• Monday 16 December 2024
    Highlights: Coastal ride around San Cristobal Island, Snorkelling, Exploring a beautiful beach, Searching for sea life and finding Orcas!

    For our first activity of the day, we had the option of doing a ‘Power Hike’ at Pitt Point on San Cristobal Island (physical condition needed: High) or you could do a zodiac ride around the coast. Erin opted for the power hike whereas I opted for the coastal ride.

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  • Española Island (Galapagos), Ecuador

    Sunday 15 December 2024
    Highlights: Sea Lions, Snorkelling, Hiking rocky terrain.

    Today was our first full day in our new home for the week, the Reina Silvia Voyager. I woke up a little earlier than planned. There was some rocking of the catamaran during the night as we moved from Santa Cruz Island to Española Island but I slept okay despite the movements.

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  • Giant tortoise – Santa Cruz Island (Galapagos Islands), Ecuador

    Saturday 14 December 2024
    Highlights: Giant tortoises, the Santa Cruz Island landscape, exploring the Reina Silvia Voyager

    We were up before 4 am to prepare for our early morning flight to the Galapagos Islands. A breakfast pack was waiting for us as we boarded our transport for the airport.

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  • Avianca Airlines
    Date: 14 December 2024
    Flight Number: AV1632
    Gate: A 
    Seat: 21C & 21D (Economy)
    Plane: Airbus 320
    First Leg Boarded: 07:27 (Group E 0:37)
    First Leg Pushback: 08:06 (Scheduled 07:51)
    First Leg Take off: 08:19
    First Leg Arrived: 09:03 (Scheduled 09:14)
    First Leg Actual Duration: 57 minutes
    Second Leg Boarded: 09:53
    Second Leg Pushback: 10:34
    Second Leg Take off: 10:47
    Second Leg Arrived: 11:31
    Second Leg Actual Duration: 1 hour 57 minutes
    Distance: 1,453 km (first leg 282 km and second leg 1,171 km)

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  • Mariposario Mariposas de Mindo (Butterfly Farm) – Mindo, Ecuador

    Friday 13 December 2024
    Highlights: Hummingbirds Paradise Alambi Reserve, El Quetzal de Mindo (Chocolate Factory), Mariposario Mariposas de Mindo (Butterfly Farm)

    Setting out at 7.30 am we had a day of adventure and discovery on the final day of our Ecuador’s Amazon and Volcanoes tour. Today’s activities were replacements for not being able to stay in the Amazon earlier in the trip.

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