5 Days 4 Nights Magic Galapagos Island Hopping

5 Days 4 Nights Magic Galapagos Map

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Day 1. Arrival to Baltra. Santa Cruz Transfer in and Highlands Tortoises

After pickup at Baltra airport, you will head to the upper part of Santa Cruz with your guide, where you can see the giant tortoises in their natural habitat. The turtles roam the ranches that border the National Park, you can also visit the “lava tunnels” that show us the magnitude of the magna and how it froze in time. Afternoon continue to Puerto Ayora Town and explore on your own La Ratonera Beach or Charles Darwin Scientific Station. Dinner on your own at one of the Local Restaurants from town.

Possible Fauna: Giant Tortoises, Sea Lions, Bird Species: Smooth billed Ani, Common Gallinule, Cattle Egret, Galapagos Flycatcher, Galapagos Mockingbird, Yellow Warbler, Green-warbler Finch, Woodpecker Finch, Small Tree-finch, Small Ground-finch, Medium Ground-finch, White-cheeked Pintail, Galapagos Rail, Barn Owl, Comb Duck, Galapagos Hawk, Striated Heron, Great Blue Heron and others.

Meals Included: Lunch
Overnight: Select Hotel
Guide: Private Naturalist Guide

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Day 2. Full Day to North Seymour Island or South Plazas

Pick up from your hotel and continue to Itabaca Channel, where we will board the Galaxy Daily. After arriving in North Seymour, we will have a dry landing and immediately start hiking on a 2.5 km trail where we can go clockwise along the coast or head inland first to visit the colony of blue-footed boobies. Get ready to spot land iguanas and marine iguanas; also, a colony of sea lions, lava lizards, frigates, and pelicans! Lunch on-board and afternoon snorkelling in Bachas Beach.

Possible Fauna: Lava Lizards, Green Sea Turtles, Rays, Galapagos Penguin, Sooty Shearwater, Magnificent Frigatebird, Great Frigatebird, Blue-footed Booby, Nazca Booby, Red-footed Booby, American Flamingo, Brown Noody, Galapagos Petrel, Common Cactus Finch, Red-billed Tropicbird, Black-bellied Plover, Red-necked Phalarope, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Brujo Flycatcher, Galapagos Hawk.

Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch on board
Overnight: Select Hotel
Guide: Shared Naturalist Guide aboard Galaxy Daily

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Day 3. Full Day Bartolome Island

This island, with its iconic pinnacle, is located northwest of Santa Cruz. Upon arriving at Bartolome, we will have a dry landing. Then, we will begin the walk along a path that will take us to the top of the island, through its 395 steps that will end with a spectacular panoramic view of the island and its pinnacle. During the walk, we will observe small lava tunnels that are the product of the last eruption and where endemic vegetation grow, such as lava cacti and tiquilla plants, generally surrounded by Darwin’s finches. Afternoon snorkelling near Bartolome Island for possible Sea Turtles and Galapagos Penguins.

Possible Fauna: Galapagos Penguin, Blue-footed Booby, Galapagos Hawk, American Oystercatcher, Lava Gull, Magnificent Frigatebird, Great Blue Heron, Striated Heron, Laughing Gull, Galapagos Dove, Swallow-tailed Gull, Galapagos Petrel, Franklins Gull, Least Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Red Phalarope, Large-Tree Finch and White-tipped Shark, Rays, Sea Turtles.

Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch on board
Overnight: Select Hotel
Guide: Shared Naturalist Guide aboard Galaxy Daily

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Day 4. Tortuga Bay and Grietas Trail

Tortuga Bay, a beach paradise on Santa Cruz Island with its white sand beach, a nesting site for sea turtles, offering an opportunity to witness their nesting and hatching cycles. Observe marine iguanas and blue-footed boobies, enjoy swimming and snorkeling in the crystal clear waters of this protected area. Morning hike to Tortuga Bay and afternoon explore Las Grietas near Playa de los Alemanes with snorkelling.