5-Day Trip in Santa Cruz and San Cristobal Land-basedLow budget

5-Day Trip in Santa Cruz and San Cristobal Land-basedLow budget

The 5-day  program you will experience the highlights of the Galapagos Islands, you can choose hotels category according to your preferences.  Transportation, accommodation in double or single rooms, some meals included (Ecuadorian menu), and a bilingual naturalist guide, who will accompany you during the tours. If you are a single traveler it is possible to join the group tour and to stay in a private room upon a single charge. The highlights of this program are: San Cristobal, Tijeretas & Carola Beach, Lobos Island / Santa Cruz, El Chato, Cracks and an uninhabited island.

Itinerary

Day 1: Transfer in + Tijeretas & Carola Beach

Stop At: Cerro Tijeretas, Port Baquerizo Moreno, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno Ecuador
You will be picked up at the airport. Lunch. Then you will follow the trail to the Frigate bird hill, a viewpoint from which you have a beautiful view over the island.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Playa Punta Carola, Path to Playa Carola, s/n Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, 120506 Ecuador
You will be able to snorkel the shallow waters of Tijeretas Bay or Carola beach (sea lions, various tropical fishes, and turtles). Carola beach and back to the hotel. Freetime.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Selected Hotel in San Cristobal

Day 2: Lobos Island

Stop At: Isla Lobos, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos, 120506 Ecuador
On a 30 min boat ride from the port, you arrive on Lobos Island (sea lion colony). Hike and snorkel at the island on this half day tour. During the hike, you hopefully spot blue-footed boobies, marine iguanas and frigate birds, while during snorkeling you can often see the marine iguanas eating, as well as rays and turtles in the sandy bottom that separates Lobos Island from the mainland of San Cristobal. Playa Ochoa. Back at the port and have the rest of the afternoon free time.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch: Box Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 3: Santa Cruz + El Chato Ranch & Garrapatero Beach

Stop At: Reserva El Chato, Isla Santa Cruz, Puerto Ayora 200350 Ecuador
At 6:30  pick you up and take you to the harbor  7:00 speedboat to Santa Cruz (approx. 2-hour ride). A local guide will receive you at the harbor.  Drive to a Ranch in the highlands to see giant tortoises in their native environment!
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: El Garrapatero, NE of Puerto Ayora 19 km, Puerto Ayora 200350 Ecuador
After lunch visit Garrapatero Beach where you can swim
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Selected Hotel in Santa Cruz

Day 4: Uninhabited Island

Stop At: Santa Fe Island, Ecuador
You will participate in a yacht tour to an uninhabited island. That will either be Santa Fé, Plazas, Floreana. The destination will depend on availability, weekday and program of the National Park. We will let you know immediately which island is available when you book the tour. On Santa Fé and Plazas you can spot endemic land iguanas. Floreana Island has, arguably, the most interesting human history of all of the Galapagos Islands. It is the site of the first “post office”.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Selected hotel in Santa Cruz

Day 5: Transfer to the airport

Stop At: North Seymour Island, Ecuador
The driver will take you to the Itabaca Channel, which you will cross on a ferry. Your driver will accompany you until the check-in point where your program ends with your return flight to the mainland.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.