6 Day Land-Base Trip Isabela and 2 Islands

This 6-day  program you will experience the highlights of the Galapagos Islands, you can choose from Tourist to First class hotels.  Transportation, accommodation in double or single rooms,  some meals included (Ecuadorian menu), and a bilingual naturalist guide, who will accompany you during the tours. If you are a single traveler it is possible to join the group tour and to stay in a private room upon a single charge. The highlights of this program are: Isabela, Santa Cruz and an uninhabited island.

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive to Santa Cruz Island - Transfer to your hotel - El Chato + Garrapatero Beach

Stop At: El Garrapatero, NE of Puerto Ayora 19 km, Puerto Ayora 200350 Ecuador
Garrapatero Cove and beach, located on the eastern side of Santa Cruz Island, are considered to have the finest sand in all Galapagos! Enjoy a soothing dip in the waters; take a small trip on a tandem, sit-on-top kayak; lie on the beach; or walk a short distance to a brackish lagoon, home of stilts, plovers, pintails, and flamingos.
Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Reserva El Chato, Isla Santa Cruz, Puerto Ayora 200350 Ecuador
El Chato is a natural reserve located in Santa Cruz’s highlands. This reserve is known as a roaming grounds for the Galapagos Giant tortoises, which cross the reserve on their permanent migrations from the coast to the highlands, making it one of the very few places where is possible to see these enigmatic animals in their natural habitat.
Duration: 1 hour

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Accommodation included: Selected hotels in Santa Cruz

Day 2: Uninhabited Island

Stop At: Santa Cruz Island, Ecuador
The tour to Pinzon is a real adventure !!, once we get there you will enjoy a great volcanic landscape of Pinzón Island, we will swim and snorkel in a pristine environment, sea turtles of white tip reef sharks, sea lions, big parrotfishes, more than 45 minutes snorkeling to an hour enjoying it, then back on board and lunch, later on catch and release fishing along the way to a pristine sandy beach, there swimming and snorkel with sea turtles and marine iguanas observation, then back to town.
Duration: 4 hours

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• Lunch: Box Lunch
Accommodation included: Selected Hotel in Santa Cruz Island

Day 3: Santa Cruz - Isabela + Tintoreras

Stop At: Las Tintoreras, Puerto Villamil Ecuador
At 6:30 am pick you up at the hotel and go to the harbor, share speed boat at 7:00 am to Isabela (approx. 2-hour ride). Once on Isabela, you can walk to the tortoise breeding center or to the flamingo lagoon. After lunch, visit the Island Tintoreras islet, short hike and snorkeling. You can spot penguins, marine iguanas, sea lions and reef sharks, which are resting there in the lava channel. Snorkel in turquoise water and spot different fishes, sea turtles, rays and penguins.
Duration: 4 hours

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No accommodation included on this day.

Day 4: Isabela.- Trek to Sierra Negra Volcano

Stop At: Sierra Negra, Ecuador
You walk through spectacular lava landscapes and have views of the northern volcanoes of Isabela and Fernandina. The hike to the Sierra Negra Volcano and the Volcano Chico is 16 km long ( hike approx. 3- 6 hours).
Duration: 4 hours

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• Lunch: Box Lunch
Accommodation included: Selected Hotel in Isabela

Day 5: Isabela.- Cabo Rosa (“Tuneles”)

Stop At: Los Tuneles, Puerto Villamil 200250 Ecuador
By boat to Cabo Rosa (45 mn boat ride), where lava has flowed into the ocean and formed beautiful lava tunnels. There you may see penguins, blue-footed boobies and sea turtles. However, the Highlight is snorkeling. You have the chance to see sharks, sea turtles, sea lions, rays, seahorses and many tropical fishes. The tour to Cabo Rosa takes about 5 hours.  The rest of the day is at leisure. You can enjoy the beautiful beach in Isabela or you can snorkel in the Concha de Perla Lagoon (snorkel not included)
Duration: 4 hours

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Accommodation included: Selected hotel in Santa Cruz

Day 6: Transfer to the airport - Baltra

Stop At: Metropolitan Touring, Ecuador
Baltra is home to one of two airports connecting Galapagos with mainland Ecuador and is the point of arrival for most travelers to the Islands.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
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No accommodation included on this day.

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

If you cancel at least 7 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.
If you cancel between 3 and 6 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is a 50 percent cancellation fee.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.