Galapagos in Houston
Day 1: BALTRA - CHARLES DARWIN STATION: Arriving to Baltra Island, famous for its roll as a strategic point of control by the American Armed Forces during the Second World War. We will visit the “Fausto Llerena” exhibition raising corrals for giant turtles and the “Linda Cayot” raising corrals for land iguanas. We will visit “Lonely George” the rarest Galapagos turtle in the world, the very last of its species, which is an Icon of conservation of the Islands. Later we will visit the Van Straelen Center part of the Scientific Foundation Charles Darwin where we will learn about conservation programs implemented by the Galapagos National Park and the Scientific Foundation Charles Darwin.
Day 2 FLOREANA: Excursion through the Floreana´s High Lands where we can find Giant Galapagos Turtles in their habitat; In the afternoon we will visit the devil’s crone "La Corona del Diablo“ located close the island of Floreana. Here you will enjoy the outstanding snorkelling grounds while bird’s circle over your heads. After an extensive adventure with doctor fish, lip fish and other colourful fish you will visit the famous post office bay were on a delicate beach stands a post office, which was established in 1793 by the English captain Colnett and offers you the opportunity to send letters, when its destination is on someone’s route.
Day 3 DAPHNE-PUNTA CARRION: Nautical visit around Daphne, a small barren island which was an important site for Darwin’s scientific studies of the Darwin's Finches, you can observe blue footed boobies birds and Nazca boobies while doing aquatic activities in which you can include swimming with sea lions and observe Zayapas. In the afternoon enjoy snorkeling in Punta Carrion.
Day 4: TORTUGA BAY- BELLAVISTA TUNELS Visit to Tortuga Bay, a large white-sandy beach and arid zone with diversity of vegetation, one of the places with the most variety of the archipelago. Beaches and coast habitats like the shore zone and mangroves, where marine iguanas, coast birds and microinvertebrates live. There you will be delighted by marine turtles and white tip sharks, as well as you make kayaking. In the afternoon, you will be impressed by the Bellavista Tunnels formed during volcanic eruptions.
Day 5 (GEMELOS – AIRPORT): Located on the way to Puerto Ayora- in Itabaca Channel there are two gigantic holes known as the Twins. You will visit these huge holes caused by the collapse of the magma chamber due to the lack of magma. The holes are 85 meters in depth. Then we will observe the cloud-forest-type vegetation known as Scalezia zone, the most important and natural forest in Santa Cruz Island. There you will see endemic plants of the Galapagos Islands and make Birdwatching of species like Darwin´s Finches, Yellow Warblers and Vermillon Flycatchers
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