Legend 8 Days - Itinerary B+C

Mosquera Islet: 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 head to Mosquera Islet, a low lying islet, with a coral sand beach, where a great colony of sea lions resides. It is also a good place to spot herons, lava gulls and boobies. You can snorkel or dive to see sharks, rays and barracudas. End of the day and dinner onboard.

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Port Egas and Rabida Island: Early in the morning, the cruise will take you to Egas Port, at Santiago Island, known for its volcanic shoreline, where a colony of endemic Galapagos fur seals reside. You can also take an optional visit to an abandoned salt mine, which used to work back in the forties. After this activity you will visit Rabida Island, distinctive for its red sand beach, due to the volcanic material that formed it; this place is also home to sea lions, endemic Galapagos doves and vermillion flycatchers. You can snorkel at the beach and take a hike to the Palo Santo Forest to view the entire bay from this spot.

Urbina Bay and Tagus Cove: After an early breakfast, you will disembark at Urbina Bay, on the western side of Isabela Island, a recent example of Galapagos volcanic upliftwhere you can see species like Galapagos Land Iguanas and Galapagos giant tortoises during the wet season. In the afternoon you will visit Tagus Cove, which used to be a hideout and deep water anchorage for pirates in past centuries. After a brief hike you will arrive to Darwin Lake, a stunning volcanic landscape, from where you can take amazing pictures. You can also snorkel along sea turtles, and sea lions.

Espinosa Point and Vicente Roca Point: After breakfast, you will head to Espinosa Point at Fernandina Island, the youngest one of the archipelago, this is home of the biggest colony of marine iguanas on the entire Archipelago and is also an ideal place for snorkeling and spot Galapagos penguins while doing this activity. During the afternoon you will visit Vicente Roca Point, a spectacular visitor site, surrounded by immense cliffs, product of an eroded volcano, this is also home of various species of boobies and is only accessible by dinghy. This is also a nice place for deep water snorkeling.

Santa Cruz Island: At the beginning of this day, you will land at Santa Cruz Island, and take a bus ride to Santa Cruz Highlands, to visit a private reserve and see giant Galapagos Tortoises in their natural habitat.  Next, you will visit North Seymour Island, an important spot to see great frigate birds and blue-footed boobies doing their courtship and also their nesting sites. After these activities, head back to the yacht for dinner and rest.

The first activity of this day will be landing at Bartolome Island, considered the most iconic landscape of the entire archipelago, you will have to hike to the top of this island to watch the famous Pinnacle Rock and the entire Santiago Island. You can also snorkel here and spot white-tipped reef sharks and sea lions while doing this activity. After lunch, we head to Sullivan Bay.  After these activities, head back to the yacht for dinner and rest.

Pitt Point and Witch Hill: After breakfast, the yacht will land at San Cristobal Island, where you will visit Pitt Point, where you will go for a hike to the highest point of this eroded tuff cone, and once there you will have the opportunity to see various species off boobies and frigate birds. During the afternoon you will take a dinghy ride to Witch Hill or Cerro Brujo in Spanish, where you can rest at the beach while watching the sea lions that reside there or snorkeling from the shore. You can also take a walk to a lagoon where you might spot black necked stilts and white-cheeked pintails.

Tortoise Breeding Center: Early in the morning, you will disembark at San Cristobal Island Port. You will visit the giant tortoise breeding center “La Galapaguera” at Cerro Colorado, where you will see giant Galapagos tortoises wandering in a semi natural habitat and learn about the efforts to preserve these species. After this activity you will be transferred to the airport to take your flight back to the continent.