Your Travel Experience with Peru Pro
Day 1
Transfer from the airport to the port of Baltra
After your arrival at Baltra Island Airport, transfer to your boat.
Bachas Beach on Santa Cruz Island
Afternoon: In the afternoon, visit to Las Bachas, which is a beautiful white-sand beach, located on the northern coast of Santa Cruz Island. There you can go for a stroll or do some easy snorkeling in the gentle surf. Sea turtles lay their eggs at the edge of the vegetation. You can also look for a rusted pontoon, a relic of the Second World War. In fact, “bachas” is a poor pronunciation of “barges,” two of which were wrecked offshore at that time: the locals mispronounced the name and it stuck.
Day 2
Rábida Island
Morning: On arrival at Rábida Island's red sand beach you will be greeted by the resident sea lions, basking in the sun. The island's otherworldy red colouring is a result of the high level of iron and magnesium left behind from previous volcanic activity.
A stroll along the beach reveals marine iguanas, mockingbirds, yellow warblers and several species of Darwin’s finches. If you look carefully you may also spot the bright red Sally Lightfoot crabs, who have found possibly the only place on earth where they can effectively camouflage themselves.
Punta Albemarle, Isabela Island
Afternoon: Located on the northern tip of Isabela Island, Punta Albemarle is home to a large mangrove that is ideal for dinghy exploration, thanks to its mesmerizing network of channels and creeks. Nearby, you’ll find the remains of a WWII-era American radar base. The site offers excellent wildlife viewing, including marine birds, the largest marine iguanas in the Galapagos, and many flightless cormorants.
Day 3
Punta Vicente Roca, Isabela
Morning: The sea-horse-shaped island of Isabela is the largest of the archipelago and the most volcanically active. Punta Vicente Roca is considered one of the most impressive and spectacular places of the enchanted Galapagos Islands with high cliffs and tuffstone giving this area a majestic feel.
While you explore the two coves and the large bay with spectacular sea life, keep an eye out for seahorses, sea turtles, and the weird and wonderful mola-mola, also known as sunfish. In good conditions, Punta Vicente Roca is considered one of the best snorkelling sites in the Galapagos.
Tagus Cove on Isabela
Afternoon: The visit to Tagus Cove includes a small hike to a scenic outlook and a panga ride along the coast line, you will be able to see penguins. After the hike and the panga ride, you can choose to do kayaking or snorkeling, while you doing this activity you can see some sea turtles.
Day 4
Espinoza Point on Fernandina Island
Morning: This place is one of the most remarkable sites for visitations in all of Galapagos. While you are hiking, you will have breathtaking landscape for taking photos as well as watching some good wildlife, including a nesting colony of flightless cormorants, marine iguanas, lava lizards, Galapagos snakes, and Galapagos hawks.
Urbina Bay on Isabela
Afternoon: The bay´s landscape change overnight due to the deep underground volcanic activity in the 1954. The bay gained five meters in height and a kilometer of soggy land that had previously been underwater. You will be able to see desiccated coral formations on the trail around part of the bay. It is the home to abundant wildlife including land iguanas, giant tortoises and lava lizards, finches, hawks and mockingbirds. After you can enjoy doing some snorkeling.
Day 5
Puerto Egas, Santiago
Morning: After landing on the black sand beach of Puerto Egas, Santiago Island hike along a 2km long coastal area boasting sea lions, Sally Lightfoot crabs, lava lizards, Galapagos hawks and lava herons. The rugged lava coast with natural pools, where sea lions bathe and herons play marks the end of your hike.
An excursion to Santiago Island is also one of the rare chances to see Galápagos fur seals in the wild, though not in large numbers.
Espumilla Beach und Buccaneer Cove, Insel Santiago
Afternoon: This place is located on the northern part of Santiago Island, it is a pristine sandy beach where you can find trails that lead through some mangroves to a salty lagoon, if you are lucky, you can see some flamingos, pintail ducks, and other birds. There is a good place to do snorkeling and kayaking.
Day 6
Bartolomé Island
Morning: Bartolomé in the northern part of the archipelago was nominated for the World Travel Awards 2012 as the most beautiful beach of South America. Here, you will find a fascinating, lunar-like volcanic landscape. At its center, the famous landmark of Galapagos: Pinnacle Rock.
A climb to the highest point of the island offers a wonderful view of the landscape. Take a swim together with some of the penguins who play in the waters and on the shores of the bay here.
Sullivan Bay, Santiago
Afternoon: Although this beauiful beach deserves its place in the highlights list, the day will surprise you with another highlight: the special pahoehoe lava flows.
Almost 100 years ago, lava flowed across the island and left behind various forms of soil: braided and stringy lava fields alternate with sharp-edged jagged formations. Feel the warm stones of the black, unreal lava landscape under your hands and move back to the time of origin, when volcanoes raged here, ultimately creating a paradise.
Day 7
Seymour North Island
Morning: This beautiful place is another visitors favorite, you can find frigate birds and blue-footed boobies nesting right next to the rocky trail, allowing for spectacular photographs. This place also is home to a booming population of land iguanas, often seen contentedly munching on cactus paths. There are usually dozens of sea lions near the landing site and along the beach. The snorkeling in this site is amazing.
Mosquera Islet
Afternoon: Between the two islands North Seymour and Baltra lies the small island Mosquera. The narrow island's coastline stretches out with white sand beaches, lava rocks and tide pools. Created by Geological uplift, the island has a relatively flat landscape. Mosquera is a great place for snorkeling, strolling on the beach, and enjoying the animal life without the tourist crowds that are common on many of the more popular islands. This islet is home to a huge colony of resident sea lions, and is also home to many shorebirds.
Day 8
Charles Darwin Station, Santa Cruz
Morning: At Charles Darwin Station, scientists from around the world research the many tortoise subspecies that are endemic to the Galapagos islands. The highlight of the research center is the breeding station, Fausto Llerena, where baby turtles take a training course over rocks, branches and sandy stairs in prepareation for their upcoming release in to the wilderness.
Abreise von Baltra
Sie erreichen den Hafen von Baltra. Von dort aus fahren Sie entweder zum Flughafen und treten Ihren Rückflug zum Festland an oder Sie fahren mit Ihrem individuellen Galapagos-Programm fort.