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Galapagos The Eclipse Cruise - Your Itinerary
13 days
From: £4793
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What's included:
- Scheduled flights, including U.K. airport passenger duty and service charge
- English-speaking expert naturalist guides during the cruise, who will also give informal explanatory lectures every evening
- Private air-conditioned vehicle, exclusive to Bales clients for all transfers (group basis in the Galapagos)
- Daily programme of activities and shore excursions during the cruise
- First class centrally-located hotel in Quito
- Main Deck stateroom aboard the first class M/V Eclipse
- 10 full breakfasts, 7 lunches and 7 dinners
- Galapagos Park Entrance Fee Worth US$100
- Minimum participation 1 passenger
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Day 1
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 Day 1
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Evening departure from London Heathrow by KLM via Amsterdam to Quito.
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Day 2
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 Day 2
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On arrival in the morning you will be met and transferred to the Swissotel.
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Day 3
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 Day 3
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Free. Half or full day tours to Quito and beyond can be booked locally.
Meals: B
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Day 4
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 Day 4
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Fly to the Galapagos Islands and embark on the M/V Eclipse. The captain and
his crew will welcome you aboard and demonstrate the safety procedures. Afternoon visit to the white sand beach of Las Bachas on Santa Cruz Island, a major nesting site for sea turtles. On shore, see marine iguanas and flamingos in the lagoon.
Meals: B, L, D
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Day 5
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 Day 5
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In the morning visit James Island and its black sand beaches at Puerto Egas
and Buccaneer Cove; the island is good for spotting finches, doves and hawks and
also seeing fur seals. The afternoon is spent at Bartolome, a small island with beautiful white sandy beaches, green mangroves and a colony of penguins
Meals: B, L, D
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Day 6
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 Day 6
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Morning visit to Dragon Hill on the northern side of Santa Cruz Island where it
is possible to see land iguanas, Darwin finches and yellow warblers. Vegetation here includes Palo Santo trees and cacti. Afternoon visit to the small island of Rabida, noted for its unusual reddish beaches. A wet landing is made here and you can take a short walk to a lagoon where we should see flamingoes and pelicans.
Meals: B, L, D
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Day 7
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 Day 7
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The morning is spent at Fernandina Island, where flightless cormorants, sea lions
and marine iguanas can be seen. Later, sail to Isabela Island, visiting Tagus Cove. A hike to Darwin Lagoon offers superb views of Darwin and Wolf volcanoes.
Meals: B, L, D
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Day 8
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 Day 8
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8 Spend further time on Isabela Island visiting Elizabeth Bay taking a panga through mangroves to see rays, turtles and sea lions.
Meals: B, L, D
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Day 9
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 Day 9
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Visit the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island. Here you can
see the famous giant Galapagos tortoises that are bred here. In the afternoon visit the highlands where you may see these endangered creatures in the wild.
Meals: B, L, D
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Day 10
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 Day 10
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Today, we visit Hood Island. Gardner Bay has a great beach, frequented by
a transient colony of sea lions and is a major nesting site for marine turtles. On the
western tip of the island is located the only nesting site in the islands of the huge
waved albatross (sighted from April to December). At Punta Suarez see many species of seabirds. The brilliantly coloured marine iguana also inhabit this island.
Meals: B, L, D
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Day 11
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 Day 11
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Black Turtle Cove, is a fitting finale to the cruise. This beautiful marine site is a
maze of salt-water inlets surrounded by three different species of mangrove and home to sea turtles, rays and and sharks. Later, fly to Quito. Overnight at the Swissotel.
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Day 12
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 Day 12
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Morning departure from Quito by KLM via Amsterdam to London.
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Day 13
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 Day 13
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Arrive London Heathrow in the morning.
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