GALAPAGOS - 3 Islands

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1 V GALAPAGOS - 3 Islands 5 days /4 nights ITINERARY DAY DETAIL CITY MEALS Transfer in Baltra airport - Hotel 1 -/L/- Santa Cruz Highlands - Lava tunnels - Charles Darwin Reserch Station Galápagos 2 Bay Tour - Las Grietas - Tortuga Bay Beach B/L/- 3 Full Day Navigation Isabela + Tintoreras B/L/- 4 Transfer out hotel - Baltra airport - B/-/- B= Breakfast / L= Lunch HOTELS CITY ECONOMIC TOURIST TOURIST SUPERIOR FIRST GALAPAGOS Galápagos Native Hotel Palmeras Hotel Mainao Hotel Ikala PROGRAM INCLUDES Transportation for transfers o Public transportation - Itabaca channel / direct payment USD 5 per person each way o Ferry to cross the Itabaca channel o Private or shared transportation (depending on choice) for land excursions. Bilingual naturalist guide for excursions 4 nights of accommodation according to selected category Daily breakfast Meals detailed in the itinerary. Excursions as detailed in the itinerary Speedboats for navigation (shared service) Equipment for itinerary activities

2 RATE PER PERSON SHARED BASED SERVICE CATEGORY Single Room Double Room Galapagos 5 days / 4 nights SHARED Economic 1.479, ,00 Tourist 1.530, ,00 Tourist Superior 1.869, ,00 First 2.241, ,00 PRIVATE SERVICE CATEGORY Single Room Double Room Galapagos 5 days / 4 nights PRIVATE Economic 1.785, ,00 Tourist 1.837, ,00 Tourist Superior 2.176, ,00 First 2.548, ,00 NOT INCLUDED 12% VAT if invoice is issued for Ecuadorian enterprises or passengers Air ticket to / from Galapagos Entrance to the Galapagos National Park o Ecuadorians USD 6 o Mercosur and Andean Pact USD 50 o Rest of the World USD 100 o Children discount of 50% Transit Control Card USD 20 Isabela Entry Tax (USD 10.00) Personal expenses, tips Items not specified

3 DETAILED ITINERARY DAY 1: Transfer Baltra Airport Santa Cruz Highlands - Lava Tunnels - Charles Darwin Station Our guide will meet you at the Baltra airport to transfer you by public bus to the dock of Itabaca, (since July 2017) you must pay USD 5 directly in the place, after crossing the channel by ferry, we will take the private transport that we will drive to the hotel in Puerto Ayora. Visit to the upper part of the island, visit the giant tortoises in their natural habitat, opportunity to enter the lava tunnels. Lunch. In the afternoon visit to the Charles Darwin Research Station. The main objective is to carry out scientific research and environmental education for the conservation and biodiversity of the Archipelago. DAY 2: Visit to Tortuga Bay and tour of Bahia. After breakfast, the day starts with a tour of the Bay, which consists of visiting the most beautiful places of Santa Cruz Bay, such as the Lobería, named after the great colony of sea lions, Punta Estrada, which is a small gulf of calm water, where you can observe animals such as terns, pikemen, frigates, sea lions and the most incredible thing to do snorkell We will make a visit Playa de los Perros this is a 15 minute walk to get to the beach. Visit to the love channel is another formation by beautiful fissure channel of sleeping water with excellent scenic beauty. Visit to Las Grietas is nothing more than a continuation of the shark canal and is the last place to visit, perhaps the most anticipated by visitors since it is excellent for cliff diving and recreational snorkeling in its brackish and crystalline waters. Lunch After lunch we will visit the Tortuga Bay Beach, beach time and return to the hotel. DAY 3: Navigation Isla Isabela - Canal de las Tintoreras The tour starts after breakfast, with transfer to the pier to start navigation to Isabela Island, the journey takes approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes. Upon arrival the entrance to the island is registered and the entrance is paid, the pool of the flamingos is known for its marine iguanas and migratory birds, the most famous, the flamingos.

