Galapagos Islands Eight-Day Adventure
DAY ONE
- Flight departs from U.S. airport
- Arrive Quito, Ecuador
- Meet Grand Classroom representative at Baggage Claim
- Depart for hotel
- Check into hotel
DAY TWO
- Galapagos orientation
- Hike in the Andes Mountains
- Visit the Cayambe-Cocoa Ecological Preserve
- Soak in the Papallacta volcanic hot springs
- Return to hotel
DAY THREE
- Hotel breakfast
- Fly to the island of Baltra
- Boat to Isla Isabela
- Beach time
- Dinner
- Hotel in Puerto Villamil
DAY FOUR
- Hotel breakfast
- Snorkel in the Concha Perla Lagoon
- Lunch
- Cross channel to nearby Islote Tintoreras
- Walk the island to view marine iguanas
- Snorkel with penguins, sea lions, tropical fish and blacktip reef sharks
- Return to hotel
- Dinner
DAY FIVE
- Hotel breakfast
- Full day tour of the Sierra Negra Volcano - the world's second largest volcanic crater
- Lunch
- Visit La Bocanilla
- Visit Volcan Chico
- Visit Campo Duro - enjoy time on the farm and observing animals
- Dinner
- Return to hotel
DAY SIX
- Hotel breakfast
- Visit the "Wall of Tears"
- Other sites in Galapagos National Park
- Lunch
- Snorkel in lagoon (time permitting)
- Motor to Flamingo Lagoon for photos
- Visit Isla Isabela's Giant Torioise Breeding Center
- Dinner
- Return to hotel
DAY SEVEN
- Hotel breakfast
- Boat to Isla Santa Cruz
- Lunch
- Shopping in Puerto Ayora
- Beach time
- Darwin Research Center
- Dinner
- Check in to hotel
DAY EIGHT
- Hotel breakfast
- Travel to Baltra Airport
- Fly to Quito
- Depart at night for flight home
- Most groups will arrive home on the morning of Day Nine