Galapagos Vision
ITINERARY DAY BY DAY
8 days / 7 nights
Sunday to Sunday
Day 5
Rabida Island / Puerto Egas (Santiago Island)
In the morning you'll do a trip to the beach of the small volcanic island Rabida. A small path leads to a small lagoon very popular with flamingos. On the way there you pass many pelicans nesting. The beach is also considered as one of the most beautiful snorkel places in Galápagos and also frequently visited by many sea lions due to its fish wealth.
From the visitor center at James Bay on the island Santiago a small path leads you in southern direction along the coast. Passing by the ruins of a former salt mine company and the many inhabitants of the bank area, like sea lions, lizards, herons, and cancers, you arrive at the famous fur seal grotto, the best place at Galápagos in order to observe these elegant animals.
Day 6
Bartolome Island / Seymour North
Arriving at Bartholome you will ascend a lookout point from where you can admire the spectacular panorama of the Sullivan Bay and the famous needle shaped rock, the so called Pinnacle Rock. The beaches at the foot of the Pinnacle Rock boast some fine snorkeling spots from which you can discover the marvelous underwater world with a good chance to encounter penguins or the softly gliding Galapagos turtles.
In the afternoon you will visit the Island Seymour North, which is most of all renown for its frigatebirds and their intensive courting rituals. The island is also inhabited by other frigate birds and blue-footed boobies, as well as endemic black lizards and sea lions inhabit its shores.
Day 7
Black Turtle Cove (Santa Cruz Island) / South Plaza Island
Today you visit the nearby Caleta Tortuga Negra (Black Turtle Cove). This cove is surrounded by mangroves where you can see lava herons and pelicans. While snorkeling you can observe marine turtles, schools of golden mustard rays and sometimes also white-tipped sharks.
Located on the east of Santa Cruz, the main characteristics on the small island South Plaza are the Opuntia cacti and the carpets of red sesuvium, a succulent plant that turns green in the rainy season. The cactus is the main food of land iguanas, which are usually found resting at the cactu's shade. The island contains one of the largest sea lion colony of the Galapagos Islands, swallow-tailed gulls and red-billed tropicbirds nesting, and boobies roosting on the south cliff of the island.
Day 8
Leon Dormido / Lobos (San Cristobal)
After breakfast you pass the shattered rock Leon Dormido also known as Kicker Rock, The remains of a lava cone eroded by the sea, the two vertical rocks rising 500 feet from the ocean form a small channel that is navigable by small boats.
Transfer to the harbor Baquerizo Moreno to drive to the airport and flight back to the Ecuador mainland to Guayaquil or Quito.