Arrival at Seymour Ecological Airport. Then you will take a bus ride to the Highlands of Santa Cruz Island at the National Park boundary, where you will see the Twin Craters and then you will visit a local ranch to observe the giant tortoise of Santa Cruz Island in its natural habitat. After these activities you will be transferred to the yacht to settle in and rest.
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Early in the morning visit to the Tintoreras Islet, where you will be able to see sea lions and Galapagos Penguins, and also White tipped reef sharks. After lunch, you will land at Puerto Villamil in Isabela Island, the largest and one of the youngest island in the archipelago. First you will visit the Flamingos Lagoon, and then the breeding center Arnaldo Tupiza, where you will see hundreds of giant Galapagos tortoises; this project was created to rescue endangered populations of tortoises that live around the island. In the early afternoon, return to the catamaran and dinner.
After breakfast, visit Moreno Point in the north coast of Isabela, between volcanoes Sierra Negra and Cerro Azul, through a trail of solidified lava until a coastal lagoon where you will see several species of birds. During the afternoon you will go to Elizabeth Bay, the excursion has no landing point. You will visit the Marielas islets, and see the most important penguin colony and a cove that is surrounded by red mangroves and observe seas turtles, flightless cormorants, spotted eagle rays, brown pelicans and sea lions. End of the day and dinner onboard.
Early in the morning, go to Tagus Cove to see the Galapagos penguins, flightless cormorant and other seabirds. Then go to a hike along the trail to the top of the cliff where you can view Darwin Lake and uplifted lake, and the graffiti on the surrounding cliffs of the cove, done by pirates, whalers and buccaners in paste centuries. After lunch, visit Espinoza point in Fernandina, where you will see large groups of marine iguanas. Dinner onboard and end of the day.
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Lunch
Dinner
At the beginning of the day, you will visit Bachas Beach, at the west of Turtle Cove, these are two small beaches and its sand is a nice nesting place for sea turtles. Behind this beaches there is a small blackish water lagoon, where is possible to observe flamingos and coastal birds, like black necked stilts. The other beach was a strategic point during WWII using as a strategic point to protect Panama Channel. After this activity, you will take a shuttle back to Seymour Ecological Airport.
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