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7 Night Photography Cruise Darwins Discoveries The Galapagos Islands Cruise and Land Tour from Guayaquil

Ship: La Pinta
Cruise Line: UnCruise Adventures
Sailed: Thursday, Apr 10, 2025 from Guayaquil, Ecuador
Ended: Thursday, Apr 17, 2025
The itinerary information below reflects the original day-by-day port of call schedule for the Thursday, Apr 10, 2025 departure of the La Pinta. If UnCruise Adventures modified this itinerary for weather or operational reasons after departing , the modified schedule would not be reflected here.
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7 Night Photography Cruise Darwins Discoveries The Galapagos Islands Cruise and Land Tour from Guayaquil
Day 1 - Thursday - Apr 10, 2025
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Welcome to Ecuador! Begin your journey in this port city known as the gateway to the Pacific. Your first stop is the Wyndham Guayaquil, where you'll stay the night. This dazzling riverside hotel is a short walk from the vibrant Malecon 2000 boardwalk as well as historic Santa Ana Hill and its famous lighthouse. Explore the city sights on your own, relax at the rooftop pool, and get a good night's rest before your adventure. Meals included: none
Day 2 - Friday - Apr 11, 2025
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Air Travel
Cruise Begins
Baltra, Galapagos, Ecuador
North Seymour Island, Galapagos, Ecuador
Up and at 'em. Get an early start and travel to the legendary Galapagos Islands, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. From Guayaquil, fly to Isla Baltra where your captain and crew welcome you aboard Yacht La Pinta. As Charles Darwin certainly was in 1835, you'll be awed by the unique beauty of the islands as you take your first exploratory steps on Isla Seymour Norte-home to blue-footed boobies and magnificent frigatebirds. Formed by volcanic uplift, the small island of scruffy vegetation is ideal nesting terrain. Get an up-close view of these birds' quirky characteristics by hike and panga ride. Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 3 - Saturday - Apr 12, 2025
Punta Vicente Roca, Ecuador
Punta Vicente Roca, Ecuador
Fernandina Island, Galapagos, Ecuador
Explore Punta Vicente Roca, a marine site of impressive geological formations, by panga-your guide helps with decoding the visible clues of the islands' fiery beginnings. Beyond the geology, spy winged residents including blue-footed boobies and flightless cormorants. The wildly rocky coast with a partially sunken cave provides phenomenal conditions for a menagerie of fish and green sea turtles. If conditions allow, don your mask, fins, and snorkel and dive in for a close-up view! Later, stretch your legs on a guided walk experiencing one of the most pristine islands in the Galapagos, Isla Fernandina. The island's active volcano erupted as recently as 2009. Thousands of marine iguanas reside here, and it's also a favorite haunt of Galapagos penguins. Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 4 - Sunday - Apr 13, 2025
Urvina Bay, Ecuador
Urvina Bay, Ecuador
Caleta Tagus, Ecuador
Large in landmass and young at one million years old, Isla Isabela supports abundant wildlife. At Urbina Bay, a stroll among the island's vegetation reveals large, colorful land iguanas and perhaps giant tortoises. Crossing from Urbina Bay to Tagus Cove, scan the water for whales and dolphins that frequent Bolivar Channel from one of La Pinta's spacious decks. Dropping anchor at Tagus Cove-an otherworldly landscape of eroded tuff cones-there's a chance to snorkel, kayak, or ride a panga before hiking the backside of Darwin Crater overlooking a saltwater lake and panoramic views. There'll be excellent opportunities for viewing penguins, Galapagos hawks, cormorants, petrified rain (bits of lava that cooled quickly after contacting water), and old signatures from pirates and whalers etched into the rock, the oldest dating back to 1836. Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 5 - Monday - Apr 14, 2025
Rabida, Ecuador
Rabida, Ecuador
Dragon Hill, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador
Isla Rabida's unusual red beach is a favorite sunbathing spot for sea lions and marine iguanas. Go eye-to-eye with blue-footed and Nazca boobies, yellow warblers, several species of Darwin's finches, and pelicans. The warm, maroon-colored beach also makes a great jumping in spot for from-the-beach snorkeling. Or keep your eyes above the waterline, inspecting marine life from the glass-bottom boat. You'll have a bird's-eye view from Isla Santa Cruz hiking Cerro Dragon-or Dragon Hill-and enjoy a well-earned panorama of the island's interior, and possibly even flamingos and lounging land iguanas. Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 6 - Tuesday - Apr 15, 2025
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador
Today, it's all about the magnificent giant tortoise. Touring the Charles Darwin Research Station, you'll witness the exceptional conservation program where baby tortoises, "galapaguitos", are reared in protective captivity until they are old enough to safely repatriate back to their native areas. Embrace Galapagos conservation by learning about threats that still endanger this fragile ecosystem. Bring your passport along if you'd like a special Galapagos stamp. Time permitting, stroll through town as you please. After lunch at the Finch Bay Eco Hotel, explore the misty, forested highlands and see the lumbering tortoises in their natural habitat. Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 7 - Wednesday - Apr 16, 2025
Isla Floreana, Ecuador
Your day is chock-full of adventure, with opportunities to snorkel, hike, kayak, skiff, ride the glass-bottom boat, or simply relax on the beach. Send a note home from Post Office Bay, dropping your postcard in Isla Floreana's famous, historic barrel mailbox. A hike at Baroness Viewpoint provides the perfect vantage for a photo-op. Then take in the island's geologic history with a panga (boat) ride or kayak investigation of its maze of volcanic channels. A tale of two beaches, walk along the green olivine beach of Punta Cormorant to a brackish lagoon known to be a flamingo hideout, then on to a white-sand beach where green sea turtles come ashore to nest. Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 8 - Thursday - Apr 17, 2025
Baltra, Galapagos, Ecuador
Baltra, Galapagos, Ecuador
Cruise Ends
Air Travel
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Your adventure of a lifetime aboard La Pinta concludes back on Isla Baltra. From here, transfer to the airport for your flight to Guayaquil-where you'll await your connecting flight home, or if you've opted for our Machu Picchu extension, continue on to Quito, Ecuador, for your flight to Lima, Peru. Meals included: breakfast
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