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Ecuador · Island Hopping Tours
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Discover the Galapagos on an active 6-day island-hopping adventure based between Santa Cruz and Isabela. This itinerary combines beaches, wildlife encounters, snorkeling, and cycling, with visits to highlights such as Tortuga Bay, Tintoreras, the Charles Darwin Research Station, and Cerro Mesa.
Walk to one of the islands’ most beautiful white-sand beaches, snorkel in wildlife-rich waters, explore scenic trails, and ride by bike through Santa Cruz’s highlands to Garrapatero. With inter-island transfers, breakfast, accommodation, and snorkeling equipment included, this tour is a great fit for travellers who want to experience the Galapagos in an active and memorable way.
Walk to one of the islands’ most beautiful white-sand beaches, snorkel in wildlife-rich waters, explore scenic trails, and ride by bike through Santa Cruz’s highlands to Garrapatero.
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Transfer in + visit to the top of the islandTransfer in + visit to the top of the island ( Ranch and Charles Darwin Station)Overnight in Santa Cruz
Tortuga BayTortuga Bay: You will move towards the entrance of the road to Tortuga Bay, which we will do this by a walk of about 45 minutes to get to a beautiful beach nesting turtles. Tortuga Bay is known for being one of the longest beaches of white sand, where you can go swimming, snorkeling. You will see marine iguanas, sharks and sea turtles.
Ferry from Santa Cruz to Isabela at 14:10 PMVegetarian Menu is available upon confirmation.Overnight in Isabela Island
Tour TintorerasThe island takes its name from the white-fin sharks known as Tintoreras and is considered one of the most fascinating Galapagos species in the same area find: sea lions, marine iguanas, boobies legs blue, crabs, sea turtles, pelicans and Galapagos penguins peculiar. Then we will move to a sea inlet on the island where you can snorkel, the site is ideal for this activity because of the variety of species found. .Are a complex of trails, located south of Isabela Island, Galapagos. They have a wide variety of flora and fauna, like the spectacular scenery of the bay. Visit nine paths comprising the following sites: Wall of Tears, Cerro Orchilla, Estero, the Poza Escondida, Poza Redonda, Tunnel del Estero, Playa del Amor, Mirador de los Tunos and Green Pozas, the Playita and cemetery. Transfer in the hotel.Overnight in Isabela Island
Bay TourFerry from Isabela to Santa Cruz at 06:20 AM
Pick up from the hotel to the dock. -Transfer in the hotel. -Bay Tour: First, you will visit the "Lobería". It is a small island located two miles away, where the sea lions, a lot of invertebrates, fish and sea lions.Then we moved to "Channel Shark" is a fissure or crack crevices formed by magmatic chamber where the sharks are sleeping sharks ravine and are completely harmless. Among the lava rocks can be observed also oceanic birds. Back to the hotel.Overnight in Santa Cruz Island
Garrapatero bike tour + visit Cerro MesaGarrapatero bike tour + visit Cerro Mesa: We will take our bikes to get to the Cerro Ecological Reserve Board, to explore its trails and the same time admire the flora and fauna instead, in addition to the spectacular view of the island and its surroundings, from the viewpoint. Then we continue to the beach The Garrapatero, where you can enjoy the beach, and the species that we find in this place. At the end of the bike we descend from Bellavista to Puerto Ayora .
Transfer in the hotel.Overnight in Santa Cruz Island
Transfer out in private taxiAfter the breakfast in the hotel our driver will pick you up at the lobby to take you to the airport
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