Tip Top V Itinerary 2 - 5 days
ITINERARY EAST ( OPTION 2) -
5 DAYS
MONDAY
AM: Baltra Arrival and Transfer to the boat
PM: Santa Cruz: Interpretation Center Fausto Llerena (HK)
TUESDAY
AM: Floreana: Post Office By / Baroness Lookout (HK/KY/PR)
PM: Floreana: Cormorant Point / Champion Islet (SN/HK/PR/HK)
WEDNESDAY
AM: Espanola: Suarez Point (HK)
PM: Espanola: Gardner Bay / Osborn Islet (HK/SN/KY)
THURSDAY
AM: San Cristobal: Kicker Rock / Witch Hill (HK/SN/KY)
PM: San Cristobal: B. Moreno Port / Interpretation Center (HK)
FRIDAY
AM: Santa Cruz: Black Turtle Cove (PR)
Baltra: Transfer to the Airport
HK: HIKE / SN: SNORKEL / PR: PANGA RIDE / KY: KAYAK /
PB: PADDLE BOARD
DAY 1 : MONDAY
AM: BALTRA ARRIVAL AND TRANSFER TO THE BOAT
The guide will then escort you to a bus for a brief 5-kilometer ride to the pier, where you'll promptly board the Yacht. As the crew prepares to set sail, we'll welcome you with an initial orientation and a light snack.
PM: SANTA CRUZ: INTERPRETATION CENTER FAUSTO LLERENA
Following lunch, you'll return to Puerto Ayora to embark on a fascinating visit to the Interpretation Center Fausto Llerena within the Charles Darwin Research Station. After this enriching experience, you'll return to the Yacht for a delicious dinner and the nightly orientation.
DAY: 2 TUESDAY
AM: FLOREANA: POST OFFICE BAY - BARONESS LOOKOUT
Begin your day with a hearty breakfast and afterward continue with a wet landing, followed by a visit to Baroness Point, named after the intriguing Baroness Eloisa von Wagner, who once lived on Floreana Island. Enjoy the stunning landscape and explore the ruins of her house. Next, stop at Post Office Bay, a historic site dating back to the 18th century when whalers used a wooden barrel as a post office. Afterward, take a bus from the small town of Puerto Velasco Ibarra to Asilo de la Paz, a historic site where early settlers found a freshwater spring and refuge in the "cave of pirates." This area was home to the island's first settlers, including Patrick Watkins, Dr. Ritter and his companion Dora Strauch, and the Wittmer family. Walk along a path to visit the cave of pirates and a corral built by the National Park Service, where you can see Galapagos tortoises from various islands in captivity. Return to the yacht for lunch.
PM: FLOREANA: CORMORANT POINT - CHAMPION ISLET
In the afternoon, make a wet landing at Cormorant Point for a short walk to the Flamingo Lagoon. Continue the walk to "La Picona" beach to see marine turtles and their nesting grounds. Then, take a panga ride to Champion Islet, a small island off the coast of Floreana Island. The main attraction here is the nearly extinct Charles (Floreana) Mockingbird. Visitors can also observe bird species such as Swallow-tailed Gulls, Nazca Boobies, and Brown Noddies. Champion Islet is an excellent spot for snorkeling, where you can see sea turtles, reef fish, Galapagos Penguins, and white-tipped reef sharks. Return to the yacht for dinner and a nightly orientation.
Optional: your guide will inform you where there will be time for swimming and snorkeling.
IMPORTANT: the listed visit spots can´t be visited in one day, we will proceed according to weather conditions and group dynamics
DAY 3: WEDNESDAY
AM: ESPANOLA: SUAREZ POINT
Start your day with a good breakfast and kick off with an early dry landing at Suarez Point, where you'll embark on an adventurous walk along lava beds. Here, you'll encounter unique colonies of marine birds, including the majestic Albatross (from May to December). Return to the yacht for a delicious lunch.
PM: ESPANOLA: GARDNER BAY - OSBORN ISLET
In the afternoon, set out on a thrilling panga ride around Gardner Islet. Then, make a wet landing at Gardner Bay for an exhilarating beach walk, where you'll observe a lively colony of sea lions, abundant during the breeding season. This area is also a crucial nesting site for sea turtles. After this, embark on another panga ride around Osborn Islet. Late in the afternoon return to the yacht for a delightful dinner and an engaging nightly orientation.
Optional: your guide will inform you where there will be time for swimming and snorkeling.
DAY 4: THURSDAY
AM: SAN CRISTOBAL: KICKER ROCK - WITCH HILL
After breakfast, we make a wet landing on Cerro Brujo to walk on a white sand beach and observe sea lions, brown pelicans, marine iguanas and blue-footed boobies. Optional: time for those who would like to swim, snorkel or Kayak. Then, your experienced Captain sails easily around Kicker Rock (Leon Dormido), a massive tuff-rock that juts abruptly almost 500 feet straight from the ocean. Kicker Rock serves as nesting place for many sea birds. We will have a delicious lunch.
PM: SAN CRISTOBAL: INTERPRETATION CENTER
In the afternoon, we make a dry landing at Isla Lobos, where we can enjoy of blue footed boobies, frigates, sea birds, rays, and sea lions. After this we will make a dry landing at Puerto Baquerizo Moreno to visit to the Interpretation Center Gianni Arismendy at Port, where you learn about the origin and evolution of the Galapagos Islands, regarding the human, natural and conservation aspects. Time in town to do your last shopping or to go to the ATM. You return to the Yacht for dinner, and our nightly orientation.
DAY 5 : FRIDAY
AM: SANTA CRUZ: BLACK TURTLE COVE - BALTRA
Start your morning with an exciting panga ride through Black Turtle Cove, a network of mangrove-fringed coves and islets. Here, you'll have the chance to observe white-tipped sharks, marine turtles, spotted eagle rays, and yellow cow-nosed rays.
You'll then return to the Yacht, have a farewell breakfast. Your guide will accompany you to disembark at the pier at Baltra Island on after a short bus ride you reach the airport, just in time to board your flight back to the mainland.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE ITINERARIES MAY CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE DUE TO OPERATIONAL REASONS, WEATHER CONDITIONS, OR DIRECTIVES FROM THE GALAPAGOS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITIES
