The Galapagos; Santa Cruz Island 1 - Bachas Beach

We join our G-Adventures group (15 people) last night; today we have an early morning flight from Quito to Baltra Island - from here, we board our small cruise boat, The Eden (maximum 16 passengers in 8 rooms), and head to Santa Cruz Island.

We have lunch on the boat, sort out suitable snorkelling kit for everybody, and then sail to Bachas Beach, a 1km stretch of white coral sand; we are taken from the boat to the beach by panga (motorised skiff). We have a walk along the beach to the small lake and back before the snorkelling; this goes well, and we see lots of small fish and a turtle. Then it's back to the boat, shower, briefing for tomorrow, and dinner.

The Eden sails overnight to our next destination - Genovesa Island.Read more