Galapagos Islands: Puerto Ayora

Galapagos Islands - Summer 2018 - Episode #11
Between tours and adventures, the Town of Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island deserves a it’s own video. Here are some sights and sounds from the most populated town in the Galapagos!
Thanks for watching! For those interested in the logistics and cost of this trip. Check out the information below.
Logistics for Santa Cruz Island stay (4 nights/5 Days)
• Hostel North Seymour, Lobo Marino y Duncan N. 258, Puerto Ayora. 4 night stay for 2 people ($221.76 total, or $110.88 each). Complimentary breakfast and water bottle re-fills included. I booked through Expedia.com. in January (5 months before my stay). Hotel North Seymour is a cash only location, so you pay when you arrive. www.northseymo...
• Taxi from docks to hotel (10 min trip) = $2 (you can walk… I had broken luggage)
• Highlands Tour: we used a taxi which cost $45 for two people on a half day trip. This included stops at El Chato Tortoise Reserve, Los Gemelos (collapsed craters), and the Lava tunnels. The El Chato Tortoise ranch also cost $5 to enter.
• North Seymour Dive Trip with Eagle Ray Tours $230 each with Eagleray Tours (www.eagleraytou.... Due to boat repairs, Eagle Ray Tours could not run the trip. They worked with Albatros Tours (diveresortgala...) to make sure we got on another boat for the same tour.
• Bartolome Island Tour with Eagle Ray Tours ($235 each). Full day with land and snorkeling excursions.
• Food Expenses can obviously very. We had 3 breakfasts and 2 lunches included between the hotel and tours. I purchased 4 dinners, and 1 lunches for $55 combined (no Alcoholic drinks or sodas)…and maybe another $10 of other stuff like ice cream cones and the like.
• Gratuities: I spent roughly $45 tipping on tours and restaurants.
• Ferries between Islands cost $30 one way. We booked our ferry from Santa Cruz to Isabella, and from Isabella back to Santa Cruz with Eagle Ray Tours. I recommend booking your ferry passage as soon as you can as they do fill up.
Total Cost for the Santa Cruz leg of the trip:
• $737,88 (without ferries to and from the island)

[@SenjaAldee]

So pretty and the sealion, love it ,

[@ShawnMcCall]

Thanks! There is so much to see and experience even when you not on a tour :-)

[@ScubaHank]

The baby sharks at the port are so cool!

[@ShawnMcCall]

They really are very cool. I was surprised to see so many of them,

[@Nerding4Nature]

"Hey son, go stand beside that wild predator that's twice your size so I can put in on Instagram." *faseplam* That's quite the display at 4:53.

[@ShawnMcCall]

yep. People really have an unrealistic view of wild animals. They say the most dangerous animal in the Galapagos are the Sea lions just because they are unpredictable.

[@abcdefgh-zp3qk]

thank you for your videos. They are really helpful for planning my trip. On your videos the sky does always look cloudy. Is it because of the video or was the weather like that?

[@ShawnMcCall]

Thanks so much... I want to go back... lol but yes, the sky was cloudy a good portion of the time.