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Daily Tour Plazas Islands plus Punta Carrion
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Full day (1 day)
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24 hours
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Idioma
Spanish / English
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1 passenger
Daily Tour Plazas Islands plus Punta Carrion
formed by lava that flowed from the bottom of the ocean. Despite its small size, it is home to a large number of species and is famous for its extraordinary flora. That is why this island is very popular with visitors.
Starting point
- The tour includes pick up from the hotel, the tour is between 7 am and 7:30 depending on the location of the hotel.
- Days of operation: from Monday to Sunday
Itinerary
Día 1
Plazas Islands
Tour start time: 7:00 AM
- The South Plazas were formed by lava that flowed from the bottom of the ocean.
- Despite its small size, it is home to a large number of species and is famous for its extraordinary flora.
- That is why this island is very popular with visitors. On the steep banks it is possible to see a large number of birds, such as nesting tropical birds and swallow-tailed gulls, but above all, enjoying the beautiful view from the steep banks or walking along the base of the cliff is an extremely pleasant experience. . In the morning, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.,
- We will pick you up at the hotel you have chosen for your stay in Galapagos.
- Then we will take a bus or truck for approximately 45 minutes to the place of the Itabaca Channel, where we will board the boat to navigate through the Itabaca Channel to the South Plazas Island. South Plaza Island has an area of 13 hectares and a height of 25 meters above sea level. The pier is almost always occupied by families of sea lions (males, females with their young), so the guide will land first to scare away the sea lions.
- There is a colony of about 1000 sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) that inhabit this island, you must carefully walk on rocks covered in sea lion droppings (white guano).
- Once the landing is complete, you can begin to observe the iguanas under the shadow of the Opuntia, these land iguanas are among the smallest subspecies of iguanas that exist in Galapagos; Iguanas nest during the hot season and several hybrid iguanas have been observed throughout the island, a result of crossing a male marine iguana with a female land iguana.
- The path takes us to a steep cliff through the vegetation that belongs to the arid type area and the coastlines; much of the island is covered with Sesuvium, leather leaf (Maytenus), thorny bushes (Scutia pauciflora) on the sides of the road, there are no trees, but it is covered with an endemic marine chase mat or rock garden whose leaves turn red.
- May to December. Land iguanas feed on yellow Opuntia flowers (Portulaca Howelli). This island is a good place to observe Darwin's finches; here they inhabit the medium zone, small and cactus finches. The path reaches a platform of volcanic material, where we find the lonely sea lion beach well known for a colony of ancient sea lions that have lost their territories, many of which bear scars from fights with other males to maintain their territory or the shark bites.
- Once back, the trail passes behind one of the largest sea lion colonies in the Galapagos Islands, as we mentioned earlier, there are around 1000 sea lions, while the males compete with each other to maintain their "harem" of Females 20 more or less will place us at a sufficient distance to observe these beautiful sea lions.
- Snorkeling is prohibited in the spaces of the island as there are a large number of sea lions.
Include
- Professional bilingual guide.
- Transportation - pick up / drop off at the hotel.
- Snorkeling equipment.
- Box Lunch.
Not included
- Neoprene suit.
- Tips and Tips (optional)
Activities
- Water activities (incluida)
- Guided visits (incluida)
Cancellations policy
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