Beluga Fernandina 6 Days - Itinerary A

Upon your arrival to Baltra Airport, you will be transferred to Puerto Ayora, where you will take a speed boat for around 2 and a half hours to Puerto Villamil at Isabela Island, and be transferred to Beluga Yacht. After this, you will have a free afternoon to explore Puerto Villamil. In the night you will return to the yacht for dinner.

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Early in the morning 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, this 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 to observe seas turtles, flightless cormorants, spotted eagle rays, brown pelicans and sea lions. End of the day and dinner.

Early in the morning, you will visit Tagus Cove in Isabela Island, for a hike to the top of a cliff to view the volcanic landscapes of Darwin Volcano and Darwin Lake. You can also look at the graffiti on the surrounding cliffs of the cove, done by pirates, whalers and buccaneers in past centuries. During the afternoon the yacht will take you to Urbina Bay, one of the recent examples of geological uplift in the Galapagos, where seasonally is a nesting area for many tortoises and Galapagos Penguins, flightless cormorants and brown pelicans.

First activity of the day will be heading to Punta Espinoza at Fernandina Island, one of the youngest islands with the most active volcano, and where you can spot pelicans, sea lions and marine iguanas. After lunch, head to Punta Vicente Roca, a wonderful snorkeling site, where you can see turtles and various species of fish. After this activity you will have dinner at the yacht and rest.

After breakfast, the yacht will take you to Espumilla Beach at Santiago Island, and you will head to Buccaneer Cove, which is an excellent opportunity to snorkel and see the remnants of a place that was once a refugee for pirates and sailors.  Next activity will be the visit to the beautiful volcano islet of Bartolome, which offers some of the greatest landscapes and panoramas of the entire Archipelago. You will have to climb the stairs to the view on top of the island to see Pinnacle rock and the enitre island from here. End of the day and dinner.

First activity of the day will be the visit to North Seymour to see the various species of birdlife that inhabit there, like blue footed boobies and frigate birds. After this activity you will be transferred to the airport to take your flight back to the continent.