Arrival at Baltra Airport. Short bus ride to the harbor and settle aboard the catamaran. After lunch, you will take a bus ride to the highlands of Santa Cruz Island at the National Park boundary, to visit the Twin Craters and a local ranch to observe the giant tortoise of Santa Cruz Island in its natural habitat. Return to the catamaran and dinner.
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First activity of this day, will be heading to Cormorant Point, where you will have the opportunity to visit a white sand island that is like flour and an olivine sand island, which looks amazing and is a nice place to rest or swim from the shore. After lunch, you will head to Post Office Bay, which is a barrel that was placed here by whalers during the 18th century to post their mail for it to be send to other destinies, adn it remains here so tourists can post their letter too, as a tradition. After this activity head back to the yacht for dinner and rest.
Early in the morning head to Gardner Bay at Española Island, that is an important breeding site for pacific green turtles. But the main attraction is the Galapagos sea lion colony. After lunch, head to Suarez Point, that is a basaltic cliff which forms a blowhole where water sprays high into the air. The trail also passes nesting sites of blue footed boobies & waved albatross.
The first activity of the day will be the visit to Pitt Point, which was the first sight of land that Charles Darwin spotted when we first arrived at the Archipelago in 1835. You will see a group of Galapagos sea lions, a male colony. From here you will take a trail that leads up to a tropical dry forest vegetation, and after a bit of walking you may spot various species of boobies, such as blue footed, red footed and Nazca boobies. After lunch, head to Witch Hill. Its main attraction is a coral sand beach, which is an excellent place to swim and snorkel. This place was one of the first that Darwin visited, and you may also see coastal and migratory birds. Return to the yacht and dinner.
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In the morning, you will visit the Interpretation Center, and you will learn about the natural history and colonization of the Islands.After this visit, you will take a shuttle to San Cristobal Airport, to take your flight back to the continent.
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