6-Day Galapagos Land-based Tour including 3 islands

Santa Cruz, Ecuador
Duration6 days
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LanguagesEnglish, Spanish
Group sizeUp to 15 travelers

Overview

This 6-day  program you will experience the highlights of the Galapagos Islands, you can choose from Tourist to First class hotels.  Transportation, accommodation in double or single rooms, some meals included (Ecuadorian menu), and a bilingual naturalist guide, who will accompany you during the tours. If you are a single traveler it is possible to join the group tour and to stay in a private room upon a single charge. The highlights of this program are: Isabela, Santa Cruz and an uninhabited island.

Options

Tourist Class Hotels

6 day program in Galápagos Islands. Explore spots such as Santa Cruz, Isabela and uninhabited island in hotels:- Hotel Déjà Vu or Posada del Mar (Santa Cruz)- Coral Blanco or similar (Isabela)

Comfort class hotels

6 day program in Galápagos Islands. Explore spots such as Santa Cruz, Isabela and uninhabited island. - Hotel Solymar or similar in Santa Cruz - Hotel Iguana Crossing or similar in Isabela

Standard Hotels

6 day program in Galápagos Islands. Explore spots such as Santa Cruz, Isabela and uninhabited island.- Hotel Silberstein or similar in Santa Cruz - Hotel Casita de la Playa or similar in Isabela

What's included

  • All activities, hiking, snorkeling, transportation by speed boat in the islands
  • Snorkeling equipment (mask and fins)
  • Lunch
  • Professional Naturalist English / Spanish speaking guide
  • All transportation
  • 5 nights accommodation in selected hotels
  • Breakfast
  • 24/7 bilingual assistance
  • National Park Entrance fee
  • Flight tickets from mainland - Galápagos Islands - Quito / Guayaquil
  • Isabela dock fee
  • Water taxi
  • Not described meals
  • Tips
  • INGALA
  • Wetsuit

What to expect

Day 1: Arrive to Santa Cruz Island - Transfer to your hotel - El Chato + Garrapatero Beach
  1. El Garrapatero
    3h
    Garrapatero Cove and beach, located on the eastern side of Santa Cruz Island, are considered to have the finest sand in all Galapagos! Enjoy a soothing dip in the waters; take a small trip on a tandem, sit-on-top kayak; lie on the beach; or walk a short distance to a brackish lagoon, home of stilts, plovers, pintails, and flamingos.
  2. Reserva El Chato
    1h · Admission ticket included
    El Chato is a natural reserve located in Santa Cruz’s highlands. This reserve is known as a roaming grounds for the Galapagos Giant tortoises, which cross the reserve on their permanent migrations from the coast to the highlands, making it one of the very few places where is possible to see these enigmatic animals in their natural habitat.
Day 2: Uninhabited Island
  1. Santa Cruz Island
    4h · Admission ticket included
    The tour to Pinzon is a real adventure !!, once we get there you will enjoy a great volcanic landscape of Pinzón Island, we will swim and snorkel in a pristine environment, sea turtles of white tip reef sharks, sea lions, big parrotfishes, more than 45 minutes snorkeling to an hour enjoying it, then back on board and lunch, later on catch and release fishing along the way to a pristine sandy beach, there swimming and snorkel with sea turtles and marine iguanas observation, then back to town.
Day 3: Santa Cruz - Isabela + Tintoreras
  1. Las Tintoreras
    4h · Admission ticket included
    At 6:30 am pick you up at the hotel and go to the harbor, share speed boat at 7:00 am to Isabela (approx. 2-hour ride). Once on Isabela, you can walk to the tortoise breeding center or to the flamingo lagoon. After lunch, visit the Island Tintoreras islet, short hike and snorkeling. You can spot penguins, marine iguanas, sea lions and reef sharks, which are resting there in the lava channel. Snorkel in turquoise water and spot different fishes, sea turtles, rays and penguins.
Day 4: Isabela.- Trek to Sierra Negra Volcano
  1. Sierra Negra
    4h · Admission ticket included
    You walk through spectacular lava landscapes and have views of the northern volcanoes of Isabela and Fernandina. The hike to the Sierra Negra Volcano and the Volcano Chico is 16 km long ( hike approx. 3- 6 hours).
Day 5: Isabela.- Cabo Rosa (“Tuneles”)
  1. Los Tuneles
    4h · Admission ticket included
    By boat to Cabo Rosa (45 mn boat ride), where lava has flowed into the ocean and formed beautiful lava tunnels. There you may see penguins, blue-footed boobies and sea turtles. However, the Highlight is snorkeling. You have the chance to see sharks, sea turtles, sea lions, rays, seahorses and many tropical fishes. The tour to Cabo Rosa takes about 5 hours.  The rest of the day is at leisure. You can enjoy the beautiful beach in Isabela or you can snorkel in the Concha de Perla Lagoon (snorkel not included)
Day 6: Transfer to the airport - Baltra
  1. Baltra
    1h
    Baltra is home to one of two airports connecting Galapagos with mainland Ecuador and is the point of arrival for most travelers to the Islands.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Pick-up at Baltra Aiport (arrivals)

End point

Pick-up at Baltra Aiport (arrivals)

Additional information

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Infant meals not included
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately

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