Description
Make your trip to Isla Santa Cruz in the Galapagos especially memorable by enhancing it with one of our day trip tour themes.
,_Las_Bachas,_isla_Santa_Cruz,_islas_Gal%C3%A1pagos,_Ecuador,_2015-07-23,_DD_36.jpg)
Each tour theme includes both hiking and snorkeling activities, but with different balances to suit your interest or energy level. You will be amazed by the rich and exotic wonders of the Galapagos on both land and sea and take home a lifetime’s worth of memories to share.
Every theme includes transportation aboard vehicles and a yacht, as well as bilingual tour guides (Spanish and English) so that you know what to do and look for along the way.
- Snacks and gratuities are not included.
- A minimum of 2 persons is required to reserve, but if you are solo, the second reservation can be rebated once other travelers confirm and board.
- A minimum of three days advance notice is required, but the further we know in advance, the better we can guarantee availability.
Cancellation Policies:
| If you cancel: | Refund: | |
| 7+ days in advance | 80% | |
| 3-6 days in advance | 50% | |
| 2 days in advance | Not refundable | |
| Refund processing takes a maximum of four weeks. | ||
| Bartolome | North Seymour | Isabela | Santa Cruz Surround |
|---|---|---|---|
| What's included: Pick-up from and return to your hotel in Puerto Ayora. Long wetsuit, snorkeling equipment, certified guide, and towels. Onboard lunch. Yacht visits to: --Bartolome island, ranked as one of the 10 most beautiful islands in the world, famous for its multi-colored sand and towering pinnacle formation that you take stairs up to the top. --beaches of either Sullivan Bay or Playa Dorada, depending on weather and tides. Here you will be able to snorkel, see sea lions, white tip sharks, sea turtles, and perhaps penguins. | What's included: Pick-up from and return to your hotel in Puerto Ayora. Long wetsuit, snorkeling equipment, certified guide, and towels. Onboard lunch. Yacht visits to: --North Seymour Island, home to large colonies of iguanas and, red-chested male frigate birds, and blue-footed boobies. --beaches of either Mosquera Inlet or Playa Las Bachas, depending on weather and tides. Here you will be able to snorkel, and see sea turtles and baby sharks. | What's included: Pick-up from and return to dock in Puerto Ayora. Long wetsuit, snorkeling equipment, and certified guide. Dock tax and all ancillary water taxis and entrance fees also included. Onboard lunch. Yacht transport to Puerto Villamil Visits on Isabela to: --Arnaldo Tupiza Interpretation center to see giant tortoises. --Tintoreras wetlands, home to sea lions, blue-footed boobies, pink flamingos, black-neck Stilt birds, common gallinules, and at times penguins. --Islote Tintoreras, where you can go snorkeling and see blue sharks, marine iguanas, more sea lions, and birds. | What's included: Pick-up from tour office in Puerto Ayora. Long wetsuit, snorkeling equipment, certified guide, lunch, and towels. Onboard lunch. Yacht visits to: --Pinzon Island and Penguin Bay to go snorkeling and see colorful fish, stingrays, turtles, sea lions, iguanas, and sharks. --beaches of either Eden Beach or Bahia Borrero, depending on weather and tides. Swim or walk to your pleasure. --Daphne Island to see blue-footed and Nazca boobies, seagulls, frigate birds, pelicans (and between August and November perhaps great manta rays). --Piedra Ahogada, to do more snorkeling and observe sea lions, white tip reef sharks, sea turtles, eagle rays. |
| What's not included: --Sodas --Tips or gratuity | What's not included: --Sodas --Tips or gratuity | What's not included: --Sodas --Towels --Tips or gratuity | What's not included: --Sodas --Tips or gratuity |
| Price: $349 per person. This is the reservation rate. We may be able to discount it if the available yacht is a smaller vessel, or offer you an optional upgrade rate if the available yacht for your date will have a luxury vessel. | Price: $329 per person. This is the reservation rate. We may be able to discount it if the available yacht is a smaller vessel, or offer you an optional upgrade rate if the available yacht for your date will have a luxury vessel. | Price: $239 per person. | Price: $259 per person. |
| Departure from Puerto Ayora: 6:00 AM | Departure from Puerto Ayora: 8:00 AM | Departure from Puerto Ayora: 7:00 AM | Departure from Puerto Ayora: 7:50 AM |
