EAST ITINERARY 3 nights / 4 days

Day 1: Sunday - Santa Cruz
Departure from Quito or Guayaquil to Baltra (a flight of about two and a half hours). Passengers are picked up at the airport by our guides and taken to the Itabaca Canal, then cross to the island of Santa Cruz and travel to Puerto Ayora.

Santa Cruz (Highlands)
One option is to travel through the highlands of Santa Cruz. Passengers Hill observe the twin pit craters and visit Cerro Chato. They’ll be able to observe the famous giant tortoises. Additionally, travelers can walk inside the dormant lava tubes.

Day 2: Monday - Española (Suarez Point)
Dry landing. Visitors will learn about the lava terrain and cross the inactive lava fields. Aside from its sea lion colonies, this is one of the most important sites for bird watching. Many species, like the hooded mockingbird and red-billed tropic bird, can be spotted and observed closely. Past the nesting grounds there’s the world’s largest colony of waved albatrosses. From May to December their mating rituals are a highlight of the visit. Afterwards there’s the famous blowhole, where water shoots 23 m (75 ft) up into the air.

Española (Gardner Bay)
Wet landing on a white coral beach amidst a large colony of sea lions. This site has no trails, so hiking is not possible. It’s an open area where you can spot Galapagos hawks, American oyster
catchers, Galapagos doves, hooded mockingbirds, three species of Darwin finches, yellow warblers, lava lizards, and marine iguanas. It’s great for swimming and snorkeling, and you can see many Galápagos marine species like king angelfish, creole fish, damsel fish, parrot fish, manta rays, white-tipped reef sharks.

Day 3: Tuesday - Floreana (Cormorant Point)
Wet landing on a greenish colored beach. Passengers will hike from black mangrove beds to a large brackish pond, which holds one of the largest flamingo populations in the Galapagos. 
This island is best known for its endemic plant life like the Galápagos milkwort, passion flower, and button mangrove. Novice snorkelers can practice on the main beach with playful sea lions;
experienced snorkelers can roam around Devils Crown.

Champions
After Cormorant Point, there’ll be a one-hour tour in a dinghy along thecoast to observe: blue footed boobies, sea lions, marine iguanas, and swallow-tailed gulls. Deep-water snorkeling, this unforgettable activity lasts about an hour and it will be like swimming in an aquarium with colorful fish, tame sharks, and rays.

Floreana (Post Office) 
Located on the northern side of Floreana Island, the bay was also called Post Office because in 1793, Captain James Colnett installed an empty barrel to serve as an informal mailbox for sailors who passed by the Galapagos, taking with them the letters to their destinations. Today, our visitors continue the tradition by placing unstamped postcards inside the barrel which reach their destinations free of charge. It can take weeks or months, or sometimes the cards never arrive at all!  A short walk away from the famous barrel, there’s a tunnel formed by lava flows. Down a path you can observe the mocking bird of Galapagos, some species of Darwin’s finches, yellow warbler and lava lizards. After a short trip in the panga, you’ll make a dry landing at Lookout Point where you can enjoy a great view among marine birds.

Day 4: Wednesday - North Seymour
Dry landing. Guests will see swallow-tailed gulls and sea lions. This site is a major nesting colony of blue footed boobies and has the largest colony of the magnificent frigate bird. Travelers will also spot both iguana species, the marine iguanas and land iguanas, and then hike around the nesting sites. Disembark at the docks (Baltra); passengers will take a bus to the airport for their flight back to the mainland via Guayaquil to Quito.
For 7 nights passengers remain on board.

Coral I & Coral II WEST ITINERARY 4 nights / 5 days

Day 4: Wednesday - Galapagos
Departure from Quito or Guayaquil to Baltra (a flight of about two and a half hours). Passengers will be picked up by our guides at the airport and taken to the Coral I and Coral II.

Santa Cruz (Dragon Hill)
Wet landing. Visitors walk to a saltwater pond which is occasionally visited by pink flamingos. Then they’ll hike up to Dragon Hill, which provides a beautiful view of the bay. This area is a nesting site for numerous reintroduced land iguanas. There is also a peculiar scalesia tree forest.

Santa Cruz (Venice)
Dinghy ride around the islet along the coast of Santa Cruz. The land iguanas inhabiting Venice are protected from the wild dogs that live on the island of Santa Cruz. In Santa Cruz it is possible to observe the vegetation and marine animals like: spotted eagle rays and golden rays, mullets, white-tipped ref. sharks and Pacific green sea turtles which rest in the calm waters of the coves and channels.

Day 5: Thursday - Rábida (Jervis)
Wet landing. The volcano-formed beach is dark red and is a favorite place for sea lions. It’s considered the geographic center of Galápagos because it has the most diverse volcanic rocks on the Islands. You’ll hike to a salt-water pond, where flamingos can sometimes be found. July through September is a good time to observe brown pelicans nesting in the salty bushes. Boobies and nine species of Darwin’s finches can also be observed. You can take a dinghy ride by the reefs, as well as snorkel.

Santiago (Egas Port)
Wet landing on a dark-sand beach. Most of the landscape is tuff-stone layers and lava flows. You can observe hunting herons, great blue herons, lava herons, yellow-crowned night herons and oyster catchers. Passengers will see marine iguanas grazing on algae beds alongside red
Sally Light-foot crabs. There is a colony of furseals swimming in deep cool-water pools. Here you can swim and snorkel and find octopuses, sea horses, star fish.

Day 6: Friday - Fernandina (Espinosa Point)
Dry landing. Visitors will see the biggest marine iguanas mingling with red Sally Light-foot crabs, as well as flightless cormorants nesting sites, Galapagos penguins, Galapagos hawks, and sea lions. Among the flora and volcanic formations observers will spot brachycereus cactus, and “pa-hoe-hoe” lava and “AA” lava formations. Numerous mangrove beds extend into the sea.

Isabela (Tagus Cove)
Dry landing on Galapagos’s largest island. Visitors will learn about the five volcanoes that formed this island with their eruptions. The trail leads to Darwin’s salt-water pond and an excellent view of the lava fields and volcanic formations. You’ll take a dinghy to observe marine life. Galapagos penguins can often be seen here. Opportunity for snorkeling. The graffiti are believed to have been written by 19th century pirates and they help passengers appreciate the relationship between the islands and tourism today.

Day 7: Saturday - Bartolomé
Dry landing. Passengers will see volcanic formations such as lava bombs, spatter, and cinder cones. After hiking to the summit you can enjoy a great view of the surrounding islands, including Pinnacle Rock’s eroded tuff cone. On the way to the summit, you’ll often see colonies of marine iguanas, lava lizards, tiquilla and various cacti. You’ll be able to snorkel and see the Galapagos penguin, sea turtles, and white-tipped sharks at a safe distance.

Santa Cruz (Black Turtle Cove)
Located near Las Bachas beach on the northern side of the island. Passengers will take a dinghy through the mangrove. The motor is turned off to allow close observation of marine turtles, white-tipped ref. sharks, spotted eagle rays, and yellow rays.

Day 8: Sunday - Santa Cruz (Charles Darwin Research Station)
Travelers will visit the Charles Darwin Research Station, staffed with international scientists conducting biological research and conservation projects. Here you’ll be able to admire the giant tortoises involved in the breeding program. Visitors can also admire the prickly-pear cactus forest and many land birds. Later on, you’ll have some free time to walk around town and shop for souvenirs. Disembark at Baltra. Passengers will take a bus to the airport for the flight
back to the mainland via Guayaquil to Quito.

7 nights ITINERARY can start in the west or in the east and can begin Monday or Thursday.