Galapagos Samba Cruise

AM: On arrival at Baltra Airport all visitors pay their entrance fee to the Galapagos National Park and get their hand luggage checked by the Quarantine system.
PM: Imagine a beach rising from the ocean floor in the middle of nowhere. Imagine sand grains as soft as sugar. Now imagine a sea lion colony and a fabulous sunset. You are here! Mosquera Islet is by far the best beginning of a Galápagos journey. This volcanic uplift that dates from 100 thousand years ago, is a geological treasure for an admirable start.

• Activity:Arrival, Hiking, Snorkeling
• Meal:Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

AM: Darwin Bay is the home of many nesting sea birds. Following a wet landing and with the early morning light you will blend in with the red-footed boobies displaying for potential mates as they collect nesting material.
PM: The steep ascend takes you 100 feet above sea level, to be welcomed by the elegant silhouette of a red-billed tropic bird and the aerobatic Galapagos shearwater, both interact with the precipice on fast approaches.

• Activity:Hiking, Snorkeling, Kayaking
• Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

AM: Punta Mejía is one of the best sites in the Archipelago to snorkel. The calm and clear deep blue water of the northwest coast and the dark hostile topography of the location gives the sensation of witnessing the beginning of our planet and its underwater world.
PM: Playa Negra is always an exciting experience. More than once in the past we have seen bottle-nosed dolphins, other cetaceans or feeding frenzies.

• Activity:Hike, Snorkeling, Kayaking
• Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

AM: Punta Albemarle, the farthest north point of Isabela, was one important US radar station to prevent any Japanese attempt of destroying the Panama Channel.
PM: Vicente Roca is the home of tuff cones and lava dikes and is fertile ground for erosion and the disaster of collapse.

• Activity:Hiking
• Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

AM: Punta Espinoza the shoreline is teeming with life. Reptiles, birds, and mammals all coexist, singing and sexing. It is a living museum with piles of marine iguanas, playful sea lions, hard-working flightless cormorants, dwarf penguins, busy Sally light-foot crabs, and much more.

PM: On Isabela nature seems to hunt for the largest. The exceptional coastal plain at Urbina Bay attracts prehistoric giants in the wild, such as the largest land iguanas.

• Activity:Hike, Snorkeling
• Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

AM: Elizabeth Bay is the only place on the Earth where old tropical mangrove forests and penguins can be conjugated in the same sentence.
PM: Charles Darwin was amazed by the colonization of plants and the start of life over this terrain. He thought this process could easily compare to the origin of life on our planet.

• Activity:Hiking, Snorkeling
• Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

AM: On the way to the humid zone we stop to climb Alieri Hill. A good number of steps will take us to a breathtaking view. A fantastic landscape decorated with lichens and epiphytes..
PM: In the afternoon we land to visit la lobería (sea lion rockery) and swim or snorkel on the beach. It is a refreshing end to a wonderful day.

• Activity:Hiking, Kayaking, Snorkeling
• Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Singles and Double cabins

AM: Highlands of Santa Cruz. At 1800 feet the greenery offers the opportunity to admire the remnant of a Galapagos mature forest.
PM: Assisted by the naturalist guide and some crew members, the dinghy will bring you and your luggage to Baltra, where we will take the airport shuttle. Your guide will accompany you to the check-in counters in the departure hall.

• Activity:Hiking, Departure
• Meal:Breakfast
• Accommodation:Single and Double Cabins

AM: Arrival at Baltra Airport and transfer in. You will have to pay your Galapagos National Park entrance fee and your luggage will be inspected.

PM: The first visit is Rancho “El Manzanillo” located in the Highlands of Santa Cruz Island, where you will have a snack. After this, you will have the opportunity to see the Galapagos Tortoise in the wild.

• Activity:Arrival, Hiking, Snorkeling
• Meal:Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

AM: Punta Cormorant lays on the northern shore of Floreana and is the house of greater flamingos and sea turtles. Champion Islet, this small piece of land is one of two places where the Floreana mocking bird survives after its extinction on the big Island.
PM: Post Office Bay has left a legacy of pirates, whalers, scientific expeditions, and intense stories of slaying and constant ambiguity.

• Activity:Hiking, Kayaking, Snorkeling
• Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

AM: This tiny volcano islet is just recently born out of the fire. Enter its wild romantic setting of spatter cones and craters, and see the most famous panorama of the Galapagos.

PM: Sullivan Bay is incomparable to any other visitor’s site; setting foot at the recently solidified lava flow is like landing on the moon!

• Activity:Hiking, Kayaking, Snorkeling
• Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

AM: After a dry landing on Isla Lobos, we walk on over very rocky terrain. To your surprise, red balloons will soon bound you, great and magnificent pirates nest on this small flat Island.

PM: On Punta Pitt, we do a wet landing late in the afternoon to climb a tuff cone and enjoy the sunset. This point is closest to mainland South America.

• Activity:Hiking,Snorkeling
• Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

AM: Barrington Bay is one of the most picturesque inlets of all visitor sites of the Galapagos. The white sand on the seabed reflects the light to turn the calm waters turquoise.

PM: The dry landing takes you to a brilliant combination of life and colors. Land iguanas wandering through bright red carpet weed, Swallow-tailed gulls nesting around the overhang tops, and red-billed tropicbirds and shearwaters flying with dancing displays.

• Activity:Hiking, Kayaking, Snorkeling
• Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

AM: The coiled shiny structures of the pahoehoe lava appear as if they were formed yesterday. Lava tubes run like petrified rivers and white sand from eroded coral surrounds the black rock, scenic falls short.

PM: Bartolome Island offers an explosive volcanic landscape. Get ready to climb above 270 feet to admire the dramatic spatter cones and the view of Pinnacle Rock that everyone wants.

• Activity:Hiking, Snorkeling
• Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabin

AM: James Bay, also known as Puerto Egas, has magical shorelines that combine tuff cone, lava flows and organic sand. A rocky coast with a very gentle slope is used by a great number of shore birds and reptiles.
PM:The island of Rábida has lavas rich in iron and after millions of years of exposure to air they have turned red.

• Activity:Hiking, Kayaking, Snorkeling
• Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins

AM: The visit to North Seymour is the best way of saying goodbye to the Galapagos. Following a dry landing at sunrise we will walk amongst the largest blue-footed booby colony of the Islands. If breeding you will enjoy their dancing and singing to find a mate.
PM: Assisted by the naturalist guide and some crew members, the dinghy will bring you and your luggage to Baltra, where we will take the airport shuttle. Your guide will accompany you to the check-in counters in the departure hall.

• Activity:Hiking, Snorkeling, Departure
• Meal:Breakfast
• Accommodation:Double or Single Cabins