Tour 180° from Santa Cruz Island,
Galápagos 2024
The 180° tour from Santa Cruz Island consists of navigating around the Santa Cruz Island and visiting the Pinzón, Santa Cruz and Daphne Islands. There, you can snorkel and observe starfish, sea turtles, colorful fish, sharks, stingrays, eagle rays, sea lions and iguanas. In the cold season, you can see penguins swimming. In these two places, you will have an amazing snorkeling experience. In addition, you can observe blue-footed boobies, frigate birds, seagulls, pelicans, and tropical birds.
TRIP DETAILS:
• Departure time: 08:20 am.
• From: Puerto Ayora - Santa Cruz island.
• Duration: 7 - 8 horas.
• Yacht capacity: 12 people.
• Navigation: 2 hours per route.
• Activities: 90% Snorkeling and 10% walk on the beach.
Tour 180 Itinerary from Santa Cruz Island
In the morning at 08:20 am, you must be at the Grupo Galapagos offices, so that
our staff can take you to the pier in Puerto Ayora. There, a guide will be waiting for you to
board the yacht that will take you to Pinzón Island.
Pinzón Island
In this island, you will visit Penguin Bay, where you will snorkel and see a
diversity of fish with unique colors, starfish, stingrays, eagle rays, turtles, sea lions,
marine iguanas, black tip sharks and white tip reef sharks.
After twenty minutes of navigation, the captain will give the order to head to Eden Beach
or Bahía Borrero, here you will enjoy this enchanted place full of vegetation and
you will relax in its wonderful waters.
- You will visit in Santa Cruz island Eden Beach or Bahía Borrero depending on
the yacht's
itinerary that day.
Daphne Island
After enjoying lunch on board of the yacht, you will sail to Daphne Island. You
will get to know the surroundings of the island and observe blue-footed boobies, Nazca boobies,
seagulls, frigatebirds, pelicans, and other tropical birds.
From August to November there is a 50% chance of spotting manta rays.
Piedra ahogada
After the visit to Daphne Island, you will go to "Piedra Ahogada" where you
will snorkel and observe sea lions, black tip sharks, whitetip reef sharks, sea turtles,
stingrays, and eagle rays. Finally, the yacht will go to the Itabaca Channel and a land
transportation will take you to Puerto Ayora.
The 180° Tour from Santa Cruz Island includes:
• Transfer to the meeting point from the Grupo Galápagos office.
• Certified guide (English - Spanish).
• Lunch.
• Snacks.
• Towel.
• Full wetsuit.
• Snorkeling equipment.
The tour does not include:
• Soft drinks.
• Tips.
