East Route Galapagos Islands

Day 1: Baltra - Bachas Beach

Flight from mainland Ecuador (Quito or Guayaquil) to Baltra, with LATAM Airlines; arriving at 09:20 a.m. approximately. Your guide will meet you at arrivals gate, our crew will take care of your luggage.

Your guide will conduct you to a bus and after a short 5-kilometer ride to the pier; you board the Yacht immediately. As the crew weighs anchor, we greet you with our first orientation and we offer a light snack. After navigating, we disembark on Playa Las Bachas, a place where you can appreciate a Flamingos lagoon. During all walks, your guide will be explaining details about the lives of the birds and animals. Optional: time for those who would like to swim and snorkel, in the evening you have an orientation about the Galapagos Islands in general: their origin and evolution. Welcome cocktail with the entire crew, and dinner.

Day 2: El Barranco Prince Phillip’s Steps - Darwin Bay

After breakfast, you take a panga ride and you make a dry landing on Prince Phillips’s Steps (Barranco), you walk and observe the interesting lives of the birds here. Optional: time for those who would like to swim and snorkel or kayak.

You come on board for a delicious lunch. Later in the afternoon, you make a wet landing on Darwin Bay to walk and observe frigate birds, herons, mockingbirds, boobies, shorebirds, turtles, marine iguanas, etc. Optional: time for those who would like to swim, snorkel or kayak. Dinner on the Yacht, and then your orientation about conservation efforts made to protect the Islands.

Day 3: South Plaza - Santa Fe

After breakfast, you make a dry landing on the pier of the South Plaza, where you can enjoy the antics of the sea lions. A walk through a cactus forest allows us to observe land iguanas and many species of tropical birds. Return to the Yacht for lunch. Then, you 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 or kayak. At the end of the afternoon, we return to the Yacht for dinner and our nightly orientation.

Day 4: Santa Cruz Highlands - Baltra

After breakfast, you make a dry landing on Puerto Ayora port, after a short drive, you arrive at the Twin Crater, where you will do a fast visit.

Your guide accompanies you on the bus ride directly to the airport.

• Airfare to/from Galapagos 
• Full board
• English speaking naturalist guide 
• Visit to the islands according to itinerary 
• Permanent hot drinks station (coffee, tea, aromatic tea, plain drink water) 
• Snorkel gear 
• Use of kayaks and paddle boards
• Kayaking

• Galápagos National Park fee: US$200 per person
• Transit control card: US$20 per person
• Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages 
• Travel insurance 
• Personal expenses 
• Tips 
• Wetsuits for rent