Galapagos: Natural Sciences

Cities: Guayaquil, Santa Cruz, Isabela
Duration: 10 days
Area of Study: Natural Sciences

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Program Includes

  • 9 Nights of Accommodation
    • 2-6 people per room for participants, each with their own bed and ensuite bathroom
    • Single for faculty/program leader with ensuite bathroom
    • Free wifi and daily continental breakfast
  • All Ground Transportation 
  • Welcome & Farewell Dinners 
  • Historical & Cultural Walking Tours
  • Full Time On Site Program Director Available 24/7 in case of Emergencies 
  • 24/7 On-Ground Emergency Support
  • SAA’s Mandatory Health Insurance* (see next page) 
  • SAA’s $5m Liability Insurance (COI available upon request)
  • Tips & Gratuities

Program Highlights

  • Guayaquil walking Tour
  • 7 Days of Service Learning
  • Charles Darwin Research Center
  • Highlands Tortoise Reserve
  • Lava Tunnel
  • Isla Isabela Wall of Tears Visit
  • Bike in Coastal Ecosystems
  • Las Tintoreras Islet Visit
  • Kayak Experience with Turtle
  • Los Tuneles Visit 
  • Boat Trip to Moonscape
  • Sierra Negra Volcano Hike

Program Itinerary

day 1 / DEPARTURE

Depart Home for Guayaquil, ECU

day 2 / GUAYAQUIL/SANTA CRUZ

Transfer to Santa Cruz, Galapagos ( approx 3 hrs)

Orientation Walking Tour - The group will become oriented with their neighborhood, the public transportation systems, nearby pharmacies, markets, ATMs, etc. Additionally, an in-depth safety briefing will be provided for what to do incase of an emergency. 

Lunch Break

Charles Darwin Research Center-Charles Darwin Research Station is a biological research station in Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos, Ecuador. The station is operated by the Charles Darwin Foundation which was founded in 1959 under the auspices of UNESCO and the World Conservation Union

Welcome Dinner - The group will be taken for an authentic dinner with a wide variety of menu options to cater all diets. 

 

day 3 / SANTA CRUZ/ ISABELA

Breakfast & Day Briefing 

Highlands Tortoise Reserve - A 45-minute bus ride will take us to the Santa Cruz highlands, located to the northwest of Ayora Port, where we will find a natural reserve with giant land tortoises in their natural habitat. These enormous and slow- moving reptiles are responsible for the island’s name and therefore, approaching them in their humid and forested abode is always an inspiring adventure. They can weigh between 250 and 300 kg and can live up to 200 years. They have few predators; their principal threat has always been men.

Lava Tunnel -These impressive underground tunnels southwest of the village of Santa Rosa are more than 1 km in length and were formed when the outside skin of a molten-lava flow solidified.

Lunch Break 

Transfer to Isla Isabela ( approx 2hrs)

Free Evening to Explore

day 4 / ISABELA

Breakfast & Day Briefing

Orientation Walking Tour

Lunch Break 

Wall of Tears Visit - The Wall of Tears is a historical site 5 km west of Puerto Villamil on Isabela Island in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Bike in Coastal Ecosystems 

Free Evening to Explore

day 5 / ISABELA

Breakfast & Day Briefing

Las Tintoreras Islet Visit - is an islet to the south of the bay of Puerto Villamil in the island of Isabela, that forms part of the archipelago and national park of the Galapagos Islands.

Kayak Experience with Penguins

Snorkel Experience with Turtle 

Lunch Break

Return to Isabela  

Free Evening to Explore

day 6 / ISABELA

Breakfast & Day Briefing 

Los Tuneles Visit - Los Tuneles' as they are known locally are geographical formations comprising arches and tunnels created from ancient lava flows and tidal erosion. This unique landscape hosts several species of seabirds including albatros, blue-footed boobies, and penguins as well as offering superb snorkelling in shallow, calm waters. Lobsters, turtles,.

Lunch Break

Boat Trip to Lava Moonscape 

Free Evening to Explore

day 7 / ISABELA

Breakfast & Day Briefing 

Sierra Negra Volcano Hike - Second biggest caldera in the world, Sierra Negra is a large shield volcano at the southeastern end of Isabela Island in the Galapagos that rises to an altitude of 1124m. It coalesces with the volcanoes Cerro Azul to the west and Alcedo to the north

Free Evening to Explore

day 8 / ISABELA

Breakfast & Day Briefing 

Free Day in Isabela

day 9 / ISABELA

Breakfast & Day Briefing 

Travel from Isla Isabela to Guayaquil

Lunch Break

Free Afternoon 

Farewell Dinner & Program Closing

day 10 / RETURN

Breakfast & Day Briefing 

Depart Guayaquil for Home

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