Tip Top II Itinerary OPT.2 - 4 Days
ITINERARY EAST - ( OPTION 2) 4 DAYS
FRIDAY
AM: Baltra: Arrival and Transfer to the boat
PM: Santa Cruz: Bachas Beach (HK/SN)
SATURDAY
AM: Genovesa: Darwin Bay (HK/SN/KY/PR)
PM: Genovesa: Prince Phillip Steps (HK/SN/KY/PR)
SUNDAY
AM: South Plazas (HK)
PM: Santa Fe (HK/SN/KY/PR)
MONDAY
AM: Santa Cruz: Highlands (HK)
Baltra: Transfer to the Airport
HK: HIKE / SN: SNORKEL / PR: PANGA RIDE / KY: KAYAK /
PB: PADDLE BOARD
DAY 1: FRIDAY
AM: BALTRA ARRIVAL AND TRANSFER TO THE BOAT
Arriving at 09:20 a.m. approximately. Your guide will meet you at arrivals gate, our crew will take care of your luggage. Your guide will conduct you to a bus and after a short 5-kilometer ride to the pier; you board the Yacht immediately. As the crew weighs anchor, we greet you with our first orientation and we offer a light snack.
PM: SANTA CRUZ: BACHAS BEACH
After navigating, we disembark on Playa Las Bachas, a place where you can appreciate a Flamingos lagoon. During all walks, your guide will be explaining details about the lives of the birds and animals. Optional: time for those who would like to swim and snorkel, in the evening you have an orientation about the Galapagos Islands in general: their origin and evolution. Welcome cocktail with the entire crew, and dinner.
DAY 2: SATURDAY
AM: GENOVESA: PRINCE PHILLIP`S STEPS
After breakfast, you take a panga ride and you make a dry landing on Prince Phillips’s Steps (Barranco), you walk and observe the interesting lives of the birds here. Optional: time for those who would like to swim and snorkel or kayak. You come on board for a delicious lunch.
PM: GENOVESA: BAHIA DARWIN
Later in the afternoon, you make a wet landing on Darwin Bay to walk and observe frigate birds, herons, mockingbirds, boobies, shorebirds, turtles, marine iguanas, etc. Optional: time for those who would like to swim, snorkel or kayak. Dinner on the Yacht, and then your orientation about conservation efforts made to protect the Islands.
DAY 3: SUNDAY
AM: SOUTH PLAZAS
After breakfast, you make a dry landing on the pier of the South Plaza, there you can enjoy the antics of the sea lions. A walk through a cactus forest allows us to observe land iguanas and many species of tropical birds. Return to the Yacht for lunch.
PM: SANTA FE
Then, you make a wet landing on Santa Fe Island to visit the cactus forest and a colony of land iguanas native from Santa Fe. Optional: time for those who would like to swim, snorkel or kayak. At the end of the afternoon, we return to the Yacht for dinner and our nightly orientation.
DAY 4: MONDAY
AM: SANTA CRUZ: HIGLANDS - TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT
After breakfast, disembark to take the bus to the highlands of Santa Cruz Island for a visit to the native forests, twin craters, and the ranch to see the tortoises in the wildlife. You will be delighted with the lunch in the ranch.
