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Isabela
Island
5
days 4 Nights
1.
Day
After a morning flight 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
•After breakfast we will visit the highlands
of Isabela Campo Duro where we will go horseback riding and
visit giant tortoises in their natural environment. After returning
to the hotel for lunch, we will ride bikes to the town before
kayaking in the Flamingo Lagoon. Dinner and accommodations.
5.
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 Lonely George, the last Galápagos
Turtle of his species. Dinner and accommodations at Hotel Mainao.
Optional: in the evening you can return to the town for entertainment.
6.
Day
Breakfast. En route to the Baltra Airport we will visit “Los
Gemelos” or in Spanish,“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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