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FRAGATA YACHT
Welcomes you on board

Enjoy an exclusive tour on board the Fragata Yacht in the Galapagos Islands. A motored cruise that can accommodate up to 16 passengers in relaxingly decorated, comfortable double cabins.
We invite you to discover everything the Galapagos Islands can offer, its uniquely populated habitat and exuberating flora and fauna.

Friday
Baltra Island – Mosquera Island

AM

Departing Guayaquil to Galapagos (1½ Hour Flight).

BALTRA ISLAND: Home to Galapagos’ main airport, this will be the starting point of your experience aboard the best tour of the Galapagos Islands. A bilingual guide will meet you at the airport and assist you during the transfer onboard the Fragata Yacht. Welcome Ceremony, briefing session.

PM – After Lunch

MOSQUERA: Wet landing. Situated between Northern Seymour and Baltra, its distinctive flat geography sets her apart from the rest of islands. A long strip of white sand, rocks and tide pools, Mosquera Islet is an excellent diving and snorkeling site where you can enjoy the local fauna without crowds of tourists to distract you.

Saturday
Isabela Island – Fernandina Island

AM – After breakfast

VICENTE ROCA POINT (ISABELA): Dinghy (panga) ride through this spectacular bay where sea horses, penguins, rays, sea turtles, globefish, blue footed Bobbies and the fascinating sunfish are commonly found. Lunch onboard.

PM

ESPINOZA POINT (FERNANDINA): Dry landing. Hour and a half hike through sandy and/or rocky trail that’ll take you through iguana nesting grounds (nesting season January-June). During the hike you’ll be able to see lava flows, penguins, pelicans, lava cacti, and a colony of cormorants. Snorkeling on the beach before heading back onboard.

Sunday
Isabela Island

AM – After breakfast onboard

URBINA BAY (ISABELA): Wet landing on Urbina Bay. Kilometer-long, 2-hour-long hike through sandy and/or rocky trail were you can find coral reefs and seashells above water. You’ll also observe a large land iguana colony, Darwin finches, giant tortoises, (between June-September) and non-flying cormorants. Snorkeling on the beach before heading back onboard for lunch.

PM – After lunch

TAGUS COVE (ISABELA): Dry landing. During the 1800’s this place was a port where whalers would dock and write the names of their vessels on the walls of a cave. The visit begins on the shore, up a wooden ladder and onto a trail that’ll take you through a forest of Palo Santo trees and arrive at Darwin Lake, a salt water lake inside an extinct volcanic crater. We’ll hike around the lake, through the site’s characteristically dry vegetation, so we can get a panoramic view of the Darwin and Wolf Volcanoes (2-hour-hike, begins at sea-level and getting up to 50m above sea-level). After the hike, a dinghy (panga) ride along the shoreline will offer a chance to observe penguins, cormorants, bobbies, pelicans and sally crabs. Snorkeling on the beach before heading back onboard.

Monday
Santiago Island

AM – After Breakfast

PORT EGAS: Wet landing on the dark sand beach of James Bay. 1½ hour hike on rocky terrain onto the Salt Crater were you can find Darwin finches, Galapagos hawks, marine iguanas, sally crabs, seals and sea lions. Snorkeling on the beach before heading back onboard.

PM – After lunch

CHINESE HAT: Wet landing onto a rocky-terrain trail. 30 minute hike that’ll take you through lava rock formations, you’ll see the lava cacti and the Galapagos Sesuvium. Snorkeling on the beach before heading back onboard.

Included: VAT, Airport Transfer, Local Flights, Drinking Water, Tea & Coffee, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Land Excursions, Naturalist Guide, Snorkel Gear, Cabin Towels.

Required Extras: National Park Fees (100 EUR), Visas and Fees (20 EUR).

Optional Extras: Gratuities, Alcoholic Beverages, Soft drinks.

Tuesday
Santa Cruz Island – Baltra Island

AM – After Breakfast

SANTA CRUZ ISLAND (CHARLES DARWIN SCIENTIFIC STATION):

Visit the 1959-established Charles Darwin Station to learn about the Giant Tortoises and their reproduction, as well as the origin and formation of the archipelago.

After the Scientific Station visit, bus transfer over the Baltra Airport and flight back to mainland.

Rate includes:
– Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner are on tour.
– Naturalist Bilingual Guide (English-Spanish).
– All the site detailed on the program (may chance due to force majeure).
– Snacks after visiting every site.
– Unlimited drinking water, tea & coffee.
– Airport-Dock, Airport-Itabaca Shuttle Service and vice versa (included only during operational dates).

Not included on Rate:
– Airfare to and from Galapagos.
– If you don’t book your tour with TIERRA VERDE a USD $50 + TAX fee is applied per person**
– When passengers book their own plane tickets they assume full responsibility of any and all delays and extra expenses that could or may appear (bus, dinghy, hotel or other fares) in order to reach the cruise on the first day and reach their flights back when the tour is over. Additionally, our operators will not modify any itinerary dates to accommodate transfer logistics.
– Entrada al Parque Nacional Galápagos USD 100 por persona **.
– Galapagos National Park Entrance Fee USD $100, per person **.
– Snorkeling Equipment 5 Days: USD $25, per person – 8 Days: USD $35, per person **
– Wetsuit 5 Days: USD $25, per person – 8 Days: USD $35, per person **.
– Tips, Souvenirs or other expenses.
– 12% TAX for Ecuadorians or if the billing is handled by a travel agency (**Fees and Taxes may change without notification)

Special Conditions

– Our rates and published fees and taxes may be affected by Govern-mandated increases on VAT or the cost of supplies.
– SUPERIOR Cabin: USD $100, per person.
– Fragata Upper Deck convertible twin beds.
– Bilingual Guide for non-English-speakers USD $250 + VAT TAX (liable to change and availability).
– SINGLE Cabin, 80% Rate.
– 10% discount for kids under 5 years of age, liable to availability.
– 10% Special Itinerary Fee.

 

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