Discover the amazing sceneries and native wildlife exclusively to the Galapagos Islands and embrace the journey of a lifetime. Travelling in the luxurious and spacious Integrity Yacht and set forth daily to different natural and untouched islands. Different activities are also offered within the 8 days tour, accompanied by a bilingual and knowledge tour guide. Book with us now and experience an unforgettable travelling experience
Exciting chance to get in touch with endangered species
Vising the infamous Charles Darwin Research Station and learn about the islands conversations
Visiting and sightseeing a different island everyday
Activities offer including: Scuba Diving, Snorkeling, Wake Boarding, Kite Surfing, Kayaking, Water Skiing and Land excursions
Itinerary in Brief
Day 1: Baltra Island Airport and Santa Cruz Island
Day 2: Floreana Island
Day 3: Southwestern Isabela Island
Day 4: Central Isabel Island and Fernandina Island
Day 5: Northwestern Isabela Island
Day 6: Santiago Island
Day 7: North Seymour and Santa Cruz Island
Day 8: Baltra Island Airport
Day 1: Baltra Island Airport and Santa Cruz Island
Visit the highlands of Santa Cruz Island for
a special opportunity to view the islands’ most famous reptile: the
giant tortoises in their wild habitat. What a privilege to see an
endangered species roving in this lush environment! The vegetation of
the area includes the Scalesia Forest (an endemic giant daisy tree) and
birds such as the vermilion flycatcher will delight everyone with its
scarlet feathers against an emerald green forest. Look for Darwin’s
finches (most of them from the tree-finch group), particularly the
famous Woodpecker Finch.
Visit the Charles Darwin Research Station and
Galápagos National Park headquarters to learn first hand of the
conservation and research efforts in the islands. There, you’ll see
several subspecies of adult tortoises, lots of hatchlings, and learn of
the repatriation programs that are saving several subspecies of
tortoises and iguanas from extinction. Later In the afternoon, you will
board our yacht, Integrity, for dinner and set sail on your Island
cruise. You will live aboard the yacht and spend as much time exploring
the islands as park rules permit. Each night, you’ll travel on to the
next destination.
Day 2: Punta Cormorant, Post Office Bay & Black Beach
You’ll land on a green,
olivine sand beach next to a large lagoon usually adorned with feeding
flamingos and other water birds. A short hike through one of the more
varied plant communities leads us to Flour Beach where sea turtles nest
and small rays frolic in the surf. Enjoy snorkeling at Champion Island
with curious, playful sea lions and hope to catch a glimpse of the rare
Floreana Mockingbird.
First you’ll stop at the wooden barrel that has served as a
mariner’s “post office” since the 18th Century where you have the
opportunity to continue the “postmaster” tradition. Then head into the
Floreana Highlands to visit a collection of tortoises and learn about
the island’s intriguing human history at Wittmer Caves and one of
Galapagos’ only freshwater springs. Your day ends with a walk on Black
Beach and a barbecue onboard Integrity.
Day 3: Punta Moreno & Elizabeth Bay
Walk onto this young lava flow at the base of Cero
Azul, past cacti and other early colonizing plants. This flow is dotted
with numerous “oases” of brackish lagoons containing a wide variety of
life, including flamingos, Paint-billed Crakes, White-cheeked Pintails,
and Common Gallinules.
Silently float in skiffs through the narrow channels
of this mangrove lagoon to see rays, Flightless Cormorants, penguins,
pelicans, lava herons, sea turtles, sea lions, Blue-footed Boobies, many
fish and other species that inhabit this vital zone.
Day 4: Urbina Bay & Punta Espinosa
This
site is very unique. In 1954, volcanic activity caused a 6 km stretch
of coastline to be uplifted 5 m in a matter of hours, stranding coral
heads, and all sea life that couldn’t escape, more than a km away from
the new shore. Walk among the skeletal coral garden, now home to
lizards and mockingbirds. Urbina Bay is also home to large, colorful
land iguanas. During certain times of the year you may encounter Alcedo
tortoises which come down from the highlands to nest in the warm sands
of Urbina Bay.
This peninsula
is on the most pristine and youngest island of Galapagos. Fernandina is
highly volcanically active with eruptions occurring frequently, the
latest in 2008. Upon landing, you are met by an abundance of small,
dark marine iguanas and brightly colored Sally Lightfoot Crabs. Walk
out on a pahoehoe lava flow—younger than the one at Punta Moreno—past a
few pioneering plants. Along the sandy shore you can see Flightless
Cormorants, pelicans, and numerous, lounging sea lions. Sunsets are
often stunning.
Day 5: Tagus Cove - Punta Vicente Roca
Pirates and whalers in the 19th Century using Tagus
Cove for anchorage left their marks on the cliffs of this sunken
caldera, a tradition of graffiti that continues to today. A short,
steep hike passes Darwin Lake, which sits within a tuff cone and is
filled with salt water. This site is an excellent place for viewing
land birds, including Ground and Tree Finches, Galapagos Hawks, Yellow
Warblers, Large-billed Flycatchers and even sometimes the Woodpecker
Finch. A rare sighting of land iguanas is a treat. A dinghy ride or
kayak along the cliffs provides views of geologic features, as well as
penguins and other bird species.
The
large cave and cleaved tuft cone and caldera wall are impressive
geological formations and provide a beautiful backdrop for nesting
birds, including Blue-footed and Nazca Boobies, gulls, storm petrels,
and Brown Noddy Terns. It also forms a calm gathering area for sea
turtles. Along with sea turtles, snorkelers can see many species of
colorful fish, penguins, sea lions, sea anemones, small jellyfish, and
other sea life.
Day 6: Puerto Egas, Espumilla Beach & Buccaneer Cove
There are two separate trails here. The first
meanders along the coast to the fur seal grottoes, a safe haven for the
shy Galapagos Fur Seal amongst the crags and swimming inlets, and home
to American Oystercatchers, marine iguanas and ubiquitous sea lions. The second, less-used trail heads inland to a lagoon at the Salt Mine
Volcano where flamingos and other birds are found.
Espumilla is a red-sand beach and a sea
turtle nesting site, with an inland trail that passes a small lagoon and
into the arid zone where it is possible to view many land birds in a
beautiful landscape, including Galapagos Hawks. While snorkeling at
Buccaneer Cove, you may see sea lions, fur seals, sea turtles, rays,
sharks, pelagic fishes, and amazing underwater geologic formations.
Day 7: Bachas Beach - North Seymour Island
Enjoy a quiet and peaceful morning at Bachas’ fine,
white beach. Two small lagoons just over the dunes sometimes host
flamingos. “Bachas” comes from the remains of a barge which ran aground
decades ago, leaving just a few rusty spines visible today. In Caleta
Tortuga Negra enjoy a silent skiff ride to see sea turtles feed and mate
in the calm waters, and three species of sharks, Spotted rays, egrets,
and lava herons. Aboard we celebrate our last night together.
Snorkelers will enjoy their last underwater experience
before we land on North Seymour, the flattest Island we’ll visit. The
trail at North Seymour heads inland where we will see the largest colony
of Magnificent Frigatebirds in Galapagos, Blue-footed Boobies, and
occasionally land iguanas. Continue along the coast where you will have
ample opportunity to observe sea lions and marine iguanas as we enjoy
your final Island sunset.
Day 8: Baltra Island Airport
Have breakfast on board Integrity, then disembark at Baltra Island.
Departs - Selected dates (listed below)
Ship Cabins: M/Y Integrity
Standard stateroom
7 standard staterooms
Cabin size: 13.9m²
Twin beds, 1 king or 1 queen bed configuration available
Table and two chairs
Private bathroom
Flat-screen TV
Satellite phone
Minibar
Single Stateroom
1 single stateroom
Cabin size: 11.2m²
1 single bed
Writing desk and chair
Private bathroom
Flat-screen TV
Satellite phone
Minibar
Owner's Suite
1 owner's suite
Spans with the width of the yacht
1 king bed
Cabin size: 32m²
Writing desk and chair
Private bathroom
Flat-screen TV
Satellite phone
Minibar
Ship Deck Plan
Ship Specifications
Length: 141 feet
Beam: 24 feet
Draft: 7 feet
Tonnage: 3118 tons
Stabilizers: Vosper Active
Fuel cap: 10,000 miles
Range: 3,000 miles
Desalinator: 2.500 gal/day
Guests: 16
Crew: 10
Naturalist: 1
What's included?
On-board accommodation
Transfers in Galapagos
Tours with Bilingual Guide(s)
Activities as specified
All meals during voyage
2 glasses of wine during dinner
Use of snorkelling, kayaks and wetsuits
What's not included?
International and internal airfares
Arrival/departure taxes or reciprocity fees, visa fees where applicable