Map of Our Route in Galapagos

Eleven Days in the Galapagos and Ten Islands Visited

GALAPAGOS TRAVEL 11 DAY CRUISE SCHEDULE (Yacht- Tip Top IV)
October 14 -24, 2011

Day 1 – BALTRA – transfer from the airport to the yacht. Visit NORTH SEYMOUR in the afternoon.
Day 2 – TOWER – Darwin Bay (including snorkeling) & Prince Philip’s Steps (including panga ride).
Day 3 – SANTIAGO – James Bay/Puerto Egas in the morning (including snorkeling). Playa Espumilla/Salt Mine/Buccaneer Cove in the afternoon.
Day 4 – ISABELA – Punta Vicente Roca in the morning (including snorkeling), followed by Whale Watching. FERNANDINA – Punta Espinosa in the afternoon.
Day 5 – ISABELA – Tagus Cove (panga ride) and Urvina Bay in the morning (including snorkeling). Panga ride at Elizabeth Bay in the afternoon.
Day 6 – ISABELA – Puerto Villamil in the morning. Sierra Negra Volcano in the afternoon.
Day 7 – FLOREANA – Morning at Punta Cormorant. Snorkeling at Champion. A short stop at Post Office Bay with visit to the Highlands and Black Beach in the afternoon.
Day 8 – SANTA CRUZ – Puerto Ayora – Morning in the Highlands with lunch at a local restaurant. Afternoon at the Charles Darwin Research Station (CDRS), followed by shopping time in Puerto Ayora.
Day 9 – ESPANOLA – Punta Suarez in the morning (incl. snorkeling). Gardner Bay in the afternoon.
Day 10- SAN CRISTOBAL –The Center for Interpretation in the morning, and Kicker Rock and Cerro Brujo in the afternoon (including snorkeling).
Day 11- MOSQUERA – early morning visit. BALTRA – Transfer to the airport for your return flight to the mainland.

Galapagos Land Iguana

I Spy You.

So many opportunities, on land and in the water, to capture great images. We were there eleven days. Much longer than most cruises but still only enough time to scratch the surface. Time enough to see that this is a special place.

Travel route Sacramento to Quito, Ecuado was via Denver then Houston. Time in route- seventeen hours. Overnight in Quito, then forty-five minute flight to Guayaquil on Ecuador’s coast, and then three plus hours flight to Baltra, one of the islands of the Galapagos- near the equator and close to nothing.

I liked the people of Quito, Ecuador. Except the one that stole my backpack. :(

Got my main DSLR and “walk around lens” along with Micro 4/3rds camera and lenses that I planned to use for video and lightweight kit. Fortunately, I had an older backup DSLR and main telephoto zoom and wide-angle zoom in the hotel room. Wish I had the main DSLR but at least I was able to make the most of the situation. Otherwise, would have had to go back again…right.