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Isabela
Island
5
days 4 Nights
1.
Day
From Quito or Guayaquil to Baltra Island, our English speaking
guide will meet us at the airport and transfer us to the port
of Puerto Ayora ( Santa Cruz Island ) for lunch. After lunch,
we will go by speed boat for approximately three and half hours
to Isabela , arriving at the San Vicente Hotel for a short rest.
We will then visit the Flamingo Lagoon , the largest coastal
lagoon in Galapagos and a principal breeding ground for the
Flamingos. Dinner and accommodations.
2.
Day
•Early in the morning after breakfast, we will begin our
full day tour (including a box lunch) to the Sierra Negra Volcano
, located 13 miles from Puerto Villamil. Boasting the world's
second largest volcanic crater measuring 6 miles in diameter
and 300 feet deep, we will ride horses up to this magnificent
site to visit La Bocanilla and Volcan Chico . In the afternoon,
we will return to the hotel before having the option to go Kayaking
in Playa Grande (located in Puerto Villamil) or snorkel in Concha
Perla .Dinner and accommodations.
3.
Day
• After breakfast we will visit the Giant Tortoise Breeding
Center and “The Wall of Tears”; from 1946 to 1959
Isabela was designated a penal colony by the Ecuadorian government
for prisoners who were obligated to build a wall with enormous
blocks of lava. Due to the arduous labor and harsh conditions
in which the prisoners lived, this site is known as “El
Muro de las Lagrimas”. Additionally we will visit a small
lava tunnel and a second Flamingo lagoon before returning to
the hotel for lunch. In the afternoon we will sail to “Islote
Tintoreras,” a large crevice with very clear, calm water
in which white-tip sharks (“tintoreras”) rest daily
on the bottom. We can also see Penguins, Sea Lions, marine Iguanas
and snorkel with sharks and colorful tropical fishes while enjoying
the beaches of Isabela. Dinner and accommodations.
4.
Day
•Early in the morning after breakfast, we will
return by speed boat to Puerto Ayora where a guide will be waiting
for us to check-in at the hotel. Immediately afterwards we will
begin our visit to the Highlands of Santa Cruz Island where
Giant Turtles live in their natural habitat . After lunch in
the Highlands , we will return to Puerto Ayora and go to the
Charles Darwin Research Station and its Interpretive Center
. There we will have the opportunity to see Lonesome George
, the last Galápagos Tortoise of his species. Dinner
and accommodations at Hotel Fernandina Optional: in the evening
you can return to the town for entertainment.
5.
Day
Breakfast. En route to the Baltra Airport we will visit “Los
Gemelos” or in English,,“The Twins,“ collapsing
craters formed from lava flows passing beneath the Earth's surface.
We then depart to the Baltra airport for our flight to Quito
or Guayaquil.
Tour
Includes:
-Accommodations in double rooms
-Meals
-Naturalist English-speaking guide
-Snorkelling equipment (mask, tube, fins)
-Transfer Puerto Ayora-Isabela-Puerto Ayora by speed
Boat or public transportation
-Transfer Baltra-Puerto Ayora-Baltra
Not included:
-Airfare
-Galapagos National Park entrance fee
-soft drinks and alcoholic beverages
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