Galapagos

Enchanted Escape

5 Days aboard Tribute. From USD $5,246pp.
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Overview

Embark on our South & East Galapagos Safari, a 5-day enchanted escape. Begin your journey traversing the captivating highlands of Santa Cruz. Explore secluded islands, lounge on pristine beaches, and witness remarkable wildlife encounters. This immersive experience culminates at San Cristobal's Interpretation Center where you will get a glimpse of the seriousness and complexity of preserving the unique ecosystems of Galapagos.

Itinerary Highlights

  • Visit the historic Post Office Bay and learn about its fascinating postal tradition in Floreana Island.
  • Snorkel with marine life including sea turtles, sea lions, and Galapagos penguins.

Itinerary in Brief

  • Day 1: Arrival at Baltra Airport - Highlands (Santa Cruz)
  • Day 2: Mosquera - South Plaza
  • Day 3: Cormorant Point, Champion Islet - Baroness Lookout, Post Office Bay
  • Day 4: Suarez Point (Española) - Gardner Bay (Española)
  • Day 5: Interpretation Centre and Frigatebird Hill (San Cristobal)

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Day 1: Arrival at Baltra Airport - Highlands (Santa Cruz)

Arrival at Baltra Airport and transfer in. You must pay your Galapagos National Park entrance fee (unless it was pre-paid) and your luggage will be inspected. An ONIRIC CRUISES guide will meet you, help you collect your luggage, and escort you on a short bus ride to the harbour. Here you will climb aboard the yacht Solaris. After greeting the crew and the captain, your cabins will be assigned to you and then you will enjoy your first lunch aboard.

Santa Cruz offers excellent opportunities for viewing wild Galapagos giant tortoises, roaming through pastures in the agricultural zone and in the transition zone of adjacent El Chato Tortoise Reserve.

Day 2: Mosquera - South Plaza

Galapagos sea lions are true beach lovers and Mosquera offers beautiful white coral sand beaches, which contrast with the blue water and thus attract numerous sea lions.

During a beach walk, you can observe numerous species of waders and sanderlings. Between the rocks, the red clip crabs wait to play hide and seek while you try to get the perfect photo. If you are lucky, you may even encounter yellow-crowned night-herons or even a red-footed booby.

Popular South Plaza is not to be missed! This bizarre ‘Jurassic islet’ is the best place to see the emblematic ‘Galapagos dragons’, which crawl across it.

Day 3: Cormorant Point, Champion Islet - Baroness Lookout, Post Office Bay

This morning you will have a wet landing on this peninsula that is covered with aromatic palo santo forest. The sand at the beach is green, because it contains a high percentage of glassy olivine crystals that have been blown out by the surrounding tuff cones. Crossing to the other side of the peninsula, there is a ‘flour sand’ beach that originated from coral pulverized by Parrotfish.

From the shore you could spot schools of stingrays who love burying themselves in the sandy bottom. During the first months of the year, Pacific green turtles come ashore to bury their eggs. Return on board.

While you were having lunch we navigated to Post Office Bay. This mailing station has been intermittently in use since the eighteenth century, when the Galapagos was a resupplying port for Pacific pirates.

You can join their tradition and send greeting cards to your beloved ones worldwide using the historical barrel (it works). Nearby, the beach is normally visited by sea lions, pacific green turtles, golden rays and even penguins.

Next, you may climb the miniature basaltic cone of Baroness Lookout and take in the paradisiacal coastal views. This viewpoint was the favourite spot of one of Floreana’s first modern-era colonists, the eccentric self-proclaimed Baroness and ‘Empress of Galapagos’ Eloisa von Wagner Bosquet, who even built her house a few metres behind. She and one of her lovers were the first in a series of mysterious disappearances and deaths occurring in this island during the 1930s.

