1st day: Quito – flight – Galapagos: Mirador Tijeretas & Carola beach

Upon arrival to San Cristobal Island, our guide will be waiting for us and will take us to our hotel. After lunch we will take an excursion to the Tijeretas Hill. This is also known as Frigatebird Hill, is a lookout point with views of Kicker Rock to the west and Shipwreck Bay to the south. From the center of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, it takes about 45 minutes to reach the top of the hill, which serves as a nesting spot for two species of Frigatebirds. At the base of Tijeretas Hill, there is a small cove perfect for swimming and snorkeling and where is usual to see sea lions and tropical fish.

Here we can also appreciate a sea bird such blue-footed boobies and pelican among others. The walk ends at Punta Carola beach where we can see sea lions and sea turtles.

2nd day: 360 grades Tour

Our guide will pick up us from our hotel and take us to the pier in order to start with the tour 360 grades.

We will visit:

LEÓN DORMIDO .- One of the best spots for snorkeling, Kicker Rock or Leon Dormido is an amazing rock formation, this amazing landmark located about an hour and a half to the north east of Puerto Baquerizo is a remnant of a vertical tuff cone formation, rising almost 153 meters (500 feet) from the ocean, around Kicker Rock we can see great animals such us: sea turtles, marine iguanas, rays, Galapagos sharks, tropical fish and if luck is on our side we can even see hammerhead sharks. Besides enjoying the underwater view, we can usually see blue-footed boobies, masked boobies and frigatebirds on the cliffs as well as sea lions along the shore.

CERRO BRUJO.- It is an extinct volcano with a very particular shape, a place where we can take beautiful photographs from the boat.

BAHÍA SARDINA.- beautiful paradisiacal beach reminiscent of the Caribbean with white sand and crystal clear Waters, site where we can disembark and enjoy this beautiful beach and explore its surroundings

PUNTA PITT.- one of only two places in the world where the red-footed booby lives, we will have the opportunity to appreciate these birds from our boat

BAHÍA ROSA BLANCA.- beautiful place on San Cristobal island where you can only access by boat, a resting place for night sharks called tintoreras, It will be our last place where we can enjoy the wáter.

3rd day: San Cristobal Island – ferry – Santa Cruz Island: The Highlands

Breakfast in the hotel. Our guide will pick up us from our hotel and will take us to the pier in order to take our ferry to Santa Cruz Island. We will travel by speed boat for approximately two hours to Puerto Ayora. Here, another guide welcomes us and takes us to our hotel. After lunch we will take an excursion to the highlands of Santa Cruz Island. The Scenery will continuously change as we ascend through all seven vegetation zones of the Galapagos. We will be able to view the giant tortoises at a farm in the highlands. Then we will visit the twins (los Gemelos), a pair of large pit craters or sinkholes where we find the bright red male vermilion flycatcher. Then we visit "the tunnels", the largest lava tunnels found in Galapagos.

4th day: Sailtour to Bartolome Island

Your guide will pick you up from the Hotel at 05h50. You will be transferred to the Itabaca channel. Here you will take the yacht that will embark on the first leg of your journey. Breakfast is included on the tour and will be served on the boat. Bartolome Island has some of the most beautiful landscapes throughout the archipelago. The most famous rock formation here is the Pinnacle Rock, which resembles an obelisk raised to the edge of the ocean. Upon arrival, you are presented with a wood stairway climb of 600 meters in length, so we suggest wearing comfortable shoes. Once we reach the Summit (about 30 to 40 minutes), you are rewarded with a spectacular view of the landscape with two beautiful bays. The fascinating formations of lava and volcanic cones give this area an out-of-this-world aura, and will make you feel as if you were walking on the moon.

Bartolome Island is the perfect place to observe the Galapagos penguins swimming in these tropical waters. On the south part of the island you can also find marine turtles, stingrays and Galapagos sharks, among other unique marine species. Relax in the afternoon with 45 minutes of snorkeling at Sullivan Bay.

5rd day: Sail tour to North Seymour Island

Breakfast in the hotel. Our guide will pick up us from our hotel. We will be transfer to Itabaca Channel, where we will get on board of a yacht, to start with 1 hour sail, to reach Seymour Island. North Seymour Island is a spectacular place to hike, and enjoy the scenery. On this island we can find unique plants such as: incense tree, cactus, sesuvium, escalecias; and animals like: blue-footed boobies, gulls sitting on the edges of the cliffs and frigates birds in their nests, during certain seasons we can see land iguanas. On the other side of the island, and while the waves crash against the rocks, we can appreciate also the mischievous sea lions playing and surfing in the sea.

There is a circular path for visitors approximately, 2km long that crosses the interior of the island and leads to explore the rocky coast. This trail takes us through some of the largest colonies of sea birds of the Galapagos Islands.

During this trip we will have the opportunity to see the nesting sites of the fascinating blue-footed bobbies and colorful frigates

6th day: Charles Darwin Station – ferry – Isabela Island. Flamingos lake

Breakfast in the hotel. This morning, we visit The Charles Darwin Station. Scientist and park rangers make a huge effort to preserve this Unesco World Heritage Site. The unique flora and fauna of these islands helped Darwin to formulate his theory of Evolution. The research center is also a tortoise breading and rearing center, where tortoise are prepared to reenter their national habitat.

At 15h00 our speed boat leaves from the main dock from Puerto Ayora, and after a 2 hours sail we reach Islabela Island. Here, another guide welcomes us and takes us to our hotel. Then we will visit the west of Puerto Villamil where there are various salt and brackish lagoons which house an impressive variety of coastal and sea birds. Here, we can also find the largest concentration of flamingos.

7th day: The Tunnels. Cabo Rosa

After breakfast, our guide will pick up us from our hotel and take us to Puerto Villamil dock where we will board a boat for 45 minutes to Cabo Rosa (Tunnels). Here we can see lava formations that have cooled in contact with the sea and have formed massive tunnels full of life. We will have a tour of the arches for approximately 30 minutes where we will be able to be close to the blue footed boobies, often with chicks or sitting on their eggs. Here we will have two places to snorkel. One is El Finado and the other the Tunnels, where we can closely observe sharks, penguins, seahorses, manta rays, giant sea turtles, schools of colorful fish, sea lions and much more.

8th day: Isabela Island – ferry – Puerto Ayora – Baltra Island – flight - Quito

Our guide will pick us up from our hotel at 05h40 and will take us to the pier of Isabela Island in order to take our boat to Puerto Ayora. Then we drive to Baltra Island in order to take our flight to Mainland.