Grace Galápagos Cruise

Post Office Bay is a place where old-school communications rules and age-old traditions still mean something. For visitors, Post Office Bay is a wonderful glimpse into the human history of the islands, and a chance to join in the fun for yourselves. Devil’s Crown is an old eroded, semi-submerged, volcanic cone where you can spot penguins, sea lions, sea turtles, dolphins, and colorful fish. It`s one of the best snorkeling sites in the because of the coral reef in the middle which is a perfect attraction for marine life.

• Activity:Walking, Wildlife watching, Snorkeling, Panga Ride
• Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

Punta Suarez can easily count as one of the most coveted visitor sites of the . This visitor site is located on the western point of Española Island (hence the name) and consists of a trail of about 4 km (2 miles) in length. Gardner Bay is located on the east coast of the Spanish Island in the Archipelago. It is a white coral beach full of sea lions, ideal for swimming and snorkeling, as well as can be seen several marine species in the . The white sand and calm of its clear waters invite relaxation.

• Activity:Walking, Wildlife watching, Snorkeling, Kayaking, Panga Ride
• Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

Located on the easternmost side of San Cristobal Island and forming the northeast point of the island, Punta Pitt is a tuff formation that serves as a nesting site for many sea birds.
Thanks to its geographical location Punta Pitt is one of the few places in the Islands where you can find all three species of booby and the two species of the frigate. One of the most sought-after sites in , Kicker Rock, also known as León Dormido, is the remains of a volcanic cone, eroded by the sea across hundredths of years. It is the eroded cone of an extinct volcano in the shape of a sleeping lion that earned it the name, Leon Dormido.

• Activity:Walking, Wildlife watching, Snorkeling, Kayaking, Panga Ride
• Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

Santa Fe Island is one of the oldest in the Islands archipelago. It is thought to be at least four million years old. The island is also sometimes known as Barrington Island and it was named after an admiral called Samuel Barrington. Plazas Sur is a small uplifted island close to the east coast of Santa Cruz. It can be gloriously colorful from May to December with leaves of the endemic Succulent Sesuvium Edmonstonei, or carpetweed as it´s commonly known, turning bright red.

• Activity:Walking, Wildlife watching, Snorkeling, Panga Ride
• Meal:Breakfast
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

This small island is one of the most important fishing sites for Marine Birds. This place is the reason for many travelers and ornithologists to observe the spectacular and diverse amount of birds of the . The visit site is located next to the nesting area of Frigate Birds, both Magnificent and Common, that rest on the trees throughout the whole year. The most iconic place in the . Located at the center of the archipelago, Bartolome is one of the most frequently visited sites of all the islands. The highest point is only 374 ft (114 m) above sea level and it is separated from the island of Santiago by Sullivan Bay.

• Activity:Walking, Wildlife watching, Snorkeling, Panga Ride
• Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

Like most of the , Sombrero Chino is volcanic in origin. Ages ago, the volcano on nearby Santiago Island erupted, spewing rocks and forming what is known as a “spatter cone.” It’s essentially a mountain made of lava and rocks from an erupting volcano. There is more to Dragon Hill than dragons. The trail, one of the longest in , wends its way through a desert-like landscape, passing through forests of cacti and fragrant Palo Santo trees. The hill itself is an impressive sight, a rugged spire that dominates the landscape around it.

• Activity:Walking, Wildlife watching, Snorkeling, Kayaking, Panga Ride
• Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

Found on the northern shores of Santa Cruz, Black Turtle Cove is a mangrove-lined inlet accessible only by panga or dinghy. It’s a popular destination site for sea turtles, golden and spotted eagle rays, and black-tip and white-tip reef sharks—in particular the young marine life. Baltra is one of the gateways to the Islands where Seymour Airport is located, also known as Baltra Airport. This small island is also known by the local name of South Seymour.

