| Quick Info Galapagos Multisport Premium Itinerary |
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8 days / 7 nights
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8 Days / 7 Nights Multisport
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| ◊ PRICE INCLUDES |
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- Taxes included as per Ecuadorian Law.
- Welcome drink.
- All meals included on a fixed menu basis.
- Excursions with English speaking Naturalist guide.
- Use of bikes in Puerto Ayora and Isabela.
- 25% discount for children under 10 years old.
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| ◊ PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE |
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- Air ticket to /from Galapagos ($410 round trip Quito-Galapagos-Quito)
- Entrance fee to the Galapagos National Park ($100 International visitors and $6 Ecuadorians)
- Control Visitor Card ($10)
- Personal expenses
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Gratuities
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| Detailed Itinerary |
| • Day 1: Santa Cruz |
Tranfer in.
Baltra Airport
Ferry crossing to Santa Cruz Island (10 min-ride). Arrival at Santa Cruz around 11:30 AM (Depending on your flight schedule).
 Tortoise Quest or Mountain Tour
This tour begins with a trip to "Los Gemelos" (The Twins) - two enormous collapsed lava chambers, an awe-inspiring visual reminder of the power of nature. The short, easy hike to each of the twins is teeming with endemic flora and fauna, including the remaining Scalesia Forest draped in Liverwort, large and small tree finches, the adorable Vermillion flycatcher and more.
It's a wonderful introduction to the majestic power of the forces of natures and the great biodiversity of the Santa Cruz Highlands.
Afterwards, we will visit a 600 acre private reserve where the giant Galapagos tortoises freely roam, graze and sleep. Sometimes, it's a bit muddy here, so before we set out, there is a selection of field boots to choose from, large sizes for men are available. You will be transported through this tropical environment by truck and from there, you walk through fields to mingle with these gentle giants. As prehistoric as these creatures look, wait until you hear what they sound like!
After visiting the tortoises, we'll take a 5 minute ride to the entrance of a 450 meter  (1350 feet) illuminated lava tunnel. With a ceiling nearly 20 feet high in most places, this is an incredible opportunity to ramble through the remnants of one of the most powerful forces in nature...lava flows. Stalagmites, stalactites, sulphur and mineral colored walls and the rippled form of a floor of lava can all be experienced in this uniquely Galapagos stroll. You emerge just outside a lovely dining area with astounding views of islands in the sea beyond the highlands. It is here, in the midst of this palette of unique Galapagos sights and sounds that you will be served a wholesome hot lunch.
Lunch: Chato Farm
Bike Ride: El Chato / Lodge
This is a 20 Kilometers ride, downhill. Our trained tour escort will be leading on the road and a pick up will go behind ready to offer assistance and carrying some provisions like soft drinks and water.
Diner Aventura Lodge
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| • Day 2: Santa Cruz |
Breakfast: Averntura Lodge
Kayaking in Santa Cruz
Today is filled of adventure and emotion; we go to academy bay for a 4 hour kayaking tour going through Franklin bay, Punta Estrada. you end in this place where you can do snorkeling and see white tip sharks, Galapagos sharks, manta rays, and colorful tropical fish or just relax at the beach.
 Lunch: Aventura Lodge
Navigation to Floreana 2:30 PM
Sailing time is 1.5 - 2 hours. We will arrive into Floreana at approximately 4PM. We will arrive to the main dock in Floreana. It's not unusual to have to 'shoo' sea lions sleeping on the steps we need to ascend. On the other side of the dock are black lava rocks typically full of the amazing rich red and turquoise colored Floreana marine iguanas.
Snorkeling at Black Beach Swimming and Snorkeling
Dinner: BBQ Diner at local restaurant, our hostess will be a local family. |
| • Day 3: Floreana |
Breakfast:_ Local restaurant
 Hike to Floreana High Lands
4 Kilometres hike to the highlands of Floreana while your Naturalist Guide begins filling you in on the history of this, the first settled island in the Galapagos. You will hike up to see the Asilo de la Paz (Peace Asylum) where the spring is located, an artisan spring that attracted pirates, whalers and later settlers to Floreana as it was one of the very few year round sources of fresh water in the Galapagos. The Cueva de los Piratas (Pirate's Cave) is quite literally where pirates carved temporary shelter out of soft stone and is also where one of the original settlers, Margret Wittmer, gave birth to a son, Rolf, who is still living. Some have almost jokingly referred to it as the 'Stonehenge' of Floreana due to its interesting shapes. Cerro Pajas (Bird Hill) truly lives up to its name with a multitude of Floreana Finches. It also offers spectacular views of the island and the sea below. We will visit a tortoise reserve where you can watch many of the giant tortoises up close and personal. All the while, your Naturalist Guide will be pointing out the wildlife and filling you in on the colorful history of Floreana's first inhabitants like the Baroness and re-telling the legend of the "Floreana Mystery" which entailed the mysterious deaths of several inhabitants. It has never been solved.
