AM: Arrival, San Cristobal or Baltra
If you are landing at San Cristobal Airport, you will be directed towards the airport terminal building. You will need to queue here to pay your Galapagos National Park fee and have your luggage inspected for potential contaminants to the island, such as plant matter or seeds.

Please wait for you baggage to be unloaded. Collect it and then look for someone holding a card with your name or the name of your Galapagos yacht: Galapagos Sky.

If you are landing at Baltra Airport, you will pass through an airport inspection point to make sure that no foreign plants or animals are introduced to the islands, and to pay the park entrance fee of $200 (unless it has been prepaid). A guide will meet you, help you collect your luggage and escort you on a short bus ride to the harbour.

PM: Navigation to Isla Lobos or Mosquera
If you boarded the boat after landing at San Cristobal Airport, the boat will sail to Isla Lobos. The beach on Lobos Island harbours a colony of Galapagos sea lions. As in other colonies in the archipelago, you can approach nurturing females within a few metres. In the breeding season this colony is also visited by territorial males, defending and mating the harem on their section of beach. This low islet is home to more than just Galapagos sea lions. Two other emblematic species breed here: male blue-footed boobies and great frigate birds. In season, booby males try to impress females with clumsy dances, showing off how blue (and healthy) their feet are. Male frigatebirds inflate and wobble huge red throat poaches called gulas. Young fluffy offspring cry for food, whilst juveniles try out their wings ready to fly. You will have your check-out dive here today.

If you boarded the boat after landing at Baltra Airport, the boat will sail to Mosquera. Mosquera is a low white sand island which lies in the Itabaca Channel between Baltra Island (South Seymour) and North Seymour. It is surrounded by coral reefs, providing protected conditions for snorkelling and scuba diving. Above water, it has a large sealion colony and is good for spotting birds like America oyster catchers, blue-footed boobies and lava gulls. You will have your check-out dive here.

AM: North Seymour Island
After your breakfast, you will have a land visit of North Seymour Island. This islet is one of most visited sites in the Galapagos and it is teeming with birdlife. An easy circular path takes you through the archipelago’s most extensive colonies of blue-footed boobies and frigate birds. At the beginning of the breeding season, adult frigatebird-males blow up their vivid red pouches (gulas) to impressive football-sized balloons. This is one of the few spots where you can compare the magnificent and the great frigatebird breeding next to each other.

You are likely to come across several land iguanas on North Seymour and the coast can be a good place to spot Galapagos sealions.

PM: Cousins Rock, Santiago Island
This will be where you will begin your proper diving for this itinerary and there will be 2 here this afternoon. Cousins Rock dive site is characterised by its sloping rock formation which is home to many reef-dwelling marine animals such as Seahorses, Octopus, Sharks, Sea Lions and Green Turtles.

You will have multiple dives at various sites off Wolf Island over these 2 days – 3 daytime dives and a night dive on Tuesday followed by 4 daytime dives on Wednesday. The many dive sites at Wolf Island which provide marine life sightings of many different creatures. It is possible to see Red-Lipped Batfish, Whale Sharks and Hawksbill & Pacific Green Turtles.

These 2 days will be spent diving at sites off Darwin island – 4 daytime dives for each day. Darwin’s Arch, now a pillar formation since the arch collapsed in 2021, is one of the Galapagos’ most iconic locations. The shallow reef platforms around the landmark make this a great diving spot for seeing schools of Scalloped Hammerheads. Whale Sharks can also be seen here, mostly between June and November, with females making a stop-off during their solitary migrations.

There will be the final 2 dives at Darwin Island and the final dive at Wolf Island of the itinerary today.

AM: Cabo Douglas, Fernandina Island
There is some great wildlife to see at Cape Douglas, with Flightless Cormorants, Galapagos Penguins and Marine Iguanas accompanying Red-Lipped Batfish, Horn Sharks and Mola-Mola. It is sometimes possible to see Baleen Whales at this site too. Diving here should be great for Marine Iguana encounters in particular, but other highlights here include volcanic formations and a rich marine ecosystem.

