Upon your arrival to the airport in Baltra Island, you will be transferred to the dock to get onboard Galapagos Legend Cruise Ship. After settling in the yacht and lunch, you will take a bus ride to Santa Cruz Highlands, where you will visit a private reserve to see Giant Galapagos Tortoises in their natural habitat. After this activity, you will return to the yacht for dinner and rest.
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Early in the morning, the cruise will land at Genovesa Island, and your first visit will be to El Barranco, also called Prince Phillip´s Steps. You will begin with a dinghy ride to the shoreline, where you will see fur seals, and then you will hike to the top of a rocky stairway, and once on top you will have a nice view of the island, and also see Nazca boobies, red footed boobies and mockingbirds. After this activity, you will head to Darwin Bay, and once there you will take a short trail past stands of mangroves which are nesting sites for red footed boobies and frigate birds. End of the day and dinner onboard.
After breakfast, the cruise will take you to South Plaza. & During the afternoon you will visit Santa Fe Island, a white sand beach, where a sea lion colony resides, waits for you. You can take a walk through a trail, to an endemic opuntia cacti forest to see the endemic Santa Fe Island. You can also kayak or snorkel at the beach of this island.
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At the beginning of the last day you will head to Bachas Beach, place that was used as a strategic spot during WWII by the U.S to defend Panama Channel. This is also a green sea turtle nesting spot, and is home to marine iguanas and flamingos. After this activity you will be transferred to Baltra Airport to take your flight back to the continent.
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