4 The little more than a kilometer long trail begins as a wooden boardwalk over the lagoon and passes through mangroves and dense vegetation, which ends in the Crianza de Tortugas (the breeding center for giant tortoises). Volunteers here can explain the work that is being done to help restore the population of this species in Isabela. Lunch In the afternoon visit to the Tintoreras Islet, which owes its name to the presence of a lava rift with calm and transparent waters, where the shark sharks usually pass or rest. This is a magical place to snorkel and observe species such as: penguins, iguanas, boobies and seabirds At approximately 3:30 p.m. transfer to the pier for the return to Santa Cruz Island. DAY 4: Navigation to a nearby Island (according to availability) Santa Fe Island 7:20 am Passengers will be picked up from each hotel to transfer them to the dock, to embark. We will have a navigation of 1 hour and 50 minutes to the island. We will make wet landing on a beautiful white sand beach. There we will find one of the most representative colonies of playful sea lions, endemic terrestrial iguanas of the island, marine iguanas, and variety of Darwin finches, mockingbirds, occasional Hawks and a beautiful opuntia forest categorizing it as one of the highest in Galapagos. Then we will return board. Afterwards, the crew of the yacht will provide Snorkeling equipment: mask and fins, to swim with incredible schools of fish, sea lions, you can often find rays, turtles, and whitetip sharks, a delicious lunch on board. Finally we will return to the Itabaca channel, with a navigation time of approximately 2:45 minutes. There he waits for a bus to be transferred to Puerto Ayora back to each of his hotels. Bartolome Island Passengers will be picked up at their hotel between 5:50 am and 6:00 am by private bus. Soon they will be transferred immediately to the north of the island Santa Cruz: channel of Itabaca. The journey lasts 45 minutes. The yacht will be waiting for us on the channel. Once on board we will serve a delicious American breakfast. The navigation to Bartolome Island has an approximate time of two hours. Upon arrival to the island we will make dry landings. During our walk, along a wooden path, we will be surrounded by a landscape of volcanic lava from Bartolome, and we will be able to observe the volcanic formations with endemic vegetation. With the help of the stairs we can go to the top of the island. Once at the summit we will observe a magnificent characteristic view of Bartolome Island, as well as the surrounding islands.

5 The main attraction of the island is the pinnacle, which is an erosion of a tuff-shaped volcanic cone. Then a ride in the small boat around the pinnacle to observe Penguins, sea lions, are on board the boat. Sullivan Bay is a very young pahoy lava field where we can have an idea of the original formation of the islands. After this walk we return to the beach where we will snorkel with reef fish, occasionally penguins and sea lions. We return to the yacht where lunch will be served. We will return to the Itabaca channel to return to Puerto Ayora. The bus will return them to each of the hotels between 5:00 pm and 5:30 pm approximately. Seymour Island Departure time will be at 7:50 am. They will be picked up at each of their hotels in Puerto Ayora by a private bus, which will take them to the Itabaca Canal to board the boat. Navigation to North Seymour is approximately one hour. On this island we find colonies of blue footed boobies, frigates, sea lions, land iguanas, marine iguanas, swallow-tailed gulls, etc. It is very interesting to hear the singing and courtship of the boobies, and observe the colorful inflated balloon of the characteristic male frigates to attract the female, lunch on board After we head to the northwestern part of Santa Cruz we will make a wet landing at Bachas beach, one of the best nesting sites for sea turtles, we will have a short hike and we will probably be able to observe flamingos. Then we will snorkel where we can observe: fish, turtles, blue sharks, The bus will be waiting for us in the Itabaca channel to return to Puerto Ayora. Approximate time from 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm Isla Plazas They will be picked up at 7:20 a.m. in each of their hotels in Puerto Ayora, and we will move to the Itabaca Canal to board the yacht. Navigation time is approximately 1 hour. The island Plazas sur is located in the east of the island Santa Cruz, and next to the Plazas Norte. Squares are two islets separated by a small turquoise water channel. We will admire a reddish vegetation (Sesuvium sp.) Cactus forests. Upon arrival at Isla Plazas Sur, we will be greeted by one of the largest colonies of Galapagos sea lions. During the visit we will observe a variety of seabirds, fishing and flying near the cliff. We can also see beautiful terrestrial iguanas characterized by their yellow color, marine iguanas, elegant swallow-tailed gulls, nazca boobies, it should be noted that in south squares is the only island in Galapagos where there are cases of hybridity in the group of marine and terrestrial iguanas, lunch on board. After a short break we will be ready to snorkel Punta Carrión where we will observe: fish, blankets, and a high percentage of safety to observe white tip sharks. We will return to Puerto Ayora between 4:00 pm and 4:30 pm approximately.

6 DAY 5: Transfer hotel in Puerto Ayora - Airport in Baltra Scheduled transfer regarding the departure flight schedule to Baltra airport, to take the flight back to the mainland Quito or Guayaquil.