GALAPAGOS: SANTA CRUZ
ECU-51 / 5-day Galapagos trip

Galapagos Island Hopping: Land-based Galapagos tour, which means that you sleep on a hotel on Santa Cruz, the main Island at Galapagos, and from there do day-tours to visit the attractions. A lot of the visits on a land based program are the same as during the cruise, except the visits to the more remote islands.
For travellers wanting more flexibility (or maybe having a tighter budget) this is a perfect way of exploring Galapagos and the tour includes as much and even more than the cruises.
Highlights:
Giant tortoises at Santa Cruz
Day tour to Bartolome Island (uninhabited island)
Santa Cruz
Day 1 | Arrival to Galapagos & Tour to the Highlands |
Day 2 | Santa Cruz |
Day 3 | Excursion in Yacht to the Bartolome Island |
Day 4 | Santa Cruz |
Day 5 | Departure |
Important: In order to guarantee the day-tour to Bartolome, we may have to change the order of days 2, 3 & 4.
Day 1 | Arrival to Galapagos & Tour to the Highlands |
Day 2 | Santa Cruz |
Day 3 | Excursion to the Bartolomé Island |
Day 4 | Santa Cruz |
Day 5 | Departure |
Important: In order to guarantee the day-tour to Bartolome, we may have to change the order of days 2, 3 & 4.
OPTIONAL TOURS FROM SANTA CRUZ
Excursion to North Seymour Island and Bachas
Full day excursion to North Seymore and Bachas (uninhabited island)
Enjoy a tour to North Seymour, a 1.9 km² island located northbound from Baltra. The main fauna species of this island are Land Iguanas, the Magnificent Frigate bird with their incredible scarlet regular pouch, blue-footed boobies and their particular courtship dance and sea lions surfing across the waves. Lunch on board. After lunch we will do snorkeling in Bachas where you will be able to discover tones of different fish species and also swim with sea lions. Return to Santa Cruz.
Included meals: lunch
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Excursion to the Bartolomé Island
Full day excursion to Bartolome Island (uninhabited island).
Early in the morning, transfer to Baltra to start our first navigable tour to Bartolomé. Bartolomé is a small island located next to Santiago Island. One of the Islands´ principal attractions is the “pinnacle rock” In order to see it properly will make a medium level hike for around and hour. In this excursion you will learn from the volcanic landscape of the island and see different species such as: lava lizard or cacti, once we reach the top will have a magnificent view of the Pinnacle rock in contrast with the volcanic landscape blended with the turquoise waters of the surrounding beaches. After the excursion we will proceed to do snorkeling in one of the coral beaches of the areas where if we are lucky we will see: Marine turtles, sea lions, multicolor fish and penguins. Lunch will be on board in the afternoon we will return to Santa Cruz.
Included meals: Lunch
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Excursion to South Plaza Island
South Plazas is situated on the east coast of Santa Cruz Island, it`s formed from uplifted marine lava and is one of the smallest island on the archipelago. This Island despite its size has a lot of concentration of wildlife. We will disembark in a small dock frequently occupied by sea lions. After this we will continue through a small forest of prickly pear cacti with their yellow flowers where could be lots of land iguanas waiting for their fruits and flowers fall of to the ground, to get finally up to the cliff, where you can often see a shoal of the endemic yellow-tailed mullet. The cliff is an excellent to view swallow-tailed gulls, tropic bird, frigate birds, pelicans, at the eastern end of the island bull sea lions congregate there to rest after losing their territory and recover energy and try to be again the beach master. Return to Santa Cruz.
Included meals: Lunch
To request prices, please click on the BOOK TRIP bottom on the right sidebar and fill the information.
INCLUDED
- All transfers
- Guided visit to Rancho Primicias & Twin Craters
- Excursion on yacht to Bartolome island (max 16 pax per guide)
- Entrance fees during tours
- Meals as described in the itinerary
- Hotels according to “hotel list” (the availability will be confirmed at the moment of the booking)
NOT INCLUDED
- International flights
- Domestic flights QUITO-GALAPAGOS-QUITO
- Optional tours
- Meals not mentioned in the program
- Tips
- Personal expenses
- Entrance fees: Galapagos Park Entrance fee (100 USD) & Ingala (20 USD)
SANTA CRUZ: Hotel Mainao or similar