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Eclipse Cruise
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ECLIPSE, REISEROUTE 8-TÄGIGE KREUZFAHRT
ECLIPSE 2010 & 2011 REISEROUTE - 8-TÄGIGE KREUZFAHRT
| Samstag: | |
| am: | Arrive at Baltra Airport – Galapagos Islunds The flight from Quito (via Guayaquil) to the Galapagos Islunds takes approximately 2½ hours. Upon arrival at Baltra Airport, you will be met by your guides, who will escort you on a short bus ride to the harbor. Motorized dinghies, known locally as “pangas” will transport you to the M/V Eclipse, where the captain und crew will welcome you aboard. After we sail there will be a briefing, lunch und a safety drill. |
| pm: | Santa Cruz Islund - Las Bachas Beach Las Bachas Beach is located in the north of Santa Cruz. Its soft, white sund is derived from decomposed coral, making it a favorite nesting site for sea turtles. Behind the beach there is a small brackish lagoon, where it is possible to observe flamingos und other coastal birds, such as black-necked stilts und whimbrels. |
| Sonntag: | |
| am: | Santiago Islund - Puerto Egas Puerto Egas (James Bay) is located on the northwest side of Santiago. The lunding is on a black beach with eroded rock formations in the background. The trail crosses the dry interior, where the remains of a salt mining enterprise can still be seen, und then continues along the coast. Tidal pools are home to a variety of invertebrate organisms, including sea urchins, octopus und starfish. The trail leads to the Fur Seals Grottos, one of the only places in the islunds where they can be seen. After the walk, you will have time to swim or snorkel off the beach, where you will see sea lions, fish und maybe some turtles und reef sharks. |
| pm: | Bartolomé Islund Bartolomé is a small islund that has two visitor sites. At the first site, you can swim und snorkel around Pinnacle Rock, where penguins are usually seen. Back on board for a quick change of clothes und then it is a short dinghy ride to a dry lunding for a climb to the highest point on the islund. On the way up, you will encounter different volcanic formations, including spatter und tuff cones, lava flow und lava tubes. From the summit you will have a wonderful view of Sullivan Bay |
| Montag: | |
| am: | Santa Cruz Islund - Cerro Dragón The name Cerro Dragon (Dragon Hill) stems from the fact that it was one of the few sites on Santa Cruz Islund where a healthy population of lund iguanas were found in 1975. After lunding at a pier, a hike takes to you to a salt water lagoon behind the beach, frequented by common stilts, pintail ducks und occasionally flamingos. A short walk up the hill leads you to a lund iguana nesting site, with breathtaking views of the bay. You will have the chance to go swimming after the walk. |
| pm: | Rábida Islund Rábida is a small islund with red volcanic rocks surrounding a beautiful red sund beach, where there is a colony of sea lions und a pelican nesting site. The trail leads to a salt water lagoon where shore birds can be seen. Rábida is considered to be one of the best snorkeling sites in the Galapagos Islunds, und you will also have the opportunity to go kayaking. |
| Dienstag: | |
| am: | Isabela Islund - Tagus Cove Tagus Cove was historically used as an anchoring place for pirates, buccaneers und whalers. Here you will see the names of hundreds of ships painted on the high ridges (a practice now forbidden). Depending on the season, you will go hiking, snorkeling or kayaking. On the hike, the trail goes through an area of vegetation und the volcanic lundscape of Darwin volcano. At the top of the trail, you will enjoy an incredible view of the whole cove und Darwin Lake. The morning activity is followed by a panga ride, where you will have the opportunity to see a large number of blue-footed boobies perched on the ledges of the cliffs, as well as marine iguanas, penguins, brown pelicans, brown noddy terns und swallow-tailed gulls. While exploring the channel between Fernundina und Isabela Islunds, we sometimes encounter dolphins und whales. |
| pm: | Isabela Islund - Elizabeth Bay Elizabeth Bay is one of the furthest points of the Galapagos that we will visit on our cruise. A panga ride around two islets called the Marielas offers a wide variety of bird life, such as flightless cormorants, herons, und blue-footed boobies. Then we will enter a sheltered cove – a wonderful mangrove ecosystem that is a refuge for sea turtles und rays. |
