Finding George
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Overview
Visit amazing places like the Charles Darwin Station and find more information about the Galapagos Islands and, you can see tortoises of different species that are being prepared for reintroduction into their natural habitats. Also on this tour, we will visit Kicker Rock, a beautiful place to practice snorkeling.
Key facts
Day 1: Flight from the Ecuadorian Mainland to the Galapagos Islands – Charles Darwin Station
In the morning, you will go to the airport by yourself and you will take your flight to Baltra airport, in the Galapagos Islands.
Upon your arrival at Baltra airport your private guide will be waiting for you with a signboard with your name then you will travel by bus to the Itabaca Channel followed by 5 minute ferry ride to Santa Cruz Island and then an hour’s drive to the town of Puerto Ayora you will check-in at your select hotel and you have free time to rest and you have time to enjoy your lunch.
In the afternoon, your guide will pick you up at your hotel and we will visit the famous Charles Darwin Research Station, they have been working on conservation, restoration and sustainable projects of the islands. In this place, you can enjoy facilities like an information center, a museum, a library a tortoise breeding center. At the tortoise breeding center, you can see tortoises of different species that are being prepared for reintroduction into their natural habitats.
Enjoy Puerto Ayora town you can explore it with your guide, you can find some stores with handicrafts and you can see the nightlife in Puerto Ayora.
Meals not included.
Day 2: Santa Cruz Highlands and Kayaking in Tortuga Bay beach
In the morning, after breakfast your guide will pick you up at your hotel, then you will go to the Highlands Reserve to see fascinating Galapagos Giant Tortoises in the wild where you can take amazing pictures and you will also have the opportunity to explore lava tunnels. Then you have will time to enjoy your lunch at a local restaurant in the highlands and return to Puerto Ayora Town.
In the afternoon, you will go on a trip to Tortuga Bay, a white-sand beach at this place you can see marine iguanas, Darwin Pinzon, and you can enjoy an amazing landscape of Brava and Mansa Beach. At this place, you can do kayaks with an instructor for one hour.
Meals included: Breakfast.
Day 3: Transfer to San Cristobal Island by speed boat – Tijeretas and Interpretation Center San Cristobal / La Loberia beach.
After breakfast, you will leave for to San Cristobal Island by public speed boat, a trip around 2 -1/2 hours, depending on sea conditions.
Upon your arrival at the dock, your guide will be waiting for you with a signboard with your name, and you will check-in at your select hotel. You will have time to prepare for our first excursion.
After lunch, your guide will pick you up at your hotel and we will go to La Loberia Beach, it is 10 minutes from the San Cristobal town, it is a coral sand beach and It has been named “La Loberia” because you can find plenty of sea lions on the rocks and sand. We will walk through a trill where we can see marine iguanas and marine turtles and we can find button mangrove, white mangrove.
Meals included: Breakfast.
Day 4: Kicker Rock Daily tour
After breakfast, you will go to Baquerizo Moreno dock early in the morning, then you will board the boat, we will navigate around 40 minutes to the west side of San Cristobal Island, we can see frigate birds and marine iguanas also with a little luck we can see rays and dolphins. Kicker Rock Islet looks like a sleeping lion. This place is one of the most famous and amazing snorkeling in the Galapagos Island where you can see sea lions, reef fish, rays, hammerhead shark, marine turtles. You will have lunch aboard.
In the afternoon, we will continue our trip to go to a beach, where we can walk, relax and enjoy the landscape also you can see marine birds, sea lions. Later we will return to Baquerizo Moreno Dock.
Meals included: Breakfast, Box Lunch.
Day 5: Transfer to the airport – Return Flight to Quito
After breakfast, you will have free time to enjoy San Cristobal town you can walk by the pier and you can see many sea lions.
Then you will be accompanied by a private guide to the San Cristobal airport for taking your flight to return to Quito.
More Information
- Duration. 4 Nights – 5 Days
- Instant Confirmation
- Include Guide
- Hotel. We select the best hotels in Galapagos. You can enjoy an unforgettable vacation. Depending on your resources, we categorize 2 types of packages, 4 stars, and 3 stars.
Single and Double Accommodations – 3 Stars. You can be accommodated in one of the following hotels. Depending on availability.
– Mainao Hotel. Santa Cruz.
– Volcano Hotel. Isabela.
– Galapagos Suites. Santa Cruz. - – Galapagos SunSet. San Cristobal.
– Villa Laguna. Santa Cruz.
– Eco-Friendly. Santa Cristobal. - – Fiesta Hotel. Santa Cruz.
– Blue Marlin. San Cristobal.
Include in the price
- Accommodations in selected hotel and room type
- Private transportation on the islands
- Speedboat passage between islands (shared basis)
- Meals, as indicated in the itinerary
- Professional bilingual (English/Spanish-speaking) guide services
- Excursions, as indicated in the itinerary
- Island-hopping land tours (shared basis)
- Snorkeling gear
- International & domestic flights (Quito – Galapagos Island – Quito)
- Immigration Control Transit Card: $20 per person
- Galapagos National Park entrance fee: $100 per adult
- Travel Insurance (highly recommended)
- Personal expenses
- Items not indicated in the itinerary
- Alcoholic and bottled drinks
- Tips and gratuities
- Use of wetsuite
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