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Cruise onboard Yacht
Angelique
Normally, navigation between islands is realized at night
All meals onboard Yacht Angelique
Thursday: .... (Quito or Guayaquil) / Baltra Island /
Santa Cruz Island (L-D)
- The guide will pick us up at Baltra airport and bring us on board the
motor yacht Angelique, lying in the harbor of Puerto Ayora on the Santa Cruz
Island.
- After lunch we visit the highlands of Santa Cruz. First we drive to a
private land tortoise sanctuary where we can observe the famous and huge
tortoises in their natural habitat.
- On the way back to Puerto Ayora we stop on top of the hill, the Miconia
vegetation zone. On a clear day, this area offers beautiful scenery of
rolling hills and extinct volcanic cones covered with grass and lush
greenery throughout the year.
- Dinner on board.
- After dinner on board we have some time off to enjoy the nightlife of
Puerto Ayora.
Friday: Floreana Island (B-L-D)
- Breakfast on board.
- On the island Floreana we visit first the Post Office
Bay: Historically, this site is the location of a wooden barrel that was placed
there in the 18th century by the crew of a whaling ship. Since that time, it has
been used by mariners and tourists as a post office.
- Afterwards we go snorkeling
around the Devil’s Crown volcanic cone. This islet consists of an eroded
volcanic crater that owes its present form to the strong wave action.
- Lunch
- In the
afternoon we visit in Punta Cormorant on the other side of the island. Its
landing point is a beautiful green beach, an excellent place to observe the
colorful crabs and sea lions. After a short walk we get to a lake fed by the
tides. Here we can see flamingos, royal terns, ducks, migrating birds and
beautiful vegetation with a high tolerance of salt. Following the trail we get
to a beautiful white beach with very fine sand, a nesting site for the sea
turtles.
- Dinner on board.
Saturday: Española Island (B-L-D)
- Breakfast on board.
- In Española we visit first Punta Suarez. This rocky point
of land sustains one of the most impressive and varied colonies of sea birds on
the Galapagos. Along its southern shore, high cliffs rise up from the sea
offering the visitors a spectacular view of soaring birds and of the blowhole,
where water spouts up to 50-75 feet into the air according to the intensity of
the surf.
- Lunch
- In the afternoon we visit the northeastern coast of Española: Gardener
Bay provides an excellent beach for relaxing, swimming, snorkeling and observing
sea lions.
- Dinner on board.
Sunday: Santa Fe Island / South Plazas (B-L-D)
- After breakfast we'll visit Santa Fe, an extremely picturesque anchorage. The
trail leads to a scenic viewpoint on top of a cliff where it is possible to find
land iguanas, which are endemic to the island. A particular attraction is the
unusually tall forest of prickly cacti close to the beach.
- Lunch
- In the afternoon
we’ll visit South Plazas.
- Dinner on board.
Monday: North Seymour / Baltra Island / ..... (Quito or Guayaquil)
- Breakfast on board.
- Early in the morning we visit North Seymour. This flat
and low-lying island was formed as a result of uplift of a submarine lava
formation. The vegetation is mainly low and bushy, and there lives the largest
colony of magnificent frigate birds of the Galapagos. There is also a large
population of blue footed boobies and along the coastline resides a colony of
playful sea lions.
- Afterwards we sail to the harbor of Baltra and later on we
take the flight back to Quito or Guayaquil.
Itineraries are subject to National Park regulations and can be modified
without previous notice
Rates:
- Option 1: Valid for trips in January, February, September and October
- Option 2: Valid for trips in March, April, May and November
- Option 3: Valid for trips in June, July, August and December
- Single supplement 75%
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