| Return to Puerto Ayora: approximately 14:00 (2 pm). | Return to Puerto Ayora: approximately 14:00 (2 pm). | Return to Puerto Ayora: approximately 15:00 (3 pm). | Return to Puerto Ayora: approximately 15:00 (3 pm). |
| Cormorant Point | Pinzon | Santa Fe | Floreana |
|---|---|---|---|
| What's included: Pick-up from and return to tour office in Puerto Ayora. Long wetsuit, snorkeling equipment, certified guide, lunch, and towels. Onboard lunch. Yacht visits to: --Enderby Islet off Floreana island to practice snorkeling, see starfish, sea lions, and sea turtles. --Cormorant Point for more snorkeling with whitetip reef sharks. --Beach trip to see marine iguanas, blue-footed boobies and frigate birds. --Short hiking trail to a lake on Floreana island to see flamingos. | What's included: Pick-up from and return to your hotel in Puerto Ayora. Long wetsuit, snorkeling equipment, certified guide, and towels. Onboard lunch. Yacht visits to: --Bahia Pinguino to snorkel and see colorful fish, sharks and stingrays. --Pinzon island snorkeling to see sea lion and sea turtles. -- La Fe Bay to take a short hike to observe marine iguanas and blue-footed booties. | What's included: Pick-up from and return to tour office in Puerto Ayora. Long wetsuit, snorkeling equipment, certified guide, lunch, and towels. Onboard lunch. Yacht visits to: --Santa Fe Island to see colorful fish, blue-footed boobies, terns, and other birds. --Go snorkeling with playful sea lions. --See white tips sharks. --Go to Playa Escondida (Hidden Beach) to rest in the turquoise surf and see sea turtles. | What's included: Pick-up from and return to pier in Puerto Ayora. Long wetsuit, snorkeling equipment, certified guide, lunch, and towels. Onboard lunch. Yacht visits to: --Puerto Velasco Ibarra on Floreana island, to be taken on a farmer's bus deep into the island. Along the way see the flora and agricultural crops of the island (banana, coffee, cocoa, and fruit trees). --Hike to see giant tortoises and endemic birds. --Visit historic pirate caves and a giant face carved into stone. --Go to the shore location of La Loberia to see sea lions, marine iguanas, and sea turtles. |
| What's not included: --Sodas --Tips or gratuity | What's not included: --Sodas --Tips or gratuity | What's not included: --Sodas --Tips or gratuity | What's not included: --Sodas --Tips or gratuity |
| Price: $239 per person. | Price: $219 per person. | Price: $219 per person. | Price: $219 per person. |
| Departure from Puerto Ayora: 7:50 AM | Departure from Puerto Ayora: 7:30 AM | Departure from Puerto Ayora: 8:00 AM | Departure from Puerto Ayora: 7:00 AM |
| Return to Puerto Ayora: approximately 15:00 (3 pm). | Return to Puerto Ayora: approximately 14:00 (2 pm). | Return to Puerto Ayora: approximately 14:00 (2 pm). | Return to Puerto Ayora: approximately 15:00 (3 pm). |
| Bay Tour | Plaza Sur |
|---|---|
| What's included: Pick-up from and return to Puerto Ayora pier. Long wetsuit, snorkeling equipment, certified guide, lunch, and towels. Onboard lunch. Yacht visits to: --Canal de Tiburones to see blue sharks from boat (no snorkeling) and lava herons. --Canal de Amor to see crabs, marine iguanas, and blue-footed boobies. --Go snorkeling at Punta Estrada. --Beach walk on Playa de los Perros to see giant marine iguanas. --Las Grietas, a canal formed between two rock fissures where you can swim in the cool calm water. | What's included: Pick-up from and return to your hotel in Puerto Ayora. Long wetsuit, snorkeling equipment, certified guide, and towels. Onboard lunch. Yacht visits to: --Plaza Sur island to see sea lions and iguanas, as well as a variety of lizards. --Striking vegetation colors from green to red and orange. --Photogenic cliffside views of Galapagos gulls. --Snorkel off Punta Carrion to observe Galapagos sharks. |
| What's not included: --Sodas --Tips or gratuity | What's not included: --Sodas --Tips or gratuity |
| Price: $99 per person. | Price: $299 per person. This is the reservation rate. We may be able to discount it if the available yacht is a smaller vessel, or offer you an optional upgrade rate if the available yacht for your date will have a luxury vessel. |
| Departures from Puerto Ayora: 9:00 AM and 14:00 (2 PM) | Departure from Puerto Ayora: 7:30 AM |
| Return to Puerto Ayora: approximately 13:00 (1 pm) and 18:00 (6 pm). | Return to Puerto Ayora: approximately 15:00 (3 pm). |
