Galapagos Island
5 Day Tour Package

Full Day Tour:
6:15AM - 5:30PM
8-10 hour tour

Departure:
6:15AM ~ Meeting at the main pier in Puerto Ayora
7:00AM ~ Departure from Puerto Ayora

Bay Tour:
9:300AM ~ Penguins, Las Tintoreras & Concha de Perla (hiking, swimming & snorkeling)

Traditional Lunch in town: 12:00PM

Arrival to Isabela:
1:30PM ~ Visit Los Humedales and flamingo lagoon (Hike)
3:00PM ~ Departure to Santa Cruz
5:30PM ~ Arrival to Puerto Ayora

ISABELA ISLAND: Island Tour with Tintoreras

Upon arrival in Isabela, you will visit "Las Tintoreras," a small islet, located in front of Puerto Villamil. In the channel, you will see a large school of White Tip Sharks relaxing on the bottom of the sea bed. After that site, there is snorkeling at Concha de Perla. The water is turquoise and calm. There you can see penguins, sea turtles, marine iguanas and sea lions. This is one of the few places in the Galapagos Islands where you can see Galapagos Penguins. In the afternoon, you will visit " Los Humedales." This place has a windy trail going through four different species of Mangrove, multiples small lagoons, and tide-pools. There, you will encounter Flamingos and Shorebirds like Herons, Frigate birds, Mocking birds and Pelicans. During the hike, you will arrive to "El Centro de Crianza". This is where the Giants Tortoises from Isabela are being studied in captivity.

• Stay at The Galapagos Pearl Hotel
• Spanish & English Speaking Guide
• Breakfast at La Perla Hotel
• La Perla Boat ride for 2.5 hours each way
• Tintoreras Panga & Dinghy ride
• Traditional Lunch in Isabela
• Snorkeling Gear - Mask & snorkel included
• Water Taxi & Port Cost
• Port Entry Fee in Isabela Island
• La Perla Ferry

• Soft drinks, juices or alcoholic drinks
• Dinner
• Wetsuits

MORNING Half Day Tour:
9AM - 12PM
3 hour tour

CHARLES DARWIN STATION:

Charles Darwin Station has an important role on the islands. It is in charge of the captive breeding programs and the research for two species of land iguanas and ten out of fifteen subspecies of giant tortoises still alive. This was the home for Lonesome George, the last living species from Pinta Island. Lonesome George or Geochelone Abingdoni died June 24th, 2012. He was sharing his corral with two genetically close females tortoises from Wolf Volcano on Isabela Island, but did not reproduce with them. This made scientist think that he was too old to copulate (100 or 160 years old). Soon after his death, his body was embalmed in New York City and a year late was flown back into the islands to have him on display at the museum in Puerto Ayora. There is also another known Giant Tortoise called Diego that was able to save his race with around 800 babies. At the end of 1940, he was found in a zoo in San Diego, CA. They believe he was taken to the USA from an expedition around 1900. He was brought back down to the Galapagos Islands in 1976. Scientists have a successful incubation and repatriation program for newborn reptiles in captivity. They help these animals to adapt to their environment, and then return them to their endemic location with a successful survival rate. Along the trails you can see informative signs where they show you the topography, ocean currents, weather, beak shapes of Darwin Finches, the fragility of our ecosystem and the origin of the Islands. There is also the Casona Exhibition Center where different shapes of giant tortoises carapaces (Carapachos) are displayed and people have the opportunity to see the five carapaces of tortoises already extinct. Charles Darwin Research Station & Galapagos National Park

National park rangers and scientists of Charles Darwin Station work together to protect the animals' habitat and to limit the island marine resource exploitation. After much hard work, the Galapagos Islands were declared as a World Natural Heritage Site in 1978 and the Marine Resources Reserve was created in 1986 including 140,000 square kilometers of protected ocean and 97% of land area. Charles Darwin Station Beach: Snorkeling at the Beach (Optional)

A small swimming beach, just off from the Charles Darwin Research Station, visited by eagle rays, sea lions, and tropical fish. Excellent for snorkeling and swimming. Let us know ahead of time if you are interested in doing snorkeling at the beach so we can bring you snorkeling gear.

Traditional Lunch in town: 12:30PM

AFTERNOON Activity:
2PM
30 - 45 Mins

CEVICHE COOKING CLASS:

Get ready to put on your apron! The chef will walk you through the process and techniques used for this delicious dish. With freshly procured ingredients from the Island, including the catch of the day from Pelican Bay: (Tuna or Albacore). Enjoy the ceviche in the evening when you return from your Trapiche Excursion.

EVENING Tour:
Any time between 4-5PM
1 - 1.5 hour tour

EL TRAPICHE:

El trapiche is a sugar cane mill farm located 30 minutes away by taxi from Puerto Ayora. This lifelong family project, will bring you to the past to reveal authentic Galapagenian culture. In this tour you will live a Galapagenian tradition and learn from the owner how sugar, coffee, alcohol, and chocolate was produced using rustic farming methods. Demonstration are shown on how to extract sugar cane juice by a mule- driven sugar cane press, distill alcohol, shell and roast coffee, and crack open cocoa pods to make chocolate to produce sweet aperitifs. There is also the chance to sample examples of these products.

• The coffee process: picking, roasting and grinding coffee.
• The chocolate process and products.
• The sugar cane process: mule or volunteers-driven mill that presses sugar cane.
• The sugar cane alcohol process: distilling techniques and strengths of alcohol concentrations.
• Be ready to taste some and help with quality control.

This experience is fun and educational. You will be able to taste delicious derivatives from sugar cane and cocoa. You will also love tasting freshly brewed Galapagos coffee.

Ceviche Dinner: 7:00PM

• Spanish & English Speaking Guide
• Transportation
• Mask for Snorkeling (Optional)
• Night Stay at The Galapagos Pearl Hotel
• Breakfast, Lunch, Ceviche Dinner

• Soft drinks, juices or alcoholic drinks
• Services not detailed in the agreement
• Tips & 10% Service Fee (Recommended)