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7 Night Darwins Discoveries The Galapagos Islands Cruise and Land Tour

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7 Night Darwins Discoveries The Galapagos Islands Cruise and Land Tour

From Guayaquil, (Ecuador) to Guayaquil, (Ecuador)

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La Pinta
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4 Stars

Cruise #: 13946074

Sail Date: Friday, Dec 20, 2024

Return Date: Friday, Dec 27, 2024

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$12,000

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7 Night Darwins Discoveries The Galapagos Islands Cruise and Land Tour

Land Segment of Itinerary

Friday - Dec 20, 2024

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1

Guayaquil, Ecuador

Welcome to Ecuador! Begin your journey in this port city known as the gateway to the Pacific. Your first stop is the Wyndham Guayaquil, where you'll stay the night. This dazzling riverside hotel is a short walk from the vibrant Malecon 2000 boardwalk as well as historic Santa Ana Hill and its famous lighthouse. Explore the city sights on your own, relax at the rooftop pool, and get a good night's rest before your adventure. ...
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Land Segment of Itinerary

Saturday - Dec 21, 2024

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Guayaquil, Ecuador

Air Travel

Cruise Segment of Itinerary

Day 2 - Saturday - Dec 21, 2024

Day
2

Cruise Begins

Baltra, Galapagos, Ecuador

North Seymour Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Up and at 'em. Get an early start and travel to the legendary Galapagos Islands-UNESCO World Heritage Site. From Guayaquil, fly to Isla Baltra where your captain and crew welcome you aboard Yacht La Pinta. As Charles Darwin certainly was in 1835, you'll be awed by the unique beauty of the islands as you take your first exploratory steps on Isla Seymour Norte-home to blue-footed boobies and magnificent frigatebirds. Formed by volcanic uplift, the small island of scruffy vegetation is ideal nesting terrain. Get an up-close view of these birds' quirky characteristics by hike and panga ride. (BLD) ...
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Sunday - Dec 22, 2024

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Punta Vicente Roca, Ecuador

Fernandina Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Explore Punta Vicente Roca, a marine site of impressive geological formations, by panga-your guide helps with decoding the visible clues of the islands' fiery beginnings. Beyond the geology, spy winged residents including blue-footed boobies and flightless cormorants. The wildly rocky coast with a partially sunken cave provides phenomenal conditions for a menagerie of fish and green sea turtles. If conditions allow, don your mask, fins, and snorkel and dive in for a close-up view! Later, stretch your legs on a guided walk experiencing one of the most pristine islands in the Galapagos, Isla Fernandina. The island's active volcano erupted as recently as 2009. Thousands of marine iguanas reside here, and it's also a favorite haunt of Galapagos penguins. (BLD) ...
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Monday - Dec 23, 2024

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Urvina Bay, Ecuador

Caleta Tagus, Ecuador

Large in landmass and young at one million years old, Isla Isabela supports abundant wildlife. At Urbina Bay, a stroll among the island's vegetation reveals large, colorful land iguanas and perhaps giant tortoises. Crossing from Urbina Bay to Tagus Cove, scan the water for whales and dolphins that frequent Bolivar Channel from one of La Pinta's spacious decks. Dropping anchor at Tagus Cove-an otherworldly landscape of eroded tuff cones-there's a chance to snorkel, kayak, or ride a panga before hiking the backside of Darwin Crater overlooking a saltwater lake and panoramic views. There'll be excellent opportunities for viewing penguins, Galapagos hawks, cormorants, petrified rain (bits of lava that cooled quickly after contacting water), and old signatures from pirates and whalers etched into the rock, the oldest dating back to 1836. (BLD) ...
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Tuesday - Dec 24, 2024

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Rabida, Ecuador

Dragon Hill, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Isla Rabida's unusual red beach is a favorite sunbathing spot for sea lions and marine iguanas. Go eye-to-eye with blue-footed and Nazca boobies, yellow warblers, several species of Darwin's finches, and pelicans. The warm maroon-colored beach also makes a great jumping in spot for from-the-beach snorkeling. Or keep your eyes above the waterline, inspecting marine life from the glass-bottom boat. You'll have a bird's-eye view from Isla Santa Cruz, hiking Cerro Dragon-or, Dragon Hill-and enjoy a well-earned panorama of the island's interior, and possibly even flamingos and lounging land iguanas. (BLD) ...
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Wednesday - Dec 25, 2024

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Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Bus Travel

Santa Cruz Highlands, Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Ecuador

Bus Travel

Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Today, it's all about the magnificent giant tortoise. Touring the Charles Darwin Research Station, you'll witness the exceptional conservation program where baby tortoises, "galapaguitos", are reared in protective captivity until they are old enough to safely repatriate back to their native areas. Embrace Galapagos conservation by learning about threats that still endanger this fragile ecosystem. Bring your passport along if you'd like a special Galapagos stamp. Time permitting, stroll through town as you please. After lunch at the Finch Bay Eco Hotel, explore the misty, forested highlands and see the lumbering tortoises in their natural habitat. (BLD) ...
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Thursday - Dec 26, 2024

Day
7

Isla Floreana, Ecuador

Your day is chock-full of adventure, with opportunities to snorkel, hike, kayak, skiff, ride the glass-bottom boat, or simply relax on the beach. Send a note home from Post Office Bay, dropping your postcard in Isla Floreana's famous historic barrel mailbox. A hike at Baroness Viewpoint provides the perfect vantage for a photo-op. Then, take in the island's geologic history with a panga ride or kayak investigation of its maze of volcanic channels. A tale of two beaches, walk along the green olivine beach of Punta Cormorant to a brackish lagoon known to be a flamingo hideout, then on to a white-sand beach where green sea turtles come ashore to nest. (B) ...
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Friday - Dec 27, 2024

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Baltra, Galapagos, Ecuador

Cruise Ends

Land Segment of Itinerary

Day 8 - Friday - Dec 27, 2024

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Air Travel

Guayaquil, Ecuador

Your adventure of a lifetime aboard La Pinta concludes back on Isla Baltra. From here, transfer to the airport for your flight to Guayaquil-where you'll await your connecting flight home, or if you've opted for the Machu Picchu extension, continue on to Quito, Ecuador, for your flight to Lima, Peru. (B) ...
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