Itinerary
- Day 1
Arrival in Puerto Ayora
You'll get picked up at the airport with a personalized welcome and sign. After that, you'll explore the upper highlands of Santa Cruz Island and check out the Charles Darwin Scientific Station where they run giant tortoise breeding and conservation programs. By evening you'll head to your hotel in Puerto Ayora.
- Start point
- Isla Baltra, Galápagos Islands, Galápagos 2001, Ecuador (Baltra Airport , 06:00 - 15:00)
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Charles Darwin Scientific Station visit and giant tortoise breeding program tour
Landmarks/POIs Charles Darwin Scientific Station Santa Cruz Island 
- Day 2
Isabela Island Exploration
Early start with a 06:10 AM ferry from Puerto Ayora to Isabela Island, taking about 2 hours. By 09:00 you're exploring Tintoreras islets by boat to see penguins, white-tip sharks, rays, and sea turtles. Then snorkel in the area and grab lunch at the port around noon. Later you'll visit the flamingo lagoon for photos and tour the Arnaldo Tupiza Breeding Center to see conservation turtles. You'll wrap up by 14:00 and take the 2-hour ferry back to Puerto Ayora.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Lunch on board)
Included Activities
- Tintoreras islets boat tour and wildlife observation
- Snorkeling activity near Tintoreras
- Flamingo lagoon visit
- Arnaldo Tupiza Breeding Center tour
Landmarks/POIs Tintoreras Islets Arnaldo Tupiza Breeding Center Isabela Island 
- Day 3
Floreana Island Tour
Your guide picks you up from your hotel lobby in Puerto Ayora. First you'll visit an islet to watch blue-footed boobies, seagulls, and frigates, with snorkeling if sea conditions cooperate. Next comes the historical Pirate Cove where you'll learn about the legends and check out the beaches. Around 1:00 PM you'll have lunch at a local restaurant, then head to volcanic formations with craters and one of the largest flamingo lagoons in the Galapagos. You'll spot blue-footed boobies, sea turtles, and white-finned sharks while swimming and snorkeling.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Lunch at local restaurant in Floreana around 1:00 PM)
Included Activities
- Island bypass with bird observation (blue-footed boobies, seagulls, frigates)
- Snorkeling (weather dependent)
- Pirate Cave visit with beach walk and swimming
- Flamingo lagoon and volcanic crater exploration
- Snorkeling and swimming at volcanic reef sites
Landmarks/POIs Pirate Cove Floreana Island - Day 4
Playa la Fe and Pinzón Island
Your guide picks you up from your hotel lobby in Puerto Ayora and takes you to Santa Cruz port. From there you'll board a boat to Playa la Fe and hike around trails to watch marine iguanas and snorkel if currents allow, spotting white-tip and black-tip sharks. Then it's about a 1.5 hour boat ride to Pinzón Island for one or two snorkeling sessions depending on conditions. Lunch happens on board between snorkels. You'll see sea lions, marine iguanas, turtles, eels, eagle rays, white-tip sharks, and possibly penguins. You'll arrive back at port around 4:00 PM and head to your hotel on your own.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Lunch on board between snorkeling times)
Included Activities
- Playa la Fe hike and marine iguana observation
- Snorkeling at Playa la Fe (conditions permitting)
- Pinzón Island snorkeling (one or two sessions)
- Marine wildlife observation (sea lions, marine iguanas, turtles, rays, sharks)
Landmarks/POIs Playa la Fe Pinzón Island - Day 5
Half Bay Tour and Tortuga Bay
Your guide picks you up at 08:45 AM for the Half Bay Tour. You'll visit La Lobería, a small islet about 10 minutes from port, for snorkeling with sea lions. Then you'll go to Punta Estrada to see blue-footed boobies, seagulls, and pelicans. After that you'll check out Playa de los Perros with iguanas and volcanic rocks, continue through the Channel of Love and Shark Channel where blue sharks hang out. Alternatively, you can do a self-guided visit to Tortuga Bay on Santa Cruz Island where a 2,500-meter path leads to white sand beach. You'll swim in the mangrove-separated area and spot iguanas, beach crabs, brown pelicans, marine iguanas, white-tip reef sharks, and possibly Galapagos tortoises.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Box Lunch)
Included Activities
- La Lobería snorkeling with sea lions
- Punta Estrada bird observation
- Playa de los Perros iguana and volcanic rock exploration
- Channel of Love visit
- Shark Channel exploration
Optional Activities
- Tortuga Bay self-guided visit (nearly 2,500-meter path to beach)
- Tortuga Bay water taxi tour option
Landmarks/POIs La Lobería Punta Estrada Playa de los Perros Channel of Love Shark Channel Tortuga Bay - Day 6
Ferry to San Cristobal and Highland Exploration
Pick up happens at 06:20 AM for the ferry to San Cristobal, which takes about 2 hours. Once there you'll explore San Cristobal's highlands with distinctly different biozones. First stop is El Junco, a freshwater lagoon where frigatebirds and water fowl bathe (note that swimming isn't allowed here). Next you'll go to La Galapaguera, San Cristobal's tortoise research and conservation center where you'll walk through jungle and see natural habitats. The road ends at Puerto Chino beach, a remote bay on the island's southeast side.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- El Junco freshwater lagoon visit and bird observation
- La Galapaguera tortoise research and conservation center visit
- Puerto Chino beach visit
Landmarks/POIs El Junco La Galapaguera Puerto Chino Beach 
- Day 7
San Cristobal Coastal Tour
You'll visit four key San Cristobal locations today. Start at Rosa Blanca, a small northeast bay with multiple beaches, large dunes, and clear waters good for wahoo, palometa, and cod fishing, plus snorkeling with sharks, rays, and sea turtles. Then head to Sardina Bay, a fishing area with two white sand beaches and waters full of sea turtles, rays, and sea lions for snorkeling. Finally you'll explore Kicker Rock (Leon Dormido), a distinctive vertical formation rising almost 153 meters about 1.5 hours northeast of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno. Snorkel around it to spot sea turtles, marine iguanas, rays, Galapagos sharks, tropical fish, and occasionally hammerhead sharks while observing blue-footed boobies, masked boobies, frigatebirds, and sea lions.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Lunch on board)
Included Activities
- Rosa Blanca bay exploration and snorkeling
- Sardina Bay beach exploration and snorkeling
- Kicker Rock snorkeling and wildlife observation
Landmarks/POIs Rosa Blanca Sardina Bay Kicker Rock - Day 8
Departure from San Cristobal
After breakfast your driver picks you up from the hotel lobby and takes you to San Cristobal airport for your departure flight.
- Meals
- Breakfast
