Private Charter - Western Islands Aboard Tip Top IV

Fly from mainland Ecuador, either Quito or Guayaquil, to Baltra with LATAM Airlines, arriving around 9:50 a.m. Meet your guide at the arrivals gate, where the crew manages your luggage. Ride a short 5-kilometer bus route to the pier and board the yacht. As departure preparations begin, receive a brief introduction and enjoy a light snack.

After lunch, take a panga ride through Black Turtle Cove, a calm area of mangrove channels and small islets. Watch for white-tipped reef sharks, marine turtles, spotted eagle rays, and yellow cow-nosed rays in the clear waters.

In the evening, attend an orientation about the Galápagos Islands’ history, geology, and ecosystems. Share a welcome cocktail with the crew before dinner and a nightly briefing about the next day’s activities.
Activities: Walking

Begin the morning with breakfast before making a wet landing at Darwin Bay. Explore the area to observe diverse wildlife such as frigate birds, herons, mockingbirds, boobies, shorebirds, sea turtles, and marine iguanas.
Activities: Snorkeling, Panga Ride, Kayaking, Walking

After lunch on the yacht, take a panga ride and make a dry landing at Prince Philip’s Steps. Walk along the trail to see nesting seabirds and experience the unique behavior of local species up close.

Enjoy dinner on board, followed by an evening briefing focused on Galápagos conservation and ongoing protection efforts.
Activities: Snorkeling, Panga Ride, Kayaking, Walking

Optional: your guide will inform you where there will be time for swimming and snorkeling.

Once you've had breakfast, you'll disembark you start the day with a visit to a fascinating visit to the Interpretation Center Fausto Llerena within the Charles Darwin Research Station. After this enriching experience, hop on a bus to drive towards the highlands of Santa Cruz Island, where you'll explore the native forests and El Chato Reserve, a farm to marvel at giant tortoises roaming freely in their natural habitat.
Activities: Walking

Lunch will be served on the farm, promising a delightful experience.  Return to Puerto Ayora and enjoy a city stroll on your own, until it´s time to get back aboard for the nightly orientation and dinner.
Activities: Walking

After breakfast, make a panga ride on Punta Vicente Roca to observe plenty of sea lions, marine iguanas, blue-footed and masked boobies, and flightless cormorants. Return aboard for a delicious lunch.
Activities: Snorkeling, Panga Ride

In the afternoon, you'll embark on an adventure with a dry landing at Espinoza Point, where you'll encounter a bustling colony of sea lions, fascinating marine iguanas, and the unique flightless cormorants, all amidst striking clusters of lava cactus. You'll then return to the Yacht for a delicious dinner and the nightly orientation.
Activities: Snorkeling, Walking

Optional: your guide will inform you where there will be time for swimming and snorkeling.

After breakfast, you’ll take a panga ride through Tagus Cove, a sheltered inlet nestled between two volcanic craters that shield it from the open ocean. During the ride, you’ll spot penguins, marine iguanas, sea lions, and a variety of bird species, including the flightless cormorant and blue-footed boobies.
Activities: Snorkeling, Panga Ride, Kayaking, Walking

In the afternoon, you´ll explore the islets of Elizabeth Bay by panga, where you will spot marine iguanas, penguins, sea turtles, seabirds, shorebirds, herons, and more blue-footed boobies. Early in the afternoon, return to the yacht for dinner and the nightly orientation.
Activities: Panga Ride, Kayaking

Optional: your guide will inform you where there will be time for swimming and snorkeling.

Enjoy your breakfast and continue to embark on an exciting wet landing at Urbina Bay, where you'll trek through a fascinating coral area and encounter land iguanas, flightless cormorants, and giant tortoises. For those seeking more thrills. You'll then return to the Yacht for a hearty lunch.
Activities: Snorkeling, Walking

You´ll keep sailing to Punta Moreno for another wet landing. A walk along the shore lagoons—set among ancient lava flows—offers the chance to
see a variety of bird species. From a panoramic viewpoint, depending on the weather, you will be able to admire the majestic Sierra Negra and Cerro Azul volcanoes, as well as the highest point of Fernandina Island. Return to the yacht for dinner and the evening briefing.
Activities: Snorkeling, Panga Ride, Walking

Optional: your guide will inform you where there will be time for swimming and snorkeling.

Followed by a delicious breakfast, make a wet landing at Cormorant Point for a short walk to the Flamingo Lagoon. Continue the walk to "La Picona" beach to see marine turtles and their nesting grounds. The activities continue with a panga ride around Champion Islet, a small island off the coast of Floreana Island. The main attraction here is the nearly extinct Charles (Floreana) Mockingbird. Visitors can also observe bird species such as Swallow-tailed Gulls, Nazca Boobies, and Brown Noddies. Champion Islet is an excellent spot for snorkeling, where you can see sea turtles, reef fish, Galapagos Penguins, and white-tipped reef sharks.
Activities: Snorkeling, Panga Ride, Walking

Enjoy the stunning landscape and explore the ruins of her house. Next, stop at Post Office Bay, a historic site dating back to the 18th century when whalers used a wooden barrel as a post office. Pay a visit to Baroness Point, named after the intriguing Baroness Eloisa von Wagner, who once lived on Floreana Island. Early in the afternoon, return to the yacht for dinner and a nightly orientation.
Activities: Panga Ride, Kayaking, Walking

Optional: your guide will inform you where there will be time for swimming and snorkeling.

Very early in the morning, you'll embark on an early adventure, wet landing on Mosquera Islet, which features a reef of rocks and coral formed by an uprising, along with a beautiful white sand beach and tide pools. You'll have the chance to observe colonies of sea lions, brown pelicans, blue-footed boobies, and Sally Lightfoot crabs. The striking contrast between the bright red tops and blue bottoms of the crabs against the black lava is truly stunning. Before breakfast, you make an early wet landing on Mosquera Islet, a reef of rocks and coral (the result of an uprising), and a great white sand beach and tide pools. You observe colonies of sea lions, brown pelicans, blue-footed boobies, and Sally light-foot crabs; the contrast between these bright red crabs on top and blue on the
bottom and the black lava is stunning.

You'll then return to the Yacht, have a farewell breakfast. Your guide will accompany you to disembark at the pier on Baltra Island. After a short bus ride, you reach the airport, just in time to board your flight back to the mainland.