Country: Ecuador
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M/V Samba
The M/V Samba, is a locally owned 78-foot Dutch classic accommodating 14 guests with a naturalist guide and crew.
Read MoreHotel in Quito (Hotel José de Puembo area)
Hotel in Quito; the source specifies the Hotel José de Puembo area and provides a customs-declaration address.
Read MoreMorning Birding and Flight to Quito
Morning birding around the highlands lodge precedes the return to Baltra and the flight back to Quito, with the night at Hacienda Jimenita.
Read MoreSanta Cruz Highlands and Charles Darwin Station
The highlands morning covers Miconia expanses, tree ferns, Galapagos Martin, Galapagos Petrel colonies, crakes and finches; the afternoon at the Charles Darwin Station covers the archipelago's climate, geography and evolution, followed by a boardwalk or strand walk.
Read MoreNorth Seymour and Santa Cruz Highlands Camp
The sunrise dry landing walks among the largest Blue-footed Booby colony in the Galápagos, with Swallow-tailed Gulls and tropicbirds on basaltic walls; after the final breakfast, the group farewells the Samba and transfers to the highlands camp, a favorite of Western Santa Cruz Giant Tortoises, for an afternoon on the grounds.
Read MoreIsabela (Punta Vicente Roca) and Pelagic Navigation
The zodiac circumnavigation of Punta Vicente Roca finds boobies, gulls, storm petrels, Brown Noddy, Flightless Cormorant and a Galápagos Fur Seal colony in Cromwell Current-fed waters; the afternoon navigation toward North Seymour targets pelagic Galapagos Petrel and Waved Albatross.
Read MoreSantiago and Bartolomé
Chinese Hat's turquoise channel offers active snorkeling with sharks, sea lions, Galapagos Penguins and rays; Bartolomé's north beach hosts a Galapagos Penguin breeding colony, sea lions and green turtles beneath Pinnacle Rock, with eagle rays and sharks visible from the beach.
Read MoreSanta Fe and South Plaza
Barrington Bay's turquoise inlet and Opuntia cactus forest hold sea lions, Santa Fe Land Iguanas, Galapagos Hawk and Lava Heron; South Plaza's dry landing shows Sesuvium color fields, land iguanas, Swallow-tailed Gulls and Red-billed Tropicbirds.
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