LEGEND CRUISE SHIP - LUXURY CATEGORY - 4 DAY TOUR   

Made in Germany and fully refurbished in 2019, with 4 decks, 17 knots speed and a capacity of 100 passengers, 60 crew members and 7  naturalist multilingual guides, the Legend cruise ship offers a cozy cruising experience and an excellent onboard service. It offers in its interior areas all the amenities a first class traveler can expect: restaurants, bars, lounges, library, fitness center, auditorium and plenty more. All of it, designed with nautical details of teak wood and brass with ample social areas and panoramic windows to make the best out of the islands. Its cabins have a refined decoration so they can be a relaxation sanctuary for our guests. In the open decks, the pool, Jacuzzi, solarium and restaurants are waiting to be enjoyed having a great among of open deck areas to become one with the landscapes

Among the activities that you will be doing are snorkeling, dinghy rides, kayaking and beautiful hikes on twice-daily excursions ashore to the best visitor sites permitted by the national park. You will always be in the company of an expert naturalist guide. Walks will concentrate on spending quality time learning about the native fauna and flora. We will have enough time to observe, absorb and photograph. 

Be prepared to be surrounded by unique sceneries and wildlife onboard the Legend!

*Diving activities are also available upon request!

*Please check availability with us before booking

Day 1: Monday
AM - Baltra Airport
PM - Black Turtle Cove (Santa Cruz Island)
Day 2: Tuesday
AM - El Barranco, Prince Philips Steps (Genovesa Island)
PM - Darwin Bay (Genovesa Island)
Day 3: Wednesday
AM - South Plaza Island
PM - Santa Fe Island
Day 4: Thursday
AM - Highlands (Santa Cruz Island)
Baltra Airport

MORNING:

✈ Baltra Airport. Departure from either Quito or Guayaquil to Baltra Island is a 2 ½ hour flight. Upon arrival in the Galapagos, passengers are greeted at the airport by our knowledgeable guides who will accompany them on a short ten-minute bus ride to the pier where they will board the Galapagos Legend.

AFTERNOON:

Black Turtle Cove (Santa Cruz Island). On the north shore of Santa Cruz Island, accessible only by sea, four species of mangrove crowd and form an internal lagoon, turtles visit the calm waters, peaking their heads above the surface while fish, rays circle below. White-tipped reef sharks can be seen beneath the boat, plus sea birds, including pelicans, herons and egrets. This cove has been declared as a “turtle sanctuary”.

• Difficulty level: Low

• Type of terrain: None

• Duration:  1 hour dingy ride

• Landing:   None

  
  

Return on board and enjoy a wonderful dinner and a good night sleep.

(-/L/D)

AM–El Barranco, Prince Philip’s Steps (Genovesa Island): Riding our pangas to the far side of the caldera, red-billed tropicbirds display vociferously overhead while Galapagos fur seals can be seen on the shoreline. Once at the top of the rocky stairway we are immediately met by Nazca boobies, red-footed boobies, mockingbirds and finches that line our way through a palo santo forest until we arrive at an expansive open lava field. Wedge-rumped storm petrels swarm above the lava where we keep our eyes peeled for short-eared owls.

• Difficulty level: Medium

• Type of terrain: Rocky - lava

• Duration:  1 hour 45 min hike,  30 min kayaking  or,  glass bottom boat, 1 hour deep snorkeling

• Landing: Dry

PM–Darwin Bay (Genovesa Island): From within the flooded caldera of Tower Island we set foot onto a sandy beach to be greeted by swallow-tailed gulls often said to be the most beautiful gull in the world. Our short, flat, trail leads us past stands of mangroves and saltbush on which we have our best possible looks at nesting red-footed boobies and great frigatebirds. At the tidal lagoon we may also see the rarest gull in the world, our very own, endemic lava gull.

• Difficulty level: Medium

• Type of terrain: Sandy

• Duration: 45 min kayaking, 1 hour 15 min hike, 45 min glass bottom boat or, 1 hour deep or beach snorkeling.

• Landing: Wet

(B/L/D)

MORNING:

South Plaza Island. Sea lions, swallow-tailed gulls, and land iguanas are all present at the landing site. The small island is covered with a carpet of a red succulent studded with Opuntia cacti. At the cliff edge, we spend time watching birds like frigatebirds, flocks of Galapagos shearwaters, and of particular note, flights of displaying red-billed tropicbirds.

• Difficulty level: Medium

• Type of terrain: Rocky

• Duration: 2 hours hike

• Landing:  Dry

AFTERNOON:

Santa Fe Island. After a fabulous snorkel in the turquoise waters of the protected bay, we may have enjoyed time with sea lions, turtles, reef sharks and spotted eagle rays. Landing on a sandy beach, we spend time watching the abundant sea lions there with us and . We begin a walk past a forest of island-endemic giant Opuntia cacti and we can watch the Santa Fe land Iguana.

• Difficulty level: Medium

• Type of terrain: Rocky

• Duration: 30 min kayaking, 1 hour 45 min hike, 1 hour deep snorkeling, 45 min glass-bottom boat.

• Landing: Wet

(B/L/D)

MORNING

Highlands (Santa Cruz Island).

In the central highlands of Santa Cruz Island, we have our best opportunity to interact at close quarters with totally wild, Galapagos Giant tortoises. A short walk among these huge, 600lb, reptiles will also offer the chance for more highland species, especially several species of the famed finches.

• Difficulty level: Low

• Type of terrain: Flat & Muddy

• Duration: 1 hour walk / 45 minutes drive

• Landing:  Dry

✈ Baltra Island Airport. After the visit, passengers will be transferred to the airport for their return flight to Guayaquil or Quito.

(B/-/-)