Santa Cruz Express Island Hopping

Highlands & Charles Darwin Station
Arriving to Baltra Airport you first take a short shuttle bus and ferry ride over the Itabaca Canal, where your driver is waiting for you. Through the highlands of Santa Cruz Island, you drive towards Puerto Ayora town. On the way, you make a stop to visit the El Chato Ranch, a reserve, where you can see giant turtles in their natural habitat. Just put on some rubber boots and start searching in the muddy grass – for sure you will find many of them relaxing in the mud pool or walking in slow-motion beneath the trees. After lunch and your first adventure, you will be brought to Puerto Ayora to visit the Charles Darwin Station and learn more about endemic flora and fauna. Finally you are transferred to your hotel for the evening.

Lunch included.

North Seymour Tour & Las Bachas
Today you will enjoy a navigable tour to North Seymour, a 1.9km2 island located north from Baltra. The main animal species found on this island are land iguanas, the Magnificent Frigate bird, blue-footed boobies and sea lions surfing across the waces. Enjoy lunch back on board your boat then head to Bachas where you will do some snorkelling, discovering different fish species and swimming with sea lions. Return to your hotel.

Lunch included.

South Plazas Island Tour
At around 8am you will be picked up from your hotel and transferred to Itabaca Channel where you will board your boat. After 1.5 hours of sailing you will arrive at South Plazas Island. This island is located to the east of Santa Cruz and is the partner of North Plaza. These are two islets separate by a small channel of turquoise water that contrast with the a red natural carpet (sesuvium) and cactus. When you arrive at the island, you will be greeted by Galapagos sea lionst. During the visit you´ll probably see a variety of sea birds fishing and flying really close to the cliff. You will also find two different kinds of iguanas, the land iguana with their yellow-brown colour eating cactus and the marine iguana having a sunbath. The second part of the tour will be spent at Carrión Point, where you can enjoy a unique experience snorkelling. You might see a white tip reef shark, different kinds of reef fishes and if you are lucky some marine turtles and sea lions.

Head back to the boat for lunch and sailing back to Santa Cruz.

Lunch included.

Depart
After breakfast you are transferred back to Baltra airport for your flight black to mainland.