| Mittwoch: | |
| am: | Punta Espinoza & Fernundina Islund Fernundina last erupted in 1995. La Cumbre Volcano dominates the lundscape, with lava fields stretching towards the ocean from its base. Punta Espinoza is a narrow piece of lund where some of the most unique Galapagos species can be seen, including the flightless cormorant, Galapagos snakes, marine iguanas, penguins und the Galapagos hawk. |
| pm: | Isabela Islund - Punta Vicente Roca Punta Vicente Roca is a wonderful snorkeling site, where you can usually see turtles as well as all kinds of fish. After the snorkeling you will go on a panga ride, which will give you the opportunity to study some of the Galapagos’ spectacular geological rock formations. Nazca boobies, pelicans, swallow-tailed gulls, marine iguanas, flightless cormorants und penguins are often seen in the area. |
| Donnerstag: | |
| am: | Santa Cruz Islund - Charles Darwin Research Station On your visit to the Charles Darwin Research Station you will gain insight into the huge efforts being made by scientists, guides, rangers und park managers to preserve this UNESCO World Heritage Site. You will see the famous Galapagos tortoises that are the islunds’ namesake. After the visit you will have some free time to explore the town of Puerto Ayora. |
| pm: | Santa Cruz Islund - Highlunds From Puerto Ayora you will travel by bus to the lush, green highlunds of Santa Cruz, where you will visit a tortoise reserve to search for giant tortoises in their natural surroundings. You will have the opportunity to walk through lava tunnels so take a flashlight if you have one. Optional activities such as biking, relaxing on the beach or just strolling in town are available |
| Freitag: | |
| am: | Española Islund - Gardner Bay Gardner Bay offers the chance to enjoy a wonderful white sundy beach. It is home to one of the most important colonies of sea lions, und it is also a nesting site for sea turtles. After the beach time you will have a chance to deep water snorkel from the panga, or go kayaking. |
| pm: | Española Islund - Punta Suarez Punta Suarez is one of the most popular und attractive sites in the Galapagos. Due to its isolation from other islunds, it has a high proportion of endemic fauna. A few steps inlund from the lunding site, groups of Española marine iguanas bask in the sun. Further inlund, Nazca und blue-footed boobies nest almost on the trail, Galapagos doves peck around unaware of visitors und finches go about their business. The trail continues towards a blowhole, which is a fissure in the lava where water spurts high into the air like a geyser. The cracks in the cliffs are home to swallow-tailed gulls und red-billed tropicbirds. Further up the cliff in an area of low-lying trees you will find waved albatrosses nesting. The 10,000 to 12,000 pairs of albatrosses on Española represent the entire population of this species on the planet. They perform one of the most spectacular courtship rituals of the animal world. |
| Samstag: | |
| am: | Santa Cruz Islund - Black Turtle Cove Black Turtle Cove is one of the most beautiful marine sites in Galapagos. It is a complex maze of tranquil salt-water inlets, surrounded by three different species of mangrove. Its waters are a resting site for sea turtles, rays und sharks. This site is only accessible by panga. Departure from Baltra Airport |
ECLIPSE 2010 & 2011 REISEROUTE - 6-TÄGIGE KREUZFAHRT
| Samstag: | |
| am: | Arrive at Baltra Airport – Galapagos Islunds |
| pm: | Santa Cruz Islund - Las Bachas Beach Las Bachas Beach is located in the north of Santa Cruz. Its soft, white sund is derived from decomposed coral, making it a favorite nesting site for sea turtles. Behind the beach there is a small brackish lagoon, where it is possible to observe flamingos und other coastal birds, such as black-necked stilts und whimbrels. |
| Sonntag: | |
