5-Day Galapagos hotels-based tour

Our 5 -day San Cristobal & Santa Cruz Galapagos hotel-based package allows you to explore the islands accompanied by bilingual naturalist guides. Enjoy the most incredible wildlife that makes unique the Galapagos islands. Explore Santa Cruz, San Cristobal plus 1 navigable island (It could be either Pinzon, North Seymour, Floreana, Santa Fe, or Plazas) by choosing the hotel class on your budget and comfort.

Itinerary

Day 1: Transfer in + Tijeretas Bay & Carola Beach

Stop At: Cerro Tijeretas, Islas Galapagos Ecuador
This hill provides visitors with an impressive view of the bay from one side and the town from the other. The area is also great for observing both the magnificent and great frigatebirds and a diverse array of flora. The site also offers safe snorkeling and swimming.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Selected hotels in the island

Day 2: Lobos Island or Kicker Rock

Stop At: Isla Lobos, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos, 120506 Ecuador
The name of this island means "Sea Lion Island". This appropriately named island is ripe with noisy, frolicking, jolly sea lions who will welcome you to their home with open, well, fins. This island also offers great snorkeling opportunities as well as the chance to see blue-footed and Nazca boobies.
Duration: 4 minutes

Stop At: Kicker Rock, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno Ecuador
You will visit the famous Kicker Rock (Leon Dormido), a volcanic formation amid the ocean. There you will be able to snorkel with sharks, rays, turtles, and if you are lucky also with hammerhead sharks! After lunch on the boat, you will go to a beautiful, pristine beach, where you will have time to relax. In the afternoon you will be back at the port.
Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Selected hotels in the islands

Day 3: El Chato Rancho & Charles Darwin Research Station

Stop At: Reserva El Chato, Isla Santa Cruz, Puerto Ayora 200350 Ecuador
If you came to the Galápagos to stand face-to-face with a giant tortoise, then you can't pass up a trip to El Chato Tortoise Reserve. But tortoises aren't the only animals to look out for here: As you get acquainted with these immense, dome-shaped creatures, you may even hear the chirp of a Darwin finch or the hoot of a short-ear owl overhead
Duration: 2 minutes

Stop At: Charles Darwin Research Station, Ave Charles Darwin, Puerto Ayora 200350 Ecuador
The Charles Darwin Research Station is home to turtles ranging from 3-inches (new hatchlings) to 4-feet long. Subspecies of turtles interact with one another and many of the older turtles are accustomed to humans stretching out their heads for a photo opportunity. The babies are kept until they are about four years old and strong enough to survive on their own.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Selected hotels in the island

Day 4: Uninhabited Island ( Pinzón, Santa Fé, South Plazas or North Seymour

Stop At: North Seymour Island, Ecuador
This small island is one of the most important fishing sites for Marine Birds. This place is the reason for many travellers and ornithologists to observe the spectacular and diverse amount of birds of the Galapagos.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch: Box Lunch
Accommodation included: Selected hotels in the islands

Day 5: Airport transfer to Baltra

Pass By: Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands
Home to the largest town in the Galapagos, Puerto Ayora, the Island has a large variety of vegetation. Pit craters, Scalesia Forest, cacti and ferns are found in its vegetation zones. The island is comprised of a younger part formed by volcanic cones and lava and an older narrow strip of land formed by uplifted lava flows and tuffs.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Selected Hotels in the island