5 Days Island Hopping Santa Cruz And San Cristobal

Transfer In + Highland

Transfer in: Our guide will be waiting for you at the airport wth a signal with your name in order to do the transfer to Santa Cruz island.

High Land:.- Upper part Santa Cruz Island Entrance to the ranch, where the iconic tortoise are breeding.

Charles Darwin Scientific Station: is an Interpretation Center open to the public and you can also learn about the breeding program for giant tortoises in captivity and their repatriation

Accomodation in Santa Cruz

Tortuga Bay + Bay Tour

-Tortuga 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. -

We head towards the "Loberia", a small island located two miles away, where the sea lions meet. They’re very kind and like to swim with people. Then, we will move to the "Shark Channel", a fissure or crevices formed by magmatic chamber, where they will be able to observe the sharks "ravine dyes" and are completely harmless.

Accomodation in Santa Cruz

Ferry + Highland in San Cristobal

-Ferry from Santa Cruz to San Cristobal

-The highlands of San Cristobal exhibit distinctly different biozones than the other inhabited islands. The first stop on this trans-island journey is at El Junco, a freshwater lagoon nested in the center of the islands. Here you can view Frigatebirds and other water fowl bathing in the lagoon. Unfortunately, you will not be able to join them in the inviting water. Moving on  you will stop at La Galapaguera, San Cristobal's Tortoise research and conservation center to see and learn about this island's growing Tortoise population in a natural setting. 

Accommodation in San Cristobal

You will have the option to purchase one of the activities detailed below or take the day off

- Option 1: At the agreed time, we will meet at the pier to begin our visit to the island wolves. In this place you will disembark to walk along a path with a beautiful landscape where you will find colonies of sea lions, pins with blue legs, marine iguanas and masked boobies.

- Option 2: Kicker Rock is an uninhabited islet located 30 minutes from Puerto Baquerizo Moreno – San Cristóbal, Ecuador. It is a volcanic rock formation located outside the island of San Cristóbal. It is a refuge for many seabirds as boobies with blue legs, as well as for sea lions. The waters around the rock are home to numerous species of fish, sea turtles, rays and hammerhead sharks

Accommodation in San Cristobal

Transfer out

At the agreed time, after breakfast, we will meet in the lobby of the hotel to head to the airport to take the flight back.