Puerto Baquerizo Moreno is the second largest town in the archipelago. We stroll in this picturesque town before we head to La Galapaguera, the tortoises breeding center. This project is part of a great effort to restore the number of tortoises in the islands. Here we see the entire breeding process from small eggs to hatchlings. When they are grown, the tortoises are released in a controlled environment where they can be fed and monitored until they reach maturity. As adults, they are returned to the wild to repopulate the islands. After visiting the breeding center, we return to the yacht and continue to our next adventure.
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Early in the morning you will head to Gardner Bay on Española Island, this place is home to a large and varied wildlife population, like boobies, frigate birds, sea lions and endemic Española mockingbird. You can also swim or relax at the beach, or head for a dinghy read to Osborn Islet for snorkeling or diving. In the afternoon you will visit Suarez Point site where you will get to see many species such as sea lions, marine iguanas, Galapagos Hawks, and Nazca boobies, but the most important of all is the waved albatross, since this is their breeding site. If you are lucky enough you may see a young albatross take off for its first flight to the sea. End of the day and dinner onboard.
First activity of the day will visit Cormorant Point, place recognized by its two types of beaches, a greenone, composed by olivine crystals, and a white one, composed of coral,used as nesting site for sea turtles. After his visit you will head to Devil ́s Crown, a volcano structure emerged form under water, that is the perfect place for snorkel along with sharks, rays, sea turtles, sea lions and rays. During the afternoon, you will head to Post Office Bay, in which a wooden barrel was placed by whalers during the 18th century to use as a mailbox. Nowadays, visitors can also post their letters here, as a tradition. You can also swim of snorkel from this place ́s beach.
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First activity of the day will be disembarking on Puerto Ayora at Santa Cruz Island, where you will visit Charles Darwin Research Station, place created to show information about the wildlife and geology of Galapagos Islands, and where you will learn about the endemic wildlife and the conservation efforts that have been made toobserve the species that reside in the archipelago After this activity you will be transferred to the airport at Baltra Island to take your flight back to the continent.
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