Espumilla Beach: This exceptional coffee-coloured beach is excellent for swimming. Behind the beach, the tranquil salt-water lagoon - occasionally flamingos and common stilts. Further inland, Palo Santo trees and possibility to find several species of Darwin finches, etc.
Day 8
Bartolome / Baltra Island departure
Walk to get panoramic view of Bartholomew and it's famous Pinnacle Rock one of the best recognized and most photographed sights in the islands. Swimming and snorkeling. Possibility to see more penguins 3 hours. Return to Baltra Island in time for flight to the mainland Ecuador to Quito or Guayaquil.