• Activity:Wildlife watching, Panga Ride
• Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

Prince Philip’s Steps is an extraordinary steep path that leads through a seabird colony full of life, up to cliffs that are 25 meters (82 feet) high. At the top, the trail continues inland, passing more seabird colonies in a thin palo santo forest. The trail also provides overviews of a rocky plain. Darwin Bay is formed by a crater, is almost a perfect circle. Located on Genovesa Island, north of the Archipelago. Darwin Bay, a place of anchorage, was once a crater that collapsed.

• Activity:Walking, Wildlife watching, Snorkeling, Kayaking, Panga Ride
• Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

This is a pretty beach that is fringed with lush green forests. The beach itself is home to marine iguanas who feed among the rocks at either end of the beach, and it is a good place to snorkel, with visitors often reporting sightings of sharks, rays, and octopuses. Espumilla beach is a white-sandy front located in James Bay very popular among visitors. Espumilla is a typical Ecuadorian dessert made of fruit and eggs whose consistency is very similar to a foamy dessert which can also describe the foamy waves of this site.

• Activity:Walking, Wildlife watching, Snorkeling, Kayaking, Panga Ride
• Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

Vicente Roca Point has great deep-water snorkeling at one of the richest marine havens on Earth (Bolivar Channel). We take a dinghy ride along the coast to observe a great diversity of sea and coastal birds; Nazca and blue-footed boobies, noddies, brown pelicans, penguins, flightless cormorants. Tagus Cove is a sheltered deep-water bay on the western coast of Isabela Island, overlooking Fernandina Island. This natural anchorage has been a popular destination for ships since the 1800s, and when you come ashore you can see ancient graffiti left by whalers and buccaneers.

• Activity:Walking, Wildlife watching, Snorkeling, Kayaking, Panga Ride
• Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

The flat jet-black lava of Espinosa Point is a defining feature of its stark and barren landscape. It is also home to the largest colony of endemic and lovely marine iguanas. Other features are lava cacti, black, white, and red mangrove, Sally light-footed crabs, hawks, and sea turtles. West of Isabela Island, Urbina Bay is located; it is a fascinating area that shows a large coral reef that sticks up above sea level. Urbina Bay has a wide variety of gorgeous plant life which changes depending on the season.

• Activity:Walking, Wildlife watching, Snorkeling, Kayaking, Panga Ride
• Meal:Breakfast
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

Elizabeth Bay is a site that is found on the east coast of the island. It is comprised of the bay itself, as well as various islets. The site is interesting to look at, as its shore mangrove vegetation gives way to lava fields behind it. Punta Moreno is located on the north coast of Isabela Island between the volcano Sierra Negra and Cerro Azul volcano. The distance of the trail is about 2100 meters and runs along with an imponent lava flow Pahohoe (solidified lava in the form of corrugated or an accordion) into a complex of coastal lagoons.

• Activity:Walking, Wildlife watching, Snorkeling, Panga Ride
• Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

The Cove of Sucre is one natural lava tunnel that leads us to know the depths of a volcanic island, the same is accessed through an amazing ecotourism trail built entirely of volcanic materials. Santa Cruz has the longest paved road in , which runs north-south across the island, taking people from the airport ferry at Itabaca Canal on the north coast into the highlands and through a few smaller towns on its way down to Puerto Ayora, the island’s largest city located on the southern coast of the island in Academy Bay.

• Activity:Walking, Wildlife watching
• Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

Often mistaken for volcanic craters, Los Gemelos – or “The Twins” in English – are actually sinkholes. When the volcanoes on the islands were still active, lava flows would roll down the hills to get to the sea. Lava, being a liquid, behaves like one as well. Baltra is one of the gateways to the Islands where Seymour Airport is located, also known as Baltra Airport. This small island is also known by the local name of South Seymour. During World War II, it was a US Airforce base positioned to patrol the Eastern Pacific and to protect the Panama Channel.

• Activity:Walking, Wildlife watching
• Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins