Departure to the Galapagos Islands, arrival at San Cristobal airport, where our naturalist guide of theNational Park will be waiting for you.Lobos island is a small islet separated from San Cristobal by a narrow channel, forming a sheltered baywhere sea lion pups play in tidal pools. Despite its small size, the island is surprisingly packed with wildlife,especially with “lobos marinos”, the Spanish name for sea lions. Groups of sea lions will welcome you atthe landing spot, but as you walk a few steps inland, male frigatebirds displaying their inflated red balloonswill be perched on the bushes and trees. A small colony of blue footed boobies, which often nest right onthe trail, will give you the opportunity to observe their famous courtship dance.Snorkel: This is a great snorkeling location as the water are usually calm and the sea lions often play withdivers to show off their swimming skills. Sea turtles and rays are often seen resting in the sandy bottoms.Highlights: Galapagos sea lions, marine Iguanas, magnificent & great frigatebirds, blue-footed Boobies,San Cristobal Lava Lizards.

Gardner beach is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and interesting beaches to visit in the Galapagos.Its fine coral sand and turquoise water give it a totally tropical appearance, which contrasts with thepresence of sea lions basking in the beach. You will have the opportunity to walk along the beach andlearn about the biology of sea lions and other endemic species, such as the Española mockingbird, marineiguanas and Galapagos hawks.Snorkel: There are several great snorkeling places at Gardner bay. It is a fantastic site to swim with sealions, reef sharks, rays and many species of fish, including; Angelfish, Parrotfish, Damselfish, Surgeonfishand many others.Highlights: Coral sand beach, sea lions, Galapagos hawks, Española mockingbirds, Darwin finches, marineiguanas.This rocky trail is one the most amazing nature walks you can do in the Galapagos islands.From the moment you set foot on the island and all the way along the trail the amount and diversity offauna is truly amazing. Sea lions and marine iguanas will be the first ones welcoming us, followed by largecolonies of sea birds, including Nazca and Blue-footed boobies, gulls and tropicbirds. At the end of thetrail we will visit a colony of waved albatross (April to January), the largest bird in the islands and one ofthe most interesting because of its powerful flight and elaborate courtship. Waved albatross only nest atEspañola, so this is the only place where you will see them at close range.Highlights: Sea lions, Waved Albatross, Galapagos hawks, Española mockingbirds, Darwin finches, marineiguanas, Nazca & Blue-footed Boobies, Red-billed Tropicbirds, Swallow-tailed gulls, herons, lava lizards,herons.

Floreana is famous for the tales of German settlers and the baroness during the late 1920’s and 30 ‘s.Assassinations, disappearances and other unsolved mysteries are the ingredients of this fascinating story.Post office bay was often used by whalers to anchor their ships and go up to the highlands to getfreshwater and tortoises. Most boats visiting the Galapagos had to came to this place sooner or later, soa system of mail was established more than 200 years ago: a barrel near the beach became the way toleave messages to other ships and also to the outside world. This mail system is still in use and will allowyou to send postcards from the Galapagos to the outside world.Aside from a small beautiful beach and a lava tunnel, the area is great for dinghy tours to look for sealions, green sea turtles, shorebirds, small sharks and, with some luck, Galapagos penguins.Snorkel: There is great snorkel from the beach, as you can see lots of sea turtles, rays, great diversity offish and, if you are really lucky, Galapagos penguin,Highlights: Sea Lions, sea turtles, finches, shorebirds, marine iguanas, penguins.TPunta Cormorant is located in the north of Floreana and it is known for its large coastal lagoon withAmerican flamingoes, white-cheeked pintails, black-necked stilts and other shorebirds. There is abeautiful white sand beach which is an important nesting ground for green sea turtles where we can alsosee rays and reef sharks. In the last years, a small groups of blue footed boobies have started to breedright by the trail. This is also a great trail to look at endemic plants.Snorkel: It will be done at Devil’s Crown, a heavily eroded little volcano right by Floreana island. This isconsidered by many as one of the best snorkeling sites in the entire archipelago as the current funnelsplankton through the Crown, attracting huge schools of snapper, Creole fish parrot fish, angelfish, reefsharks, sea turtles, rays and a phenomenal amount of marine life.Highlights: American flamingo, blue-footed booby, frigatebirds, tropicbirds, Galapagos shearwaters, sealions, sea turtle nesting site, finches, shorebirds, coral-sand beach.

Giant Prickly-pear cactus and barren lava rocks surround the landing spot at Santa Fe, located inside oneof the most beautiful bays in the Galapagos. Turquoise water and white sand beaches make this locationa perfect home for a large colony of sea lions which you will see basking in the sand. Inland, look downfor endemic Santa Fe land iguanas, but also look up for Galapagos hawks, which often perch at the top ofthe cactus looking for prey. Darwin finches, Galapagos doves, mockingbirds and lava lizards are alsocommon along the trail.Snorkel: After the hike, you will have the option to kayak or snorkel in the sheltered waters inside thebay, where you can swim with sea lion pups and reef sharks. Also look for sea turtles, rays and a largevariety of tropical fish including large schools of surgeonfish and parrotfish.Highlights: Giant cactus, Santa Fe bay, Galapagos sea lions, Santa Fe land iguanas, Galapagos hawks,Galapagos doves, reef sharks.Of the two twin islands, only South Plazas is allowed to be visited, while North plazas is kept exclusivelyfor scientific research. This is a small islet, but it packs an impressive amount of wildlife. Right after youland you will see Galapagos land iguanas waiting under prickly-pear cactus feed on their fruits. A largecolony of sea lions will give you the opportunity to see playful pups enjoying the tide pools, but also largegrumpy males defending their territories. The trail will take you to a cliff where you can observe manysea birds, such as frigatebirds, red-billed tropicbirds, boobies, swallow-tailed gulls and pelicans. A reddishsucculent vegetation with scattered cactus covers most of the islands like a carpet, giving this island aunique personality.Highlights: Galapagos land iguanas, sea lions, tropicbirds, pelicans, boobies, Galapagos shearwaters,swallow-tailed gulls.

The Charles Darwin Station is a nonprofit organization which has been working for decades together withthe Galapagos National Park to preserve the biodiversity of these unique islands. During this visit you willlearn about the projects that both institutions carry together to protect the native species and eradicatethe invasive ones which are threatening the Galapagos environment. One of the most important andemblematic projects has been reproducing giant tortoises in captivity. The visit is mostly outdoors in abeautiful dry native forest with giant cactus and many other interesting native plants. It is also a fantasticplace to find several endemic Darwin finches, as well as flycatchers and mockingbirds.Highlights: Galapagos giant tortoise & land iguanas breeding program, Darwin finches, Galapagosmockingbirds, Galapagos flycatchers, yellow warblers.Trail: 2 km / 1,2 miThen, transfer to the airport to take your flight back to continental Ecuador.

Itineraries are subject to change.