FLOREANA ISLAND – FULL DAY

Full Day:

EL FARO – ASILO DE LA PAZ – PLAYA NEGRA – LA LOBERÍA

• This Island is known for its mysterious disappearances and strange deaths raised over its history. During the days of whales and pirates in the eighteenth century, a wooden box served as the mailbox for the sailing ships that passed, the messages could be collected and delivered to the countries of origin. This mailbox still exists and is being used mainly by tourists visiting the site, appropriately named “Bahía de los Correos” of Post Office Bay.
• Farming is the main livelihood for the locals, however, nature tourism is contributing to the generation of new sources of employment.
• Details: Pick up 7h30 or 8h00 from the Dock. The sailing takes around two hours.
• We arrive to Puerto Velasco Ibarra, near Black beach, then we get on board our typical open Truck or CHIVA and drive to the highlands. Travelling we will pass by the great Cerro Pajas volcanic hill & the Scalesia Forest, look for the medium tree Finch, unique to this island.
• Later on, we will arrive at Asilo de la Paz visitor site, and we will hike for 10 minutes to get to the area of the reintroduction of Giant Tortoises on Florena Island. Then we are going to have the opportunity to watch how inhabitants extract fresh water from this island and we can taste this vital liquid, then at noon we will return to town to have lunch.

Full Day: RETURN HOTEL

After lunch we will have the opportunity for great swimming and snorkeling and after this activity we will come back to Puerto Ayora Island.