8-Day Quito & Santa Cruz II Galapagos Cruise

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After breakfast, your local guide will pick you up from your hotel and take you to visit the Middle of the World Monument, situated at 0o0’0” latitude. Take a picture with your feet on both hemispheres! You'll then continue the tour to the Intiñan Museum where you can see various demonstrations of natural phenomena, gravity and balance manifested in the equatorial zone. After lunch in a local restaurant, you'll discover Quito’s beautiful historic centre, named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

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You will be picked up at your hotel very early in the morning for a private transfer to the airport. From there you will take a domestic flight to Baltra airport. Upon arrival, you will be transferred to the port to board the Santa Cruz II cruise. In the afternoon, you will visit Las Bachas on Santa Cruz Island. This beautiful site is a glorious white beach along with a couple of brackish lagoons that are just a few steps away from the sea, definitely a highlight of your trip to Ecuador.

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After breakfast, you will get to explore the coastline along the impressive cliffs of Buccaneer Cove, all while learning about the area’s history. This cove is home to a large number of marine birds, sea lions and inter-tidal organisms. Then, you will sail to Puerto Egas. After disembarking at the beach here, you will get to enjoy some swimming or snorkelling along the rocky shorelines, usually in the company of marine turtles.

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During your stop at Rabida Island on Jervis Island, you can go for a fascinating dinghy ride along the shores while others may choose to disembark on Rabida Island’s mesmerising, red-colored beach. In the afternoon, activities begin with a wet landing on the golden beach of Bartolome Island, a famous island dominated by the imposing Pinnacle Rock. This is another great place for you to go for a swim and snorkel from the beach. A chance to ride the glass-bottom boat is also offered.

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The morning starts with a steep climb (only 28 metres) up a flight of stairs to reach a flat and rocky plateau of Prince Philip Steps. Once there, you can walk along comfortably and check out large colonies of Nazca boobies, red-footed boobies, great frigate birds and storm petrels. In the afternoon, you will land at the beautiful beach in Darwin Bay to enjoy some swimming or snorkelling.

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This morning, you'll spend some time at the Giant Tortoise Reserve to observe the amazing highlight of giant tortoises roaming around in their natural environment. These lush highlands include dense forests consisting of Galapagos daisies, orchids and bromeliads as well as several endemic land birds. In the afternoon, you will say goodbye to the Galapagos and get a transfer back to the Baltra Airport to fly back to Quito. In Quito, you'll be transferred to a hotel nearby to the airport.