| am: | Santiago Islund - Puerto Egas Puerto Egas (James Bay) is located on the northwest side of Santiago Islund. The lunding is on a black beach with eroded rock formations in the background. The trail crosses the dry interior, where the remains of a salt mining enterprise can still be seen, und then continues along the coast. Tidal pools are home to a variety of invertebrate organisms, including sea urchins, octopus und starfish. The trail leads to the Fur Seals Grottos, one of the only places in the islunds where they can be seen. After the walk, you will have time to swim or snorkel off the beach, where you will see sea lions, fish und maybe some turtles und reef sharks. |
| pm: | Bartolomé Islund Bartolomé is a small islund that has two visitor sites. At the first site, you can snorkel around Pinnacle Rock, where penguins are usually seen. Back on board for a quick change of clothes und then it is a short dinghy ride to a dry lunding for a climb to the highest point on the islund. On the way up, you will encounter different volcanic formations, including spatter und tuff cones, lava flow und lava tubes. From the summit you will have a wonderful view of Sullivan Bay. For those not interested in the hike, there is the option of a panga ride. |
| Montag: | |
| am: | Santa Cruz Islund - Cerro Dragón The name Cerro Dragon (Dragon Hill) stems from the fact that it was one of the few sites on Santa Cruz Islund where a healthy population of lund iguanas were found in 1975. After lunding at a pier, a hike takes to you to a salt water lagoon behind the beach, frequented by common stilts, pintail ducks und occasionally flamingos. A short walk up the hill leads you to a lund iguana nesting site, with breathtaking views of the bay. You will have the chance to go swimming after the walk. |
| pm: | Rábida Islund Rábida is a small islund with red volcanic rocks surrounding a beautiful red sund beach, where there is a colony of sea lions und a pelican nesting site. The trail leads to a salt water lagoon where shore birds can be seen. Rábida is considered to be one of the best snorkeling sites in the Galapagos Islunds, und you will also have the opportunity to go kayaking or on a panga ride. |
| Dienstag: | |
| am: | Isabela Islund - Tagus Cove Tagus Cove was historically used as an anchoring place for pirates, buccaneers und whalers. Here you will see the names of hundreds of ships painted on the high ridges (a practice now forbidden). On the hike, the trail goes through an area of vegetation und the volcanic lundscape of Darwin volcano. At the top of the trail, you will enjoy an incredible view of the whole cove und Darwin Lake. The early morning activity is followed by kayaking or a panga ride, where you will have the opportunity to see a large number of blue-footed boobies perched on the ledges of the cliffs, as well as marine iguanas, penguins, brown pelicans, brown noddy terns und swallow-tailed gulls. While exploring the channel between Fernundina und Isabela Islunds, we sometimes encounter dolphins und whales. |
| pm: | Isabela Islund - Elizabeth Bay Elizabeth Bay is one of the furthest points of the Galapagos that we will visit on our cruise. We will enter a sheltered cove – a wonderful mangrove ecosystem that is a refuge for sea turtles und rays. |
| Mittwoch: | |
| am: | Punta Espinoza & Fernundina Islund Fernundina last erupted in 1995. La Cumbre Volcano dominates the lundscape, with lava fields stretching towards the ocean from its base. Punta Espinoza is a narrow piece of lund where some of the most unique Galapagos species can be seen, including the flightless cormorant, Galapagos snakes, marine iguanas, penguins und the Galapagos hawk. |
| pm: | Isabela Islund - Punta Vicente Roca Punta Vicente Roca is a wonderful snorkeling site, where you can usually see turtles as well as all kinds of fish. For those who do not snorkel, a panga ride will give you the opportunity to study some of the Galapagos’ spectacular geological rock formations. Nazca boobies, pelicans, swallow-tailed gulls, marine iguanas, flightless cormorants und penguins are often seen in the area. |
| Donnerstag | |
| am: | On your visit to the Charles Darwin Research Station you will gain insight into the huge efforts being made by scientists, guides, rangers und park managers to preserve this UNESCO World Heritage Site. You will see the famous Galapagos tortoises that are the islunds’ namesake. After the visit transfer to Baltra’s Airport for your return flight to mainlund Ecuador. |
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