Grand Majestic – Central & South Galapagos Islands

• San Cristobal Airport - El Junco Lagoon

  AM: Arrive San Cristobal:
  You will arrive at San Cristobal Island in the morning. After passing through immigration and baggage claim, you will be met by the Natural Paradise staff 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.

  PM: El Junco Lagoon
  Located in the highlands 19 kilometers from Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, El Junco is located in the caldera of an extinct volcano. Rainwater feeds the lagoon. There are many farms and ranches in this area of San Cristobal Island, and sometime cows can be found near the lagoon.

  Possible Activities: Hike around the lagoon

  Difficulty: Easy / Moderate

  Type of Landing: Dry Landing

  Highlights & Animals: Beautiful lagoon filling the crater of the extinct volcano. Frigates and occasionally some species of local water birds

• Floreana: Post Office Bay - Floreana: Cormorant Point, Devil's Crown

  AM: 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!

  Possible Activities: Short hike (less than 0.6 miles / 1km) & snorkeling

  Difficulty: Easy

  Type of Landing: Wet Landing

  Highlights & Animals: Post office barrel, nice sandy beach

  PM: 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 Four Sand Beach is composed of white coral.

  Possible Activities: Dinghy ride & hike (1.25 mi /2 km)

  Difficulty: Easy

  Type of Landing: Wet Landing

  Highlights & Animals: Flamingoes, green-colored beach

  PM: 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.

  Possible Activities: Snorkeling, panga ride

  Difficulty: Moderate / Difficult

  Type of Landing: No Landing

  Highlights & Animals: Large array or marine species

• Espanola: Suarez Point - Espanola: Gardner Bay

  AM: 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.

  Possible Activities: Hike (1,9 miles / 3 km)

  Difficulty: Difficult

  Type of Landing: Dry Landing

  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.

  PM: 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.

  Possible Activities: Snorkeling, panga ride, short hike (0,6 miles / 1km) and Kayaking

  Difficulty: Easy

  Type of Landing: Wet Landing

  Highlights & Animals: White sandy beach, sea lions, mockingbirds

  snorkeling: colorful fish, sea lion nursery

• Santa Cruz: Twin Craters - Transfer to Baltra Airport

  AM: 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.

  Possible Activities: Walking and scape viewing

  Difficulty: Easy

  Type of Landing: Dry Landing

  Highlights & Animals: Pit craters, Scalesia Forest

  PM: Transfer to Baltra Airport:
  Your cruise has officially come to an end. We hope you enjoyed your Galapagos Cruise! We will now transfer you to your scheduled departure from Baltra Airport to mainland Ecuador. Safe travels!

Master Suite

38m², located on the main deck, one king bed, hot water, air conditioning, panoramic window, his and her bathrooms & private bathtub.

Layout: 2 Decks / 8 Cabins
Lower deck: Cabin 1,2,3,5 & 6 = Twin or Double staterooms
Lower deck: Cabin 4 = Twin or Double stateroom
Main deck: Cabin 7 = Twin or Double stateroom
Main deck: Cabin 8 = Master suite stateroom
Beds layout: Convertible Twins or doubles
Rooming: Private cabins
Sharing: Not applicable

WHAT’S INCLUDED

• All meals and excursions
• Transfers in the islands
• Bilingual National Park Guide
• Use of snorkeling equipment & Wetsuit
• Use of underwater camera
• Free airport Assistance*
• Hotel night in Quito or Guayaquil (the day before the cruise)*
• 1 Free Transfer Out for the Galapagos Flight (applicable on regular cruise departure day only)*

*Applies when purcharsing airfare from South America Tours 

WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED

• Roundtrip Airfare to / from Galapagos
• Alcoholic drinks
• USD $100 Galapagos National Park fee
• USD $20 Transit Control Card
• Travel / medical insurance
• Tips
• Personal Expenses

IMPORTANT NOTES: 

• Discount for groups from 6 to 14 passengers 10% 
• Discount for children under 12 years 20%

Long itineraries are the combination of short ones; please let us know if you would like to book a long cruise.