PUNTA ESTRADA, SNORKELING ACTIVITY, LAS GRIETAS AND TORTUGA BAY BEACH.
Our journey begins at 7am. Breakfast includes in your hotel. We will have a briefing about our day and right the way we will start the activites. Please Our team will provide you wetsuits and snorkeling masks if you decide to do it.
Once is the deck of the pier, we will take a boat with our crew members on board for around 10 minutes. A gentle hike for an hour to Punta Estrada is the best and ideal visiting site to observe terns, blue-footed boobies, frigatebirds, and more. Our guide will give a great introduction to the Galapagos National Park and show us the beautiful of Opuntias (captus trees) right this easy trail. A time for great photos. Canal de Tintoreras, accessed by walking along the channel, where White Tip Sharks (Tintoreras) are found, accompanied by a spectacular view of the entire island.
Our snorkeling activity will be around the area around 20 minutes. Our team will provide you wetsuits and snorkeling masks. If you decide to stay in the boat, it is okay. Beautiful fish species, marine turtles and manthis.
Playa de los Perros, named after the species of dog crab that is found in the place, you can see nests of iguanas and colonies of them with a great view of the bay. Finally, an affordable 10 minutes walk to get to Las Grietas, Giant volcanic walls resulting from lava formations crossed by an arm of brackish water, a perfect place for snorkeling and swimming activities.
Time lunch in a local restaurant. It is included in our package. 13.00PM
Activities in the afternoon.
PM: 14:15– 17:00 VISIT TO TORTUGA BAY BEACH
If you love walking, there is a good concret blocks trail 2.7km ( 1 hour one way) from the pier to Tortuga Bay Beach. Playa Brava is a great spot to take beautiful photos but there is a quiet bay where mangroves and proper vegetation are part of this site. This is a nice area for swimming. We can be here until 4.30pm. A Ranger from the National Park will announce us that the time is off right there.
Even though you can return by the same walking trail (2,7km) there is another option to arrange the aquatic taxi to return to the deck. This is an extra charge (10usd one way)
PS. If you don't want to walk 5.4km in total, you can arrange this aquatic taxi for (20usd back and forth) aquatic taxi is not included in our package.
Finally, we will return to the hotel around 5.00PM. Different massage treatment options around the hotel. Please ask our team for it. (Massage treatment is not included in our package)
Rent a bike? A good option after our activities if you want to explore a bit more the Santa Cruz city. Cycling is a big deal in the Island for local and a good option for forgeniers. (It is not included in our package) ask our team for it.