Day 4: Suarez Point (Española) - Gardner Bay (Española)

This island is one of the greatest in the world for birdwatchers. Different kinds of finches, frigates, blue-footed boobies and Nazca boobies can be found, as well as the endemic Española mockingbird, Albatross, and Galapagos hawk. Watch your step, because each Albatross' couple lay an egg on the floor and make it roll over to improve hatching success. The juveniles attend the cliffs of the island to learn to fly by jumping into the abysm. And the chicks
are organized in nurseries where they will safely remain while the adults are away at sea.

Another highlight during this visit is “El Soplador”, a 25 m water geiser produced by ocean waves crashing with great pressure with cracks in the island’s cliff, spouting up through a lava tunnel. This site offers a fantastic background for a meditative experience or a memorable photo.

We will keep exploring Española island, the oldest in the archipelago, estimated at over 4 million years old, located in the extreme southeast of the archipelago.

On the north-eastern coast of this island, Gardner Bay offers a wonderful place to refresh in the turquoise sea and to snorkel side by side with eagle rays, golden rays, barracudas, batfish, turtles, sea lions, and white tipped sharks.

Day 5: Interpretation Centre and Frigatebird Hill (San Cristobal)

Today, for your last excursion, you will disembark to San Cristobal island. There you will visit an Interpretation Center, where photos, historic documents and maquettes will help you get a glimpse of the seriousness and complexity of preserving the unique ecosystems of Galapagos.

After this visit, you will disembark and get transferred to San Cristobal airport. There you will catch your flight.

Next Departure Date: 29 Jan 2025
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**Prices are per person based on twin / shared accommodation.
**Single supplements may apply

Cabin Details

Panorama Suite

Panorama Suite
Panorama Suite
Premium Suite

Premium Suite
Premium Suite
Owners Suite

Owners Suite
Owners Suite
Stateroom

Stateroom
Stateroom

Specifications

  • Category: Luxury
  • Type: Mono hull steel yacht
  • Built / Refit: Guayaquil, Ecuador 2008 & 2023
  • Length: 43m / 140ft
  • Beam: 8m / 26ft
  • Capacity: 16  passengers max
  • Crew: 10+ a naturalist guide

Whats included?

  • Lodging on board in a suite with private facilities.
  • All meals starting with lunch on the first day and finishing with breakfast on the final day.
  • Collection of local house wines, beers and soft drinks.
  • All excursions as mentioned in the itinerary with one English speaking naturalist guide per 8 guests.
  • Use of kayaks and paddleboards (when applicable).
  • Snorkelling gear (masks, flippers and snorkel) & wetsuits.
  • Wifi service (please note service might be intermittent in remote places)
  • Complimentary Access to VIP lounge at Baltra airport.
  • Airport-yacht-airport transfers (for all guests arriving at the scheduled meeting point, date and time).

What’s not included?

  • Roundtrip flight to Galapagos Islands from mainland Ecuador.
  • Galápagos National Park fee: US$200 per person
  • Transit control card: US$20 per person
  • Other alcoholic beverages (special beverage packages available at a surcharge).
  • Gratuities.
  • Travel insurance (mandatory) and other items of personal nature.

Price Assurance

At Eclipse Travel, our expert destination knowledge and decades of travel planning experience come at no extra cost to you. While many think booking through a tour operator is more expensive than planning a trip independently, that’s not the case. We’re paid by our travel partners—such as hotels, activity operators, and cruise providers—via commissions, not by our clients.

Our team negotiates the best rates for you and ensures you receive unbiased advice, with no preference for any particular supplier. In fact, where we secure higher commissions, we often pass the savings on to you, giving us a competitive price edge.

Additionally, we lock in exchange rates at the time of your deposit, ensuring no surprise costs when it’s time for final payment. You can rest easy knowing we’ll handle the details with our suppliers. The only exceptions are national park fee increases or fuel surcharges imposed after your booking, though these are rare.

Take advantage of our team’s expertise and let us help you plan the perfect holiday—hassle-free!

Destination: Galapagos

This once in a lifetime destination is a nature lovers dream. Watch the famous Galapagos tortoises and blue footed boobies in the morning and snorkel with sea lions in the afternoon, then relax on your cruise to the next destination tomorrow!

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