DAY 1: SUNDAY

BALTRA AIRPORT & LAS BACHAS BEACH

AM: BALTRA

 As you prepare to land in Baltra, look out the window. The landscape below will seem
otherworldly – you’ll truly be landing in a place like no other. The Galapagos Islands are completely unique and you’re about to see why. Your bilingual naturalist guide will greet
you at the airport and meet you after customs. During lunch he/she will introduce you to the islands, specifically the flora and fauna that you will encounter at our first destination, Las Bachas Beach.

PM: BACHAS

On the sandy white beaches of Las Bachas you will get a close look at a sea turtle nesting area as well as a lake frequented by pink flamingos and other migratory birds. Afterwards, you’ll cool off with a dip in the beautiful, blue Pacific Ocean. As this is the first evening together, the crew will invite everyone to a pre-dinner cocktail on the yacht before the welcome dinner. If the night is clear, as it usually is, the stars above will sparkle; look for the Southern Cross, the Big Dipper (turned up-side down!) and Orion.

DAY 2 : MONDAY

GENOVESA ISLAND – DARWIN BAY & EL BARRANCO

AM: DARWIN BAY

A beautiful bay area due to the great diversity of seabirds that nest in the mangroves that dominate the area. These include red-footed boobies, Nazca boobies, swallow-tailed gulls, Galápagos petrels, seabirds, Darwin finches, mockingbirds, and Galápagos doves 

PM:PRINCE PHILIP'S STEPS

We will climb 25 meters of stairs at one of the best bird nesting sites on the islands. We will have the opportunity to snorkel, hike, and take a ride in a panga.

DAY 3 : TUESDAY

BARTOLOME ISLAND & SULLIVAN BAY

AM: BARTOLOMÉ

Bartolome Island, which at its highest point is 114 meters, is one of the most photographed vistas in the archipelago. This island is quite young and quite volcanic, therefore, it's relatively unpopulated; only a small handful of die-hard plant and animal species have survived long enough to call this lava-land home. 

PM: AFTER THE VISIT TO BARTOLOME ISLAND

You’ll visit nearby Sullivan Bay. At the turn of the century a huge lava flow spilled right down to the sea and today you can stroll across
this black volcanic expanse, admiring its time-frozen ripples, bubbles and ropes.

DAY 4 (WEDNESDAY): DAPHNE, BLACK TURTLE COVE, & CERRO DRAGÓN

AM:DAPHNE / BLACK TURTLE COVE

Black Turtle Cove, is a red mangrove lagoon on Santa Cruz and is a nursery for many sharks and rays. It’s also a great location to observe mating turtles around this time of
year. You might see a large groups of resting White-Tip Reef Sharks, schools of Golden Rays and Spotted Eagle Rays, and a few juvenile Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks and
Black-Tip Sharks. The water very calm so we often used paddles instead of the loud panga engines to move around the area.

PM: CERRO DRAGON

After this visit you’ll navigate for a couple of hours to Cerro Dragon, where you’ll make a dry landing on lava rocks. Cerro Dragon is a small bay on the west coast of Santa
Cruz and got its name from the many land iguanas that live in the area. Land iguanas are endemic to the Galapagos Islands where they have found good mating and nesting
areas.

DAY 5: THURSDAY

SANTA CRUZ ISLAND – CHARLES DARWIN STATION & BALTRA AIRPORT

AM:SANTA CRUZ ISLAND – CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION - AIRPORT

Santa Cruz is one of the inhabited islands to be visited during this itinerary. Puerto Ayora, with a population of about 25,000 people is the location of the Charles Darwin
Research Station and Galapagos National Park main headquarters world famous for their tortoise breeding programs. After this visit, the passengers who finish the cruise must go to the airport to take the departure flight, the transfer is coordinated previously