Tourist superior cruise aboard Archipel I

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Baltra Island Airport, Baltra

Morning

Genovesa Island, Prince Phillip's Steps, Genovesa

As you approach this morning’s landing, you will see soaring 25 m/80 ft high walls that make the entrance to a large volcanic submerged caldera. On the shaded ledges of these walls, Galapagos fur seals rest alongside seabirds. Upon disembarking, you will hike uphill to a bush of aromatic palo santo trees where the beautiful and rare Red-footed boobies nest. At the seaside of the rim, the bushes open up to panoramic views, where the strong sea breeze flows free and enables seabirds to perform amazing aerial feats at your eye height. Return to the yacht for lunch.

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Bartholomew

Bartolome offers some of the wildest landscapes and best panoramas of the entire archipelago. You will be first welcomed by the Pinnacle rock, that rises majestically from the seabed. Enjoy it from different angles, and next, disembark and climb 350 steps to the summit of the Bartlolomé islet, crossing paths with lava lizards, Galapagos hawks and Galapagos racer snakes. Enter a dramatic world of threatening (though extinguished) nearby spatter cones, craters, and lightweight lava droplets that have been spewed out by fiery fountains. Next, at the appropriately named Golden Beach, you can dip into crystal-clear, turquoise waters to witness precious coral formations, sea turtles, colourful reef fish and (harmless) whitetip reef sharks

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Santa Cruz Island, Los Gemelos - Highlands, Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz is a huge island with different climates and ecosystems. You will disembark at its sunny coast and be driven to the rainy highlands. Your first stop there will be at Twin Craters, impressive lava formations that appeared during a volcanic eruption thousands of years ago, and are now covered by scalesia forest. The endemic woodpecker finch, considered a holy grail of evolution, can seldom be seen in these areas using tools to feed. Later you will visit a ranch visited by wild giant Galapagos tortoises. Since these magnificent reptiles do not stop their migrations at the official boundaries of the National Park, dozens of them enter the private properties on the island, taking mud baths, devouring fallen fruit and carrying birds on their shells. .