North Seymour and Bachas Beach

DEPARTURE TIME: 8:00 AM

RETURN TO YOUR HOTEL: 4:30 PM

A Galapagos National Park Naturalist Guide will pick you up from your hotel in Puerto Ayora and you will travel 35 minutes by bus to the Itabaca Canal. There we will board the yacht and sail 45 minutes to North Seymour Island.

North Seymour is one of the most interesting islands to visit as it has a large colony of boobies and frigatebirds that come to nest throughout the year. We will walk approximately one hour to observe the nesting frigates, blue-footed boobies and majestic land iguanas in their natural habitat.

After enjoying lunch on board the yacht we’ll visit Bachas Beach, a small beach that is perfect for snorkeling and relaxing. Here we can swim with sea lions and sea turtles. During nesting season (Nov to Feb) we may observe sea turtles on the beach. We’ll also walk to a small lagoon where we may see flamingos and some endemic birds of the islands.

From here we navigate back to the canal and return by bus to Puerto Ayora.