| Day | Visitor Site |
|---|---|
| Monday | AM - Baltra Island Airport: Arrival and Transfer to the boat |
| PM - Black Turtle Cove (Santa Cruz) | |
| Tuesday | AM - Dragon Hill (Santa Cruz) |
| PM - Rabida | |
| Wednesday | AM - Sullivan Bay (Santiago) |
| PM - Bartolome | |
| Thursday | AM - Santa Fe |
| PM - South Plaza | |
| Friday | AM - Las Bachas (Santa Cruz) |
| Transfer to the Airport |
Monday, Day 1
Flight from mainland Ecuador (Quito or Guayaquil) to Baltra, with TAME Airlines, arriving at 11:00 a.m. approximately. Your guide conducts you to the bus and after a short 5-kilometer ride to the pier; we board the Yacht without delay. We greet you with our first orientation and we offer a light snack. In the afternoon, we make a panga ride on Black Turtle Cove, series of mangrove-surrounded coves and islets; where we can observe white-tipped sharks, marine turtles, spotted eagle rays, and yellow cow-nosed rays. We board the Yacht for dinner and the first of our nightly orientations.
Tuesday, Day 2
After breakfast, we make a dry landing on Dragon Hill, where we can see land iguanas; we walk to a hypersalinic lagoon (saltier than the ocean), where we can observe flamingos, common stilts, pintail ducks and other species of birds. Optional: time for those who would like to swim and/or snorkel. Return to the Yacht for lunch. In the afternoon, we make a wet landing on Rábida, to walk and to observe marine iguanas and sea lions, pelicans, blue-footed boobies, masked boobies and brown pelicans. We walk and we arrive to a small saltwater lagoon where we can see pink flamingos. Optional: time for those who would like to swim, snorkel and/ or kayak. We return to the Yacht for dinner and our nightly orientation.
Wednesday, Day 3
After breakfast we make a wet landing on Sullivan Bay, a perfect place to get a feel for the volcanic origin of the islands. Optional: time for those who would like to swim and/or snorkel. We return to the boat for a delicious lunch. In the afternoon, we make a dry landing on Bartholomew Island, to hike to the summit; during the hike we observe colonies of marine iguanas and lava lizards. On the summit we have an impressive view of the surrounding islands, including the eroded tuff cone of Pinnacle Rock. We return to the yacht for dinner and our nightly orientation.
Thursday, Day 4
After breakfast we make a wet landing on Santa Fe Island to visit the cactus forest and a colony of land iguanas native from Santa Fe. Optional: time for those who would like to swim, snorkel and/or kayak. Return to the Yacht for lunch and sail to South Plaza, where we make a dry landing on the pier of the island, there we can enjoy the antics of the sea lions. A walk through a cactus forest allows us to observe land iguanas and a great many species of tropical birds. At the end of the afternoon, we return to the Yacht for dinner and our nightly orientation.
Friday, Day 5
After breakfast we make an early disembark on Las Bachas Beach, a place where we can appreciate a Flamingos lagoon. During all walks, your guide will be explaining details about the lives of the birds and animals. We return to the Yacht for disembarking on the pier at 09:00. Your guide accompanies you on the bus ride directly to the airport.
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