Trip Details:
✔ Departure Time: 08:00 am
✔ From: Santa Cruz Island - Puerto Ayora
✔ Activities: 90% snorkeling 10% hike
✔ Duration: 7 to 8 hours
✔ Navigation: 1 hour per route
✔ Yacht capacity: 14 people
Tour does NOT include:
• Sodas
• Tips
Tour Includes:
✔ Certified Guide (English- Spanish)
✔ Lunch
✔ Snacks
✔ Towels
✔ Snorkeling equipment
Price: $160
✔ Pay by credit card
Daphne Island tour itinerary
The tour to Daphne Island starts from Puerto Ayora, where you will take a shuttle to the Itabaca Channel. Depending on the itinerary of the boat, you will visit the place called “Drowned Stone” or the lower part of Daphne Island. During the snorkeling activity in Piedra Ahogada, you can observe whitetip reef sharks, sea turtles, sea lions, schools of fish and occasionally even manta rays.
Near this rock, there are usually several species such as: blue-footed boobies, Nazca boobies, pelicans and sea lions. After snorkeling, the yacht crew awaits you with a delicious lunch. Then, you will be transferred to the beautiful beach of Bahía Borrero, an ideal place to rest and enjoy pristine waters. Once you have relaxed on the beach, the yacht will transfer you to the Itabaca Channel and then back to Puerto Ayora.
Snorkeling in Daphne Island
Depending on the itinerary of the boat, you will skip snorkeling in Piedra Ahogada to snorkel around Daphne Island. There you can observe several starfish, tuna, octopus, school of fish, whitetip reef sharks, and more. After thar, the yacht crew awaits you with a delicious lunch, and then which you will be transferred to the beautiful beach of Bahía Borrero, an ideal place to rest and enjoy pristine waters. Once you have relaxed on the beach, the yacht will transfer you to the Itabaca Channel and then back to Puerto Ayora.