5-Day Galapagos Wildlife Expedition (Private Tour)

Our staff will be waiting for you holding a sign with your name on it at Baltra Airport.

Your adventure begins with a visit to the remarkable Twin Craters in Galapagos. Here you can see the remnants of volcanic activity that shaped these islands. In the afternoon, you can admire legendary giant tortoises at El Chato Reserve or similar one.

Then, it’s time to explore the Charles Darwin Station, where you’ll find a collection of preserved specimens of plant life in the Galapagos. And in between all the excitement, enjoy a tasty lunch to keep you fueled for the next day of fun experiences.

The Day Tour to Santa Fe Island departs from Puerto Ayora's Main Pier, the sailing is about 45 minutes, this island is located South East of Santa Cruz Island. In this island you will find an endemic land iguana that lives only in this place, sea lions in a white sand beach resting waiting for pictures, they pose to your cameras. The trail starts at the beach and leads you into a giant cactus forest. Crabs, nocturnal herons, marine iguanas, mockingbirds and Galapagos doves are often spotted in this unique island. The snorkel will take place in a bay in Santa Fe Island; here you may spot sea turtles, rays, sea lions, fishes, Galapagos sharks and many more in this rocky reef.

Additional Notes: 

Snorkel equipment included (mask, tube, & fins) for Santa Fe Island 

Lunch on board 

The capacity of boats to ¨Santa Fe Island¨ are for 10 or 16 passengers, we must share with other passengers for this excursion...  

This day tour takes you snorkeling at two of the most spectacular locations in Galapagos Islands where you can see a variety of marine species: Including sea turtles, rays, sea lions and marine iguanas if we are lucky also Galapagos Sharks

The first stop at a point on the coast of Santa Cruz called La Fe where you will also get the chance to disembark the boat at La Fé Bay or Las Palmitas Bay for a discovery walk through mangroves and past prickly spiny cactus and candelabra cactus to see Darwin finches, mockingbirds, pelicans, lava herons and blue-footed boobies.

Then embarks again to savor a Rich Snack offered by the boat crew will subsequently sail to an islet near the island of Pinzón called Roca Sin Nombre where the activities of bird watching and sport fishing if we have time it will take place about an hour, at this point snorkeling is not allowed since the currents are very strong and the place is plenty of sharks, after these activities you will head to the surroundings of Pinzón Island where you will have a delicious lunch and proceed to perform one of the best snorkeling of our islands in turquoise waters and then return to Puerto Ayora.

Enjoy the morning at a coffee farm and immerse yourself in a local craft workshop before heading to Tortuga Bay Beach in the afternoon to explore some more white sand beaches. 

On the final day, you’ll be taken to Baltra Airport and head home.

B= Breakfast    L=Lunch. 

→Program is subject to change without any notice according to the Galapagos National Park regulations.