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Academy Bay Diving is a family owned and operated company, dedicated to providing excellence in customer service and dive safety, whilst giving our customers the experience of a lifetime found nowhere else but here diving in the Galapagos Marine Reserve.

14 Days
Galapagos

During your 14 days in Galapagos you will dive in sites from 4 different islands of the Archipelago, everyday witnessing exciting and unique topography and animals. You will also enjoy overnights stays on Santa Cruz, Isabela & San Cristobal. From the smallest seahorses to the grand Scalloped Hammerhead sharks, you will not be let down by the amazing underwater world that Galapagos has to offer.

Prices Includes

Hotel in Santa Cruz and San Cristobal with breakfast (13 nights)
All meals mentioned in the itinerary
All transfers in Galapagos
Snorkel equipment and dive equipment on all tours
All tours mentioned in the itinerary

Price Excludes

Flights unless organised with Academy Bay Diving
National park entrance fee ($100 payable on arrival)
Tourist card ($20 payable in airport in Quito or Guayaquil)
Extra meals not stated in tour itinerary
Entry Fee Isabela $10
Water taxi fees between Isabela & San Cristobal – approx $3-4

Accommodation

This package is run for anyone and every budget

We have 5 levels of hotel for you to choose. If you are backpacking, honeymooning or can’t stand the thought of a hostel and would like a little more comfort or would like to go all out and have the best, we’ve got you covered!

Hostel – Single, Double or Dorm rooms, cooking facilities, breakfast not included.
Budget – Private rooms, private bathrooms, hot water, TV and WiFi, some have cooking facilities.
Tourist – Private rooms, private bathrooms, hot water, air con, TV, WiFi, breakfast, swimming pool.
Tourist Superior – Private rooms, hot water, WiFi, telephone, TV, air con, breakfast, swimming pool.
First Class – Premier class private rooms, hot water, WiFi, telephone, TV, air con, breakfast, swimming pool.

Itinerary

Day 1Baltra

Transfer from Baltra airport to hotel with Highland Visit

This tour consists of visiting 3 sites: El Chato, Lava tunnels and Los Gemelos.

El Chato Tortoise Reserve is near Santa Rosa, approx 19km from Puerto Ayora. This is one of the only places where you can observe the ancient creatures up close in the wild. They look old, they smell old and they even sound old when they suck in their necks and heads and let out a hiss of air, like an old leather cushion. The reserve is also a great place to see the short eared owls, Darwin’s finches, yellow warblers and paint billed crakes. After you return to the current century you will be taken to the lava tubes, where you can walk more than 1km underground. They were formed by the solidifying of the outside skin of molten lava flow. When the lava flow ceased, the molten lava inside the flow kept moving, emptying out of the solidified skin thus leaving tunnels. Lastly a visit to Las Gemelos, the twin craters that are actually sink holes surrounded by Scalesia forest. Vermillion flycatchers and often seen here, as well as short eared owls on occasion. It is a beautiful place to take in the greenery of Galapagos and walk along the small paths around the craters to spot some of the bird life. At the conclusion of the tour you will be transported back to Puerto Ayora and your hotel.

Please come to our office in the evening at 5-6pm to try on your equipment for the following day and meet your guides.