Destination
Grand Classroom

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

 

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