Koln Itinerary East - 8 days

DAY 1: FRIDAY
AM: BALTRA ARRIVAL AND TRANSFER TO THE BOAT
You'll fly from mainland Ecuador (either Quito or Guayaquil) to Baltra with LATAM Airlines, arriving around 09:50 a.m. Your guide will be waiting for you at the arrivals gate, and our crew will handle your luggage. 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: BLACK TURTLE COVE
After lunch, enjoy a panga ride through Black Turtle Cove, a network of mangrovelined inlets and small islets. This tranquil setting offers the chance to spot whitetipped reef sharks, marine turtles, spotted eagle rays, and yellow cow-nosed rays.
In the evening, we'll have an orientation about the Galapagos Islands, covering their origin and evolution. You'll enjoy a welcome cocktail with the entire crew, followed by dinner and your first nightly orientation.

DAY 2: SATURDAY
AM: GENOVESA: EL BARRANCO / PRINCE PHILLIP`S STEPS 
Start your day with a delightful breakfast and continue with an exhilarating panga ride and make a dry landing at Prince Phillips’s Steps.
Here, you'll have the chance to walk and immerse yourself in the captivating lives of the local bird species.
Return to the yacht for a sumptuous lunch.
 
PM: GENOVESA: DARWIN BAY
In the afternoon, make a thrilling wet landing at Darwin Bay to explore and observe an array of wildlife, including frigate birds, herons, mockingbirds, boobies, shorebirds, turtles, marine iguanas, and more. Relish dinner on the yacht, followed by an engaging orientation about the conservation efforts dedicated to protecting the Islands.
Optional: your guide will inform you where there will be time for swimming and snorkeling

DAY 3 : SUNDAY
AM: RABIDA
After breakfast, we make a wet landing on Rabida, to walk and observe marine iguanas and sea lions, pelicans, blue-footed boobies, masked boobies and brown pelicans. We walk and we arrive at a small saltwater lagoon where we can see pink flamingos. Optional: time for those who would like to swim or snorkel. Return to the Yacht for lunch.

PM: SANTA CRUZ: DRAGON HILL
Later in the afternoon you make a dry landing on Dragon Hill, where you can see land iguanas; you walk to a hypersalinic lagoon (saltier than the ocean), where you can observe flamingos, common stilts, pintail ducks and other species of birds. Optional: time for those who would like to swim or snorkel. At the end of the afternoon, we return to the Yacht for dinner and our nightly orientation.

DAY 5: TUESDAY
AM: FLOREANA: BARONESS VIEW POINT /POST OFFICE BAY
Followed by a delicious breakfast, your first stop will be at Post Office Bay, a historic site dating back to the 18th century when whalers used a wooden barrel as a post office. Pay a visit to Baroness Point, named after the intriguing Baroness Eloisa von Wagner, who once lived on Floreana Island. Return to the yacht, for a well deserved lunch.
The activities continue with a panga ride around 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.
 
PM: FLOREANA: CHAMPION ISLET / CORMORANT POINT
Champion Islet is an excellent spot for snorkeling, where you can see sea turtles, reef fish, Galapagos Penguins, and white-tipped reef sharks.
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. Early in the afternoon, 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 6: 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
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 7: THURSDAY
AM: SAN CRISTOBAL: KICKER ROCK / WITCH HILL
After breakfast, 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. Then, you 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. You come aboard for a delicious lunch.

PM: SAN CRISTOBAL: GIANNI ARISMENDY INTERPRETATION CENTER
In the afternoon, you make a dry landing on San Cristobal port, 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 8: FRIDAY
AM: MOSQUERA ISLAND
After breakfast, you make an early wet landing on Mosquera Islet, a reef of rocks and coral (the result of an uprising) and a great white sand beach and tide pools. You observe colonies of sea lions, brown pelicans, blue-footed boobies and sally light-foot crabs, the contrast between these bright red crabs on top and blue on the bottom and the black lava is stunning.
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