We will get back to the port by an open-air bus.
Navigation to Isabela: Sailing time is 1.5 - 2 hours.
Check in: Isabela Lodge
Lunch: Isabela Lodge
 Las Tintoreras / Snorkeling
Las Tintoreras and Bay Tour. After lunch, we will board a smaller craft to head out across the port, slowing down to view blue footed boobies and Galapagos penguins sharing the same rocky, sunning space before turning a bend and docking. From there, we take an intriguing walk through a jagged 'AA' lava field, passing abundant colonies of marine iguanas, to see a small canal full of resting white-tipped reef sharks…if the tide is low, they are sometimes a mere 2 feet below the surface. The views from here are something you may carry with you for the rest of your life! The black, treacherous lava field, the emerald green sea, the forest green mangrove and the cloud capped volcanoes of Isla Isabela is the sort of afternoon backdrop you are not likely to ever forget. Once you return to the dock, you can snorkel this warm, shallow bay surrounded by mangrove, for an opportunity to see white-tipped reef sharks, sea lions, penguins and, of course, the mystery of the mangrove below the surface. Don't worry, white-tipped reef sharks are not aggressive, merely fascinating.
Dinner Isabela Lodge.
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| • Day 4: Isabela |
Breakfast Isabela Lodge
Volcan Sierra Negra Biking / Treking / Horse:
 Depart for Sierra Negra at 8:00 AM. We will bike from the Lodge up through the transitional zone and into the humid highlands that are the slopes of Volcan Sierra Negra to the point of where bikes can go no further. It is a 12 Kilometres ride approximately, from those only 2 will go uphill. Here, we will mount horses to continue our journey. Horses are tame, trail horses, however, there is the option to walk. The trail is quite muddy and it does take a bit longer on foot. After a gorgeous ride / hike, we arrive to the caldera of Sierra Negra, the second largest in the world at 4 miles across. The views are breathtaking! We will relax a bit and have a snack on the edge of the caldera. For the more hardy of the group, the option exists to walk an especially difficult hour further to Volcan Chico, where fumarole activity is abundant and again, the views are spectacular. This is not an easy hike, however, as it is mostly across lava fields on slopes.
In our way back we will have a ride bike of 12 kilometres total from the transitional zone, with some breaks, as we will stop for lunch and for some sightseeing feast.
Lunch: Campo Duro
Campo Duro offers a 'tortoise patronage' program that doesn't involve money changing hands. Guests have the opportunity to become a patron to their chosen tortoise at the reserve merely by choosing a tortoise (they're all numbered), naming their tortoise and then entering a story in the Patron's book such as information on why they chose the name they chose and their contact information. Then, the Patron invites any and all of their friends to go visit their tortoise and provide them with updates.
Cuevas de Sucre / Mirador el Mango:
 Visit to Las Cuevas de Sucre, is a fantastic lava tube. This is one of the newer Park Sites. Used to be private property and is now called Las Cuevas de Sucre. Set in the transitional zone in a forest the Park says is now completely endemic plants. It's lush greenery leading into the entrance. Not lit inside like the lava tunnels on Santa Cruz, so a flashlight is a must. Inside, the tunnels ceilings look like you're walking through a gold mine, great place! Next visit El Mango mirador, located near the road leading to the agricultural area of the island, well known since the early settlers of the island planted a tree mango that so far there. From the top of highest peak, with the clear day you'll have a wonderful view of the entire southern part of Isabela Island, its nearby islands or even other islands as Floreana and Santa Cruz.
Dinner Isabela Lodge |
| • Day 5: Santa Cruz |
Breakfast Isabel Lodge
 Bike Ride: Lodge / Muro Lagrimas / Cerro Orchilla / Humedales./ Lodge
This ride will be 9 kilometers approx. flat landscape.
Navigation to Santa Cruz: To Santa Cruz 11:00 AM Sailing time is 1.5 - 2 hours.
