Galapagos: La Pinta | 5 days

YACHT LA PINTA Northern Islands. 5 Days

*Galapagos excursions are subject to change without prior notice. Changes in plans may arise due to weather conditions, National Park regulations, or other unforeseen circumstances.

Baltra Island Airport
After arriving at Baltra Airport, you will take a transfer ferry. Afterward, you will board a private bus to the highlands. Lunch is served at a local restaurant.

Highlands (Santa Cruz Island)
After lunch, we will go to a reserve where tortoises are easy to spot. After this, a short, private bus ride will take us to the town of Puerto Ayora to board Yacht La Pinta.

Eden Islet (Santa Cruz Island)
After breakfast, a panga ride takes us to Eden Islet, located off the coast of Santa Cruz, where we can observe blue-footed boobies diving into the water, reef sharks and frigates. There’s a chance to snorkel and, if weather conditions permit, to ride in the glass-bottom boat. The volcanic setting of this area is quite stunning due to its variety of volcanic debris, including cinder cones, tuff cones, and semi-eroded lava flows.

Chinese Hat Islet
The tiny island of the Chinese Hat Islet gets its name from its appearance, reminiscent of a Chinese hat. This islet, formed only fairly recently, makes a beautiful visit as one explores the wildlife along its 400-metre long trail, which begins at a crescent-shaped white sandy beach. The cove offers excellent swimming and snorkelling opportunities amid white-tipped reef sharks and Galapagos penguins.

Bartolome Island
This morning, a Galapagos icon awaits: Bartolome Island. A great way to start the day, with a steep climb up a wooden staircase: the view from the top is worth the effort! Following the walk, we take to the dinghies for a ride around colossal Pinnacle Rock, followed by time to enjoy the beach and some snorkelling. We can also ride in the glass-bottom boat for great views of the underwater world.

Sullivan Bay (Santiago Island)
After lunch, we board the pangas to land at Sullivan Bay on the east coast of Santiago, a white coral sand beach great for swimming and snorkelling, and with a trail over a lava field that flowed here less than 130 years ago. This is the perfect place to see and feel the volcanic origin of Galapagos while observing its wildlife.

Punta Bowditch
We explore this rarely-visited beautiful bay and its mangrove and volcanic coastline by panga or glass-bottom boat, with luck spotting marine turtles, marine iguanas and sealions, pelicans, frigates and boobies swooping and diving above. We land to wander along the wild white-coral beach and explore the brackish lagoons. There’s also time to snorkel in the sheltered waters amid myriad species of fish and other marine creatures, as well as enjoy a paddle along the coastline with our kayaks.

Dragon Hill
After disembarking, the first part of our walk passes a brackish-water lagoon frequented by shorebirds, ducks, and American flamingos, while further inland, the trail offers a beautiful view of the bay and the western islands of the archipelago, as well as the chance of observing land iguanas (for which the visitor site is named, following a concerted effort to conserve them by the Galapagos National Park). After our walk, we can snorkel from the shore, looking out for rays, green turtles and sharks.

Our journey ends at Baltra Island where we transfer to the airport to take the flight back to the mainland.

**ask us about the 5 day Eastern & 7 day Western itineraries on La Pinta