Highlight Galapagos 7 days tour

We will pick you up on arrival at the airport of San Cristobal Island and take you to the hotel. After a nice lunch with the guide, you will go get your snorkeling gear and we will depart for a great first snorkeling session. The spot will be selected by the guide according to the tide. Today you will spot your first sea lions (underwater or at the beach), tropical fishes, and surely marine iguanas.
Meals included this day: lunch.
Tip: take a stroll on in the evening along the waterfront and on the piers: spot all the sea lions on the beaches, on the benches and sometimes even in the street!
Difficulty: EASY

Note: the tour will either take place AM or PM; the second half of the day is free. Lunch is included. In the free time you can take a dip in the nearby beaches in company of the sea lions.

Lobos island is a nearby islet (navigation is approx. 30mn) where you can spot blue footed boobies and frigate birds. You will walk for 1h00/1h30. After the walk your will have a snorkeling session. (Easy session, in quite shallow water). After the snorkeling our last stop will be a beach where we will have a bit of free time (Ochoa beach). Lunch is included on board whether the tour takes place from 8 to 12h30 or from 13h00 to 17h30.

Meals included this day: breakfast and lunch
Tip: you have a half day free this day so here are some suggestions on what you can do: take a cab to explore the Junco lagoon, or hang at Playa Mann the beach local go, where you have to share the beach with the sea lions!
Difficulty: EASY- MEDIUM

Alternative excursion to Lobos Island (subject to availability): if you are looking for a more thrilling experience, you can instead of Lobos island opt for Kicker Rock (Leon Dormido – sleeping Lion), a volcanic formation amid the ocean. There you might spot sharks, rays, turtles and if you are lucky hammerhead sharks! The wall of the rock underwater is also beautiful with plenty of tropical fishes. The tour also includes a stop at a nice beach where we will have time to relax, swim and walk around to take pictures. You will be back around 14h30 in the afternoon.
Extra cost for this tour: + $60 p.p.
Tip: it is mandatory to be a good swimmer / comfortable in open wáter for this tour. This is a shared boat tour with max 12 people on board.

Breakfast will be served at your hotel. Then you will be picked-up to go to the pier where you depart around 8AM to Floreana island. The boat ride lasts for about 2h30 hours. Floreana is the less populated island, it has not grown a lot in the past year and is not very accessible, therefore it is still pristine and authentic. At arrival we will go to the “Peace Asylum where the first colons arrived on the Galapagos. The guide will tell you about the incredible stories about whalers, pirates and the first families that settled there, including the “Baroness”. We will then have lunch. Afterwards you can either join the guide for a snorkel session at Loberia beach or just enjoy the black sand beach in front of the hotel. You can also walk around the small village and enjoy a drink watching the sun set.

Meals included: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Fun Fact: A movie is being shot in Australia inspired by the first colons stories (Origin of Species, by Ron Howard).
Difficulty: EASY

In the morning we will get ready to navigate to Isabela. It takes approx. 1h30 to reach this beau-tiful island. At arrival, transfer to the hotel and lunch. In the afternoon we will do the Tintoreras tour. you have a short hike and snorkel. There you can spot small Galapagos penguins, sea lions, marine iguanas, blue-footed boobies and often you can even spot white-tipped reef sharks in one of the channels. Evening free.

Meals included: breakfast, lunch.
Fun Fact: Tintoreras is called this way because it is a place where you can spot the white tip reef sharks. Called in Spanish Tintoreras.
Difficulty: EASY

Alternative excursion to Tintoreras (subject to availability): If you want a longer snorkeling you can opt this day for the tour to the Tunnels of Cabo Rosa. You will depart at 11AM and be back around 17h00. It’s 45 MN boat ride each way- At Cabo Rosa lava has flowed into the ocean and formed beautiful lava tunnels. There you may see penguins, blue-footed boobies, and sea turtles. However, the highlight is snorkeling. You have the chance to see sharks, sea turtles, sea lions, rays, seahorses, and many tropical fishes.
Extra cost for this tour: + 100$
Meals included: breakfast, lunch.
Tip: Bring a SD card of flash memory because the guides often share their pics at the end of the tour.
Difficulty: EASY

Early in the morning you will be picked-up and driven towards the highlands: You will start a 8km (to go and walk back) trekking to the Sierra Negra crater, which has the second largest active caldera in the world of 10km (6.2 miles) diameter. Once you have returned from the vol-cano, you will have lunch at a local farm. On the way back we will stop at the flamingo’s lagoon so we can spot these graceful pink birds. Then we head to the pier and take the 15h00 boat to Santa Cruz. The ride takes 2h30. At arrival you will go to the hotel and get the instructions for the next day activity.

Meals included: breakfast, lunch.
Tip: look on your way to Sierra Negra for the “little vermillion flycatcher” , a very rare bird species that can be spotted in this area.
Difficulty: MODERATE

After breakfast we will go the highlands to spot the famous Galapagos tortoises in the wild. San-ta Cruz is the islands where you can see the biggest ones. We will also visit a lava tube and have lunch in a nice ranch in the highlands. In the afternoon we will finish our tour with the beautiful beach of Tortuga Bay. We will go one way and the way back walking a 3km trail back to town, among giant endemic cactuses “opuntia”. Tortuga bay is a pristine beach with white sand and a lagoon surrounded by mangroves. Free time there, each one can go back to town when they wish (no guide mandatory there). We will all meet for a farewell dinner.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Tip: you can rent kayaks on the Tortuga Bay beach if you want. (Not included).
Also Santa Cruz is the best island for souvenir shopping.
Difficulty: EASY

3 hours before your flight we will pick you up and take you to the airport. Our chauffeur will take you up to your airline counter. -END OF SERVICES-

Note: the ferry + Lobito bus fee are included.
Meals included: breakfast.
Difficulty: EASY