Lunch: Aventura Lodge
Charles Darwin Estation
We depart at 3:00 PM for a guided tour of the fascinating Charles Darwin Research Station. After the Darwin Station, there will be some free time to shop for souvenirs or browse the shops along Charles Charles Darwin Avenue.
Dinner Aventura Lodge |
Day 6: San Cristobal
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Breakfast Aventura Lodge
Free morning to enjoy Puerto Ayora on your own: biking, walking, shooping or simply relaxing at the Hotel.
Navigation to San Cristobal: To San Cristobal 2:00 am. Sailing time 2 Hours
Check in: Casa Iguana Mar y Sol
 Hike to El Junko Lake:
We will hike to El Junco Lake, from a strategic point will do 2 kilometers to this site The road goes through the small farming settlement of El Progreso. The lake itself is the caldera (collapsed cone) of an extinct volcano and is about 300 metres wide. The name El Junco is Spanish for sedge, which is present along the banks of the lake. This lagoon lies at 700m in the center of San Cristobal and is the only large sweet water reservoir in the Galapagos archipelago. This sweet water lagoon is surrounded by fern and sedges, flowering plants growing in those higher parts around the lake. Arriving on top of the lake, you are awarded by great views to the lagoon and the surrounding hills and far away Pacific ocean. Enjoy the breathtaking views and take great
Back to the hotel, some time to relax and briefing and 7:30 we will go for dinner to local restaurant to enjoy the Ecuadorian cousin.
Dinner: Local restaurant, with Ecuadorian cousin. |
Day 7: San Cristobal
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Breakfast: Casa Iguana Mar y Sol
 Kicker Rock Tour: Snorkeling
Departure. Kicker Rock or Sleeping Lion because of its similarity. Sailing time is 1 hours. This gigantic rock raises 500 feet straight from the ocean. The remains of a lava cone eroded by the sea, the two vertical rocks form a small channel that is navigable by small boats. This Galapagos landscape has become a favorite sight due to the many Tropicbirds, Frigates and boobies that fill the surroundings. It is great for scuba diving, so you will be invited to enjoy the beauty bellow the water, because under the sea the nearly crystal waters offer a brilliant show of colorful tropical fish and invertebrates. However if you prefer to stay on the boat, not time to get bored, because the diversify of birds around. Absolutely, this is the place is for lots of pictures.
Lunch: On board across Puerto Grande.
Puerto Grande: Swimming and Snorkeling
Puerto Grande with its turquoises waters will inviat you to snorkel again. This is a perfect place to swim or relax at this wondrous place.
Puerto Grande To Cerro Brujo: Kayaking
From the beauty of Puerto Grande shore to the iconic and unspoiled Cerro Brujo . Get yourself in the middle of another adventure 1hour and 30 minutos of great adventure. Its crystalline waters will allow you to feel the passion for this activity.
Isla Lobos: Snorkeling
It is a seasonal nesting location for the blue footed boobie, although the basalt island outcropping is named for the sea lions sometimes present there.
Isla Lobos is located heading up the coast from Wreck Bay and Puerto Baquerizo north of San Cristobal Island also known as Chatham, 1 hour across a small channel. Isla Lobos means "Sea-Lion Island", and is the name is certainly appropriate because they frolic, leap and make a racket here. It is consider one of  very best places for snorkeling activities and will be the time to swim with sea lions.
Bike Ride to La Loberia: 5 PM
A 8 kilometers round trip, flat landscape will take as to La Loberia, home to a large sea lion colony and nursery.
There are frequently dozens of sea lions visible at any time. Low tide is one of the best times to visit however, since it is when the mother's bring the pups into the tide pools for swimming lessons. Here you'll enjoy the sea lions, marine iguanas, bird watching, and even Galapagos giant tortoises.
Back to the hotel, some time to relax
Diner: A farewell Diner al a local restaurant |
Day 8: Main Land
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Cerro Tijeretas Hike and Tijeretas Bay
We will hike about two kilometers to visit Cerro de las Tijeretas or Frigatebird Hill.  Reached via a well marked out walking trail, this spot is the nesting ground for a number of Frigatebird species. From here, a trail leads down to Las Tijeretas Bay, nice place good photos as well.
At 11:00 am. We will be picked up to be taken to the airport and by this time your luggage will be already checked in and a member of our staff will have your boarding passes issued already.
Before entering the 'gate' to depart, you will pass through a line where you need to present the part of your Migratory Control card you have carefully guarded and now have handy for the Immigration officer.
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