Tour details:
✔ Departure time: 8:00 am
✔ From: Puerto Ayora - Santa Cruz Island
✔ Activities: 90% snorkeling 10% walking
✔ Duration: 7 to 8 horas
✔ Navigation: 2 hours
✔ Yacht capacity: 12 people
Tour does NOT include
• Sodas
• Tips
Tour Includes:
✔ Transportation to and from the hotel
✔ Certified guide (English- Spanish)
✔ Lunch
✔ Snacks
✔ Towels
✔ Full wetsuit
✔ Snorkeling equipment
✔ Pay by credit card.
Price: $192
Standard boat
Itinerary of the 180° tour from Santa Cruz
The tour begins at 7:50 am in our offices. Our staff will guide you to the Puerto Ayora pier, where a
guide will be waiting for you to get onboard a yacht bound for Pinzón Island.
Pinzón Island
On this island, you'll visit Penguin Bay, where you can practice snorkeling and see a variety of
uniquely colorful fish, starfish, stingrays, eagle rays, turtles, sea lions, marine iguanas, and
whitetip or blacktip reef sharks.
Duncan
After 25 minutes of sailing around the Pinzón Island, you'll arrive at Duncan, where you can also go
snorkeling. There you can see a large number of marine animals, such as sea turtles, reef fish, rays,
sharks and sea lions. During the navigation, the captain of the yacht will take you to Eden Beach or
Bahía Borrero, two places filled with vegetation and beautiful waters. These places are charming and
ideal for relaxing.
- The beach will be chosen according to the itinerary of the day.
After enjoying lunch on the yacht, you'll sail to Daphne Island, where you can explore the surroundings
and see blue-footed boobies, Nazca boobies, seagulls, frigatebirds, pelicans and other tropical birds.
Snorkeling in Piedra Ahogada
After visiting the island of Daphne, you will practice snorkeling in Piedra Ahogada, where you can spot sea lions, whitetip or blacktip reef sharks, sea turtles, and stingrays. Finally, the yacht will go to the Itabaca Channel and a shuttle will take you back to Puerto Ayora.