PM: Punta Vicente Roca, Isabela Island
There are great underwater opportunities at Vicente Roca Point thanks to upwelling cold-water currents here. Marine life in the area includes various Shark species, Galapagos Penguins, Seahorses & Mola-Mola. Other animals which you can hope to see here are Nazca & Blue-Footed Boobies, Brown Pelicans & Flightless Cormorants.

After the dive, you can ride in a Panga to get the best photo opportunities of the Galapagos Penguins, Flightless Cormorants and Blue Footed Boobies here.

AM: Cabo Marshall, Isabela Island
Cape Marshall in on the north-east side of Isabela and is home to a few great diving spots. In these dive locations, it is easiest to drift dive across a black coral-coated vertical wall descending to the seabed where Hammerhead, White-Tipped & Galapagos sharks can be spotted. Even Whale Sharks have been seen here. Other marine life includes large schools of Black-Striped Salema and Barracuda.

PM: Roca Blanca, Isabela Island
This site is off the southeast of Isabela Island. It is rarely visited and pristine, often providing opportunities to see Giant Manta Rays, Whitetip & Hammerhead Sharks and Sea Turtles. There is also dramatic topography here too, with a wall rich is life and black coral.

AM: Pinzon Island
Pinzón Island is 6.9 miles² (18 km²) and has no permanent human population. There are Galapagos Tortoises and Sea Lions on the island. The dive site at Pinzón is called No Name Rock, an islet which you can dive all the way around and potentially see Hammerhead Sharks, Rays and Turtles.

PM: Highlands, Santa Cruz Island
The road to the highlands leaves from Bellavista, a small village located a 15-minute drive from Santa Cruz’ main town of Puerto Ayora. The road passes through the Galapagos’ most productive agricultural zone, up to the National Park boundary. We find Miconia vegetation at this altitude, changing to the Fern and Sedge zone as we ascend further. With clear weather, we can enjoy beautiful scenes of rolling hills and extinct volcanic cones covered with grass and lush greenery all year round. In the Highlands is El Chato Reserve, where Giant Galapagos Tortoises can be observed in the wild – the iconic species which gave the Galapagos Islands their name. Other species to see at this reserve include Short-Eared Owls, Yellow Warblers & Finches. More elusive species which can be difficult to spot here are Galapagos Rails & Paint-Billed Crakes.

AM: Departure, San Cristobal or Baltra
If you disembark at San Cristobal Island, you will visit the Interpretation Centre and UMAMI restaurant. The San Cristóbal Interpretation Centre just outside the provincial capital of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, is a perfect complement to the field explanations and briefings of your naturalist guide and host. Information panels are in English and Spanish, with many photographs, models and true to life dioramas which tell the background story of the islands in different ways. They really capture what makes the Galapagos Islands so unique. The well-maintained botanical garden with native species from the arid zone (including the giant prickly pear and candelabra cacti) is worth your visit as well; and you will probably spot the Chatham Mockingbird which is endemic to this island - a bird which put Darwin on track to his theory of evolution. The attractive exhibition is quite complete and explains a series of natural circumstances that create the Galapagos’ unique environment: such as the volcanic genesis of the islands, their remoteness from the continent, its ocean currents, its special climate, the arrival of different species, and their establishment, among others. It also recounts historic discovery and attempts of colonisation; and shows a diorama with ancient mail barrels from Post Office Bay.

Your guide and some crew members will accompany you back to San Cristobal where you will take the airport shuttle. Your guide will remain with you through check-in counters & the departure hall.

If you depart at Baltra Island, you will go directly to the airport after breakfast onboard. Your guide & some crew members will go with you to Baltra where you will board the airport shuttle. Your guide will remain with you through the check-in counters & departure hall.

AM: Arrival, San Cristobal Island
Land at San Cristobal airport where you will be directed towards the airport terminal building. You will need to queue here to pay your Galapagos National Park fee and have your luggage inspected for potential contaminants to the island, such as plant matter or seeds.

Please wait for you baggage to be unloaded. Collect it and then look for someone holding a card with your name or the name of your Galapagos yacht: Galapagos Sky

PM: Check-Out Dive, Isla Lobos
The beach on Lobos Island harbours a colony of Galapagos sea lions. