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Grand Majestic
Grand Majestic
4-day Cruise "A"
Day 1: Monday
In the morning:
San Cristobal airport arrival
San Cristobal airport arrival
You will arrive at San Cristobal Island in the morning.<br /><br />
After passing through immigration and baggage claim, you will be met by a @boat@ staff member and transferred to the yacht. You will be shown to your cabin where you will have some time to settle in before lunch and a welcome briefing.
San Cristobal airport arrival, San Cristobal Island |
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Difficulty: |
Easy |
Type of Landing: |
Dry Landing |
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El Junco Lagoon, San Cristobal Island |
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Highlights & Animals: |
Beautiful lagoon filling the crater of the extinct volcano. Frigates and occasionally some species of local water birds |
Difficulty: |
Easy/Moderate |
Type of Landing: |
Dry Landing |
Possible Activities: | ca |
Day 2: Tuesday
In the morning:
Post Office Bay
Post Office Bay
You will land on a beach and head to a spot where 18th century whalers placed a wooden barrel used as an unofficial mail box. The custom continues to this day with Galapagos visitors. So, don’t forget your postcards, and don’t be surprised if the post card arrives to its destination before you even get home!
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Post Office Bay, Floreana Island |
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Highlights & Animals: |
Post office barrel, nice sandy beach |
Difficulty: |
Easy |
Type of Landing: |
Wet Landing |
Possible Activities: | ca, sn |
Afterwards:
Baroness Viewing Point
Baroness Viewing Point
Baroness Viewing Point is a fantastic place to absorb the environment of the Galapagos. Once inhabited by an indulgent baroness and her three lovers, the history of this island is intriguing. The legends about this baroness are associated with a fascinating murder mystery. There are easy trails in this area for exploring the flora and fauna of Floreana.
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Baroness Viewing Point, Floreana Island |
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Highlights & Animals: |
Great view, sea turtles, mysterious story about the first inhabitants of the islands |
Difficulty: |
Easy |
Type of Landing: |
Dry Landing |
Possible Activities: | ca, sn, pr, ky |
In the afternoon:
Cormorant Point
Cormorant Point
Cormorant Point hosts a large flamingo lagoon where other birds such as common stilts and white-cheeked pintails can also be seen. The beaches on this island are distinct: The Green Beach is named so due to its green color, which comes from a high percentage of olivine crystals in the sand, and the Flour Sand Beach is composed of white coral.
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Cormorant Point, Floreana Island |
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Highlights & Animals: |
Flamingoes, green-colored beach |
Difficulty: |
Easy |
Type of Landing: |
Wet Landing |
Possible Activities: | ca, sn, pr, ky |
Afterwards:
Devil’s Crown
Devil’s Crown
You will have a chance to snorkel around Devil’s Crown which is the rocky remains of an offshore volcano sticking out of the water. This is a great location to spot a wide range of marine creatures.
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Devil’s Crown, Floreana Island |
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Highlights & Animals: |
Large array or marine species |
Difficulty: |
Moderate/Difficult |
Type of Landing: |
No Landing |
Possible Activities: | sn, pr |
Day 3: Wednesday
In the morning:
Suarez Point
Suarez Point
On the trail to Suarez Point you will have the chance to spot blue-footed boobies, albatrosses, and Nazca boobies. This island is the breeding site of nearly all of the world’s 12,000 pairs of waved albatrosses. You will also visit a beautiful site on the ocean front where there is a cliff that the large albatrosses use as a launching pad! You will have the chance to see the famous blowhole that spurts sea water into the air. The landscape is great for photography.
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Suarez Point, Española Island |
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Highlights & Animals: |
Hood mockingbirds, Nazca boobies, waved albatrosses (approximately from the last week of April until the last week of January), red-billed tropicbirds, lava lizards, Galapagos hawks, blowhole, amazing landscape and maybe blue-footed boobies. |
Difficulty: |
Difficult |
Type of Landing: |
Dry Landing |
Possible Activities: | ca |
In the afternoon:
Gardner Bay, Gardner Islet & Osborn Islet
Gardner Bay, Gardner Islet & Osborn Islet
This excursion takes you to the spectacular Gardner Bay. After landing, you can walk across a lovely white-sand beach amongst a busy sea lion colony or dive into the water to swim with sea lion pups. You may also see curious mockingbirds on the beach.
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Gardner Bay, Gardner Islet & Osborn Islet, Española Island |
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Highlights & Animals: |
White sandy beach, sea lions, mockingbirds; snorkeling: colorful fish, sea lion nursery |
Difficulty: |
Easy |
Type of Landing: |
Wet Landing |
Possible Activities: | ca, sn, pr, ky |
Day 4: Thursday
In the morning:
Twin Craters
Twin Craters
You will visit the Twin Craters located opposite to each other on both sides of the road leading from Puerto Ayora to Baltra. The name is only figurative; not real craters, these formations were created by the collapse of surface material in underground fissures and chambers. The view is breathtaking.
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Twin Craters, Santa Cruz Island |
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Highlights & Animals: |
Pit craters, Scalesia Forest |
Difficulty: |
Easy |
Type of Landing: |
Dry Landing |
Possible Activities: | ca |
Afterwards:
Baltra Airport Departure
Baltra Airport Departure
After this final visit, you will be transferred to the Baltra airport in time for your flight back to the mainland.
Baltra Airport Departure |
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Difficulty: |
N/A |
Type of Landing: |
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