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ONE WEEK DAILY DIVE TOUR
Departures: Everyday
Price: US$ .00 per person (based on double accommodation)
Duration: 8 days
Persons: 2 (min)

Day 1- Arrival and check in at Hotel, the afternoon is a good opportunity to visit the Charles Darwin Research Station visitor center, with its educational displays and giant tortoise breeding center. Later, prepare scuba gear for the next day's dive, dinner.

Day 2- Breakfast, two check out dives at Academy Bay (This is the bay of Puerto Ayora at Santa Cruz Island, offering 5 dive sites within 10 or 20 minutes by boat from our Dive Center . Three of the sites are generally calm with little current; ideal for students or novices. At the other two sites the dives could be a little more complicated if there is current, so they are suitable for intermediate or expert divers. It is possible to see reef fish, sea lions, sting rays, golden rays, eagle rays, invertebrates, morays, garden eels, turtles, marine iguanas, and white tip reef sharks), lunch at the Hotel, shopping, dinner.

Day 3- Breakfast, two dives at Santa Fe island (This island is about an hour away from our Dive Center, and offers 4 dive sites. Generally the waters are clear and the currents

 
 

mild, so they are ideal for novices. At the same time, the animals and topography make them interesting for intermediates and experts. We can see reef fish; sting and eagle rays, garden eels, turtles, sea lion colony, invertebrates, morays, pelagic fish, maybe white tip reef sharks or hammerheads), lunch on board, return to the Hotel, dinner.

Day 4- Breakfast, two dives at Floreana island (Floreana is about 90 minutes south from our Dive Center. The 9 dive sites usually have calm water but when we find strong current at one we can quickly move to another. This makes Floreana ideal for all levels of divers. You may see coral heads, endemic black coral, reef fish; sting and eagle rays, turtles, sea lion colony, barracudas, pelagic fish, white tip reef sharks, galápagos sharks, hammerhead sharks, sea horses, morays, garden eels, invertebrates), lunch on board, return to the Hotel, dinner.

Day 5- Breakfast, two dives at North Seymour island (This island is about 90 minutes north of our Dive Center. There are 5 dive sites suitable for all levels of divers, although sometimes the currents can be strong. We can see reef fish; sting and eagle rays, a large garden eel colony, turtles, invertebrates, sea lion colony, morays, pelagic fish, and usually white tip reef sharks and hammerheads. Occasionally the galápagos sharks), lunch on board, return to the Hotel, dinner.

Day 6- Breakfast, two dives at Nameless Island (This is an isolated offshore "sugarloaf" with vertical walls all around. The distance from our Dive Center is about one hour. The main dive site is a shelf of boulders at about 60 feet. We usually see many galápagos sharks here, some schools of pelagic fish, and multicolored sponges on the rock wall. Currents and surge are the controlling factors at Nameless Island), lunch on board, return to the Hotel, dinner.

Day 7- Breakfast, two dives at Gordon Rocks (Dive Center. There are 5 dive sites in the area, but only the three at Plazas are for novices. The other two sites are for intermediates and experts because there can be strong currents and surge. The Gordon Rocks dive sites are mostly walls with a deep bottom. Reef fish, large pelagic fish; golden, sting and eagle rays, turtles, sea lion colony, endemic galapágos fur seals, morays, invertebrates; white tip and galápagos sharks. Hammerhead sharks are the main attraction, often appearing in large schools), lunch on board, return to the Hotel, dinner.

Day 8- Breakfast, Baltra Airport.

 
 
INCLUDED NOT INCLUDED
Double occupancy room, meals,
complete scuba gear,
dive boats,
Divemaster guides.
airfare Quito-Galapagos-Quito
national park entrance fee
extra expenses and tips.
 
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