LEGEND CRUISE SHIP - LUXURY CATEGORY - 5 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

Interpretation Center & Frigatebird Hill (San Cristobal Island)

Gardner Bay (Española Island) 

Suarez Point (Española Island)

Post Office (Floreana Island) 

Cormorant Point, Devil’s Crown Floreana Island)

Dragon Hill (Santa Cruz Island)

Bowditch Point (Santa Cruz Island)

Charles Darwin Research Station & Highlands Tortoise Reserve (Santa Cruz Island

AM–San Cristobal Airport: Departure from Quito or Guayaquil to San Cristobal in a 2-hour flight. Upon arrival, passengers are picked up at the airport by our naturalist guides and taken on a 10 minute bus drive to the pier to board the Galapagos Legend.

PM–Interpretation Center & Frigatebird Hill (San Cristobal Island): The interpretation center is full of interesting information and offers the perfect overview to the formation of Galapagos, its significance in the world, threats and conservation efforts. Followed by a hike to Frigatebird Hill (Cerro Tijeretas) we will have great looks at both species of frigatebird, with the bonus of a beautiful view of the bay below.

(-/L/D)

AM–Gardner Bay, Gardner & Osborn islets (Española Island): One of the most stunning beaches in all of Galapagos. The long, white, sandy beach, lapped by turquoise waters is home to a colony of Galapagos sea lions, indifferent to the humans that walk amongst them. The Hood mockingbirds, endemic to this particular island, will be eager to inspect the visitors and satisfy their innate curiosity. Darwinís finches may also join the throng including the reclusive warbler finch. We can also snorkel here from the beach, in the shallows of the bay.

PM–Punta Suarez (Española Island): One of the highlight visits of the trip. Punta Suarez seems to have everything - a naturalistís paradise. A slew of marine iguanas and sea lions greet us at the landing site from where our walk continues with close encounters of boobies, endemic lizards, gulls and even a dramatic blow hole. The oldest extant island in the archipelago it is our only opportunity to commune with the endemic waved albatross during their breeding season between April and December. With luck, we can watch their complex courtship display.

(B/L/D)

AM–Post Office Bay (Floreana Island): A very short walk from the beach leads us to the famous Post Office Barrel. Claimed to have been first setup in 1793 by Captain James Colnett it remains the oldest functioning ëpost officeí in the Pacific. The system was that whalers and fur sealers would leave addressed letters in the barrel to be picked up by homeward bound colleagues. In the spirit of maintaining tradition visitors today will often take letters and hand-deliver them in their home countries.

PM-Cormoran Point (Floreana Island): On arriving, the observant visitor will notice that olivine, a volcanic crystal, has proffered a subtle green hue on the dark beach. Our walk takes us past island-endemic Scalesia plants to a large, shallow, lagoon often inhabited by a variable number of shockingly pink greater flamingoes. We continue through a forest of palo santo trees to arrive at a powdery white beach, a nesting area of green turtles. As we paddle barefoot in the shallow water we will spot diamond stingrays and white-tipped reef sharks.

PM-Devil's Crown: One of the favourite snorkeling sites in the islands. Devilís Crown, an eroded volcanic cone, is home to an abundance of fish and marine animals. We will swim with big schools of yellow- tailed surgeonfish, salemas and creolefish and with luck may spot turtles, spotted eagle rays, parrotfish, and even hammerhead sharks! The jagged ëcrowní is a roosting area for boobies, noddies, tropicbirds and frigates.

(B/L/D)

AM–Dragon Hill (Santa Cruz Island): Arriving to a small lava dock our first encounters are with marine iguanas that blend-in perfectly to the dark rock. As we walk past large prickly pear cacti we arrive to one end of a long, sickle-shaped, beach with Dragon Hill standing in the distance. Our walk takes us on a circular path, past a shallow lake where flamingoes frequently come to feed. Waders such as stilts, turnstones and sandpipers work the muddy edges frenetically looking for food as we continue inland to a dry, forested habitat where land iguanas nest and burrow.

PM-Bowditch Point (Santa Cruz): Feel the indescribable feeling of being where no one else has. Relax on a powdery beach. Snorkel around turquoise water islets and hike beside salt pools and dried white corals. Be one of the first humans –to visit Bowditch Point.

(B/L/D)

AM-Highlands Tortoise Reserve (Santa Crus Island): In the mountains of Galapagos is possible to admire different kinds of birds, such as tree and ground finches, vermillion flycatchers, paint–billed crakers, yellow warblers, and cattle egrets(usually standing on the tortoises´ shells) The journey to the reserve offers great opportunities to see the contrast that the island offers in reference to the variety of ecosystems. The road goes from the coast through the agriculture zone straight up to the dense humid forests. Often, Galapagos giant tortoises are also seen on the way wandering through pastures in the paddocks. this spot is a birdwatcher’s haven since almost every land bird present on the island lives or migrates here.

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

(B/-/-)