8-days Galapagos Itinerary “West”
Saturday-Saturday: | ||
SAT | Am | Arrival in Baltra |
Pm | Santa Cruz Island: Charles Darwin Station An organisation that provides scientific assistance to ensure the proper preservation of the Galápagos. | |
SUN | Am | Floreana Island: Cormorant Point Cormorant Point offers a trail overlooking a saltwater lagoon that is a favourite of flamingos. |
Floreana Island: Champion Islet A small island located very near Floreana, snorkeling and diving around Champion can be excellent. | ||
Pm | Floreana Island: Post Office Bay A white-sand beach where in the past sailors used to leave and receive their letters in a barrel. | |
MON | Am | Isabela Island: Moreno Point Beautiful rocky shores where penguins and shore birds, including blue herons, are usually spotted. |
Pm | Isabela Island: Elizabeth Bay As enter you the bay, hawks can soar overhear and schools of fish can be seen swimming underneath. | |
TUE | Am | Isabela Island: Urbina Bay Its waters are a good place to see turtles and rays. Ashore you’ll find a short trail leading to a coral reef. |
Pm | Fernandina Island: Espinosa Point A narrow stretch of land where hundreds of marine iguanas gather largely on black lava rocks. | |
WED | Am | Isabela Island: Tagus Cove An opportunity to see penguins as well as marine iguanas, Sally Lightfoot crabs and sea lions. |
Pm | Isabela Island: Vicente Roca Point The remnants of an ancient volcano form two turquoise coves with a bay protected from ocean swells. | |
THU | Am | Santiago Island: Puerto Egas Puerto Egas, with its black sand beaches, was the site of small salt mining industry in the 1960s. |
Pm | Santiago Island: Espumilla Beach Espumilla Beach is a popular place for marine iguanas and Sally Lightfoot Crabs. | |
FRI | Am | North Seymour Island Explore the rocky coast, passing colonies of blue-footed boobies and magnificent frigatebirds. |
Pm | Santa Cruz Island: Black Turtle Cove This shallow inlet is surrounded by mangroves and provides natural protection for a variety of marine life.Santa Cruz Island: Bachas Beach A swimming beach and one of the few remnants of the U.S. World War II presence in the Galápagos. | |
SAT | Am | Baltra Airport |
8-days Galapagos Itinerary “East”
Saturday-Saturday: | ||
SAT | Am | Arrival in Baltra |
Pm | Santa Cruz Island The island that hosts the largest human population in the archipelago at the town of Puerto Ayora. | |
SUN | Am | Española Island: Gardner Bay Gardner Bay has a magnificent beach with turquoise waters. The bay is home of a large colony of sea lions. |
Pm | Española Island: Suárez Point Suárez Point is one of the most outstanding wildlife areas of the archipelago. | |
MON | Am | San Cristobal Island: Puerto Baquerizo Moreno This relaxed town overlooking a harbour is the capital of the Galápagos Islands. |
Pm | San Cristobal Island: Cerro Brujo A beautiful white-sand beach full of pelicans, blue-footed boobies, sea lions and marine iguanas. | |
TUE | Am | Santa Fe Island A volcanic uplift that hosts a forest of Opuntia and palo santo. Endemic land iguanas are often seen |
Pm | South Plaza Island South Plaza has one of the largest populations of land iguanas in the Galápagos. | |
WED | Am | Genovesa Island: Prince Phillip’s Steps An extraordinary, steep path leads through a seabird colony full of life, up to cliffs that are 25m high. |
Pm | Genovesa Island: Darwin Bay A coral beach where a 750 mt. trail takes you through more seabird colonies. | |
THU | Am | Santiago Island: Sullivan Bay Thelava field has a variety of patterns made by the shapes and textures of trees that once existed there. |
Pm | Bartholomew Island Visit the Pinnacle Rock and the white-sand beach: the best area to get photos of Galápagos penguins. | |
FRI | Am | Rábida Island A bird-watcher’s delight. Species includes Flycatchers, Galapagos Hawks and Brown Pelicans. |
Pm | Sombrero Chino Island The landing is on a beautiful crescent-shaped beach, home to sea lions and Sally Lightfoot crabs. | |
SAT | Am | Airport Baltra |