Galápagos 5 days

4 nights

San Cristóbal + Santa Cruz


Day 1- San Cristóbal - Interpretation Center - Lobería


Reception at San Cristóbal Airport.

 

Check in at the hotel. Guided tour to the Interpretation Center, Cerro Tijeretas and Punta Carola Beach (snorkeling).

 

In the afternoon, visit to Lobería beach. An authentic natural aquarium where we will practice snorkeling.

 

 

(The two tours can only be done if the arrival flight to San Cristóbal is early in the morning.)

 

Accommodation in hotel of the selected category in Puerto Baquerizo Moreno.

 

Day 2 - San Cristóbal - León Dormido (Kicker Rock)


Breakfast at the hotel. 

In the tour to the León Dormido (Kicker Rock) we combine diving for certified people (PADI or similar) and also clients who have a certain degree of experience. For non-divers we do surface diving or snorkeling . Without a doubt, one of the best visits of our trip.

 

We leave by boat early from Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, we will make a first stop to test the equipment in shallow waters to later arrive at the mythical León Dormido. Here we will dive in a unique place in the world where we can swim surrounded by hammerhead sharks, white and black tip sharks, galapagos shark, stingrays, sea lions, turtles and countless fish of various species. Also hopefully we can meet the great whale shark. 

An unforgettable experience and a good dose of adrenaline. 

In the following link you can see a diving video in León Dormido. 

Lunch on board and visit to the Cerro Brujo beach. 

Accommodation at  selected hotel  in Puerto Baquerizo Moreno.

 

Day 3 - San Cristóbal - Santa Cruz


 

After breakfast, we will be taking a speedboat with destiny to Santa Cruz island. Reception and check in at the hotel.

 

 

Tour to Tortuga Bay, famous for being a nesting place for black turtles. It is a tour in which you walk approximately 45 minutes to the beach of Tortuga Bay. We go through Playa Brava, where we can see sea iguanas, blue-footed boobies, pelicans, etc. and we reach Playa Mansa, a place where bathing is allowed and if we are lucky, we will be aroached by sharks that visit the place to mate (they are not dangerous). The water is cloudy in Playa Mansa because it is an area of mangroves, but it is easy to see them if you stay in the water for a while.

 

 

 

 

In the afternoon we will meet again with our guide to visit the Charles Darwin Research Station. Famous for the captive breeding of giant tortoises, called Galapagos, which live an average of 150 years. It was created in 1964, has a Natural History Interpretation Center and carries out educational tasks supporting the service of the Galapagos National Park. This Station is also the center of operations for foreign scientists who come to the Islands to take care of special research programs.

 

 

Accommodation at selected hotel in Puerto Ayora.

 

 

Day 4 - Santa Cruz - Grietas - Highlands


 

Breakfast at the hotel.

 

 

Bay tour by boat. We will visit the bay of Puerto Ayora. We will make several stops to practice snorkeling. We will visit Lobería Islet, Playa de los Perros, Punta Estrada, Canal del Amor and we will end with a snorkeling stop in the famous Grietas.

 

 

In the afternoon, we will visit the upper part of the island. We will go into the Primicias Ranch where we will walk surrounded by giant tortoises in their natural habitat to later enter the Lava Tunnels, caverns formed by volcanic lava during the formatio period of the archipielago.

 

 

Accommodation in hotel of the selected category in Puerto Ayora.

Day 5 - Santa Cruz - Baltra

 

Breakfast at the hotel. 

 

Transfer in private vehicle from the hotel in Puerto Ayora to the Itabaca Channel, where we will take the barge that will take us to the Seymour Airport on the island of Baltra.

 

On the way we will make a brief stop to see the Twin Craters. 

 

End of the trip.

 

 

Included in the price: 

* Accident insurance for all activities. 

* Sports equipment for all activities. (Goggles, tubes and fins for snorkeling, wetsuits for diving tours or cold waters, oxygen bottles, regulators, etc ...) 

* Tickets to museums and / or restricted areas. 

* Food described in the proposal. 

* Accommodation in a selected hotel within the Economic, Tourist, Superior Tourist or First categories and according to the accommodation requested. 

* Air tickets between islands when specified in the proposal. (San Cristóbal - Isabela / Isabela - San Cristóbal) 

* Private land and sea transportation. 

* Tour guides and certified diving and mountaineering instructors (when applicable). 

* Dive Master for Diving or Discovery tours. 

* Tour Leader for groups. 

 

Price does not include: 

* Airline tickets to the Galapagos Islands. 

* Entrance fee to the Galapagos National Park (USD 100) and municipal taxes for islands (USD 5). 

* Water taxis. 

* Food not described in the proposal.