Your Travel Experience with South American Tours DMC
*Pick-up time to be confirmed.
Then, take a short bus ride to the Itabaca Channel and a ferry to the Santa Cruz Island.
**Remarks: bus ride and ferry together with other international passengers.
Later, drive through the highlands and observe the change in vegetation: from arid landscapes filled with cacti to the lush rainforest. Take a short stop and observe the twin craters. These sinkholes were created by the collapse of a volcanic roof caused by tectonic movements and erosion. Then, take an underground journey through a lava tunnel, formed by molten lava and understand more about the Galápagos Islands and their lava layering formation process.
Afterwards, you will visit a Giant Tortoise Reserve in the Santa Cruz highlands, one of the few places where you can see these giants in their natural habitat. The large, pre-historic looking animals can be seen as you walk along the trails during their migration from the coast to the highlands. The Giant Tortoise Reserve is also one of the best sites to observe the short-eared owl, another endemic specie from the Galapagos Islands.
Lunch will be served at a local ranch.
Then continue to Puerto Ayora for overnight.
Overnight at hotel on Santa Cruz Island.