Flight to the Galapagos islands we are going to go to the airport and there will be one of our personnel to assist the group during the three stages of the process. (Yes, there are some special things that we must do going to Galapagos).

After a 100 minutes flight, we are now officially on Galapagos soil, alas, there´s not much to see on this the airport island known as BALTRA . 

This island was used by the U.S.AIR FORCE during WWII and they built the original landing strip. 

We are going to take a bus and the short ride (10 minutes) will take us through the remnants of the before mentioned military base, there are several GALAPAGOS LAND IGUANAS and yes when we were walking from the airport to the bus, we might have come near some GALAPAGOS DARWIN FINCHES.

The ride ends at the edge of a precipice with your first breathtaking view of the Galapagos islands turquoise waters. 

We are going to take a boat across these shallow waters canal that separates the islands of Baltra and Santa Cruz. 

Once in the northern most end of Santa Cruz we will take a private bus that will drive us to our adventures.

According to  our flight  itinerary we will  have a short  adventure in Santa Cruz Island then  at  3:00 p.m.  we Transfer to ISABELA ISLAND (a two hours fast-boat trip) 

 We will arrive in time to check-in in our hotel and then stroll around  town to enjoy a peaceful afternoon by the shore until sunset   

Today´s the adventure involves a long walk whose reward is a landscape that will leave us breathless and without words to describe it.

 A bus will take us to the foothills of the SIERRA NEGRA VOLCANO We start an ascending walk towards the crater of the volcano (5km) later we will be at the very edge of one of the largest calderas on the planet.

 We start a walk then we continue with a descending walk of 3km to reach Volcán Chico: In this place, we are going to admire an overwhelming landscape: On the one hand we are between lava rivers, on the other from a viewpoint we can see looking north : Elizabeth Bay, Alcedo Volcano, Darwin Volcano and Ecuador Volcano and a little to the west Fernandina Island with its homonymous volcano. At the Chico volcano site you can see fumaroles and sulfur flows. 

Afternoon free time to  spend at  the beach and rent a kayak or Stand-up  paddle board.

Or Go snorkeling  at  Concha Perla bay. 

Early in the morning we prepare for the first excursion in ISLET TINTORERAS, a fabulous walk between the lava flows, they allow us to learn the difference between lava A-A- and lava PAHOIHOI, Blue-footed Boobies, Penguins,Pelicans, marine iguanas, sea-lions are some the inhabitants of this islet.

Beaches of different colors until you reach some cracks where sea lions and sharks share the space. Our adventure continues with a snorkeling session. Our swimming partners are often Penguins, Sea-Lions, Sea Turtles and Sharks

P.M. EXCURSION 

In the afternoon a ten miles bicycle; A ride towards the historical site of a penal colony known as El Muro de las Lágrimas “The Wall Of Tears”. The adventure is not only the actual penal colony remains, on our way we will enjoy several beaches, will learn about the formation of the “LAVA TUNNELS” and lava flows this is particularly relevant when we consider the adventure planned for the next day:THE TUNNELS OF ISABELA these lava flows, or rather under these lava flows is where we will snorkel the next day sharing the space with white tip reef sharks, turtles, and penguins. There are many other surprises but I don´t really want to spoil the surprise in this description. 

UNDERWATER ADVENTURES

We´re visiting THE TUNNELS of Isabela  a gigantinc lava flow from Sierra Negra Volcano reached the ocean many  thousands of  years ago, the result  was an area where  the lava tubes and flows have been partially destroyed by the erosion  of the ocean  underwater  tunnels and caves, these incredible lava formations are an awesome place for shallow  water snorkeling through underwater tunnels once again in the company of Sharks, penguins, turtles. 

Truly one of the best  snorkeling places in the whole archipelago .

AFTERNOON TRANSFER TO  SANTA CRUZ ISLAND

One last FULL DAY excursion on a yacht to an uninhabited island.

 NORTH SEYMOUR,

We will enjoy a morning with many birds, depending on the time of our visit we will see the courtship rituals during mating season, or the nesting season, it does not really matter, there will be always a show for us. BLUE FOOTED BOOBIES, FRIGATE BIRDS, LAVA HERONS, NIGHT GULLS, plus LAND IGUANAS, MARINE IGUANAS, SEA-LIONS will we seen as we walk around.

The fun does not end there!

We will cruise towards ISLOTE MOSQUERA and there we will enjoy a snorkeling session with sea-lions and enjoy a little time at this gorgeous white sand beach. Before returning back to our catamaran for lunch and then return home to Santa Cruz. .

Night:

We will  have our  farewell  dinner  in one of the many  reaturants by the sea on Puerto Ayora.

All good thing must come to an end, an early wake up to ready drive back to airport to fly back to Guayaquil.

On our way we will continue squeezing as much as we can of our time with a visit the TORTOISES FARM where the famous Giant tortoises that give their name to the islands live. 

So, after learning about them we will continue towards and area with grass here, We´ll walk around among these creatures

After this we´ll visit another place where we will learn about volcanoes; THE LAVA TUNNELS these natural formations are amazing. (yes, this will  really  close the circle with  all  things learned on Isabela island.

After this we will continue the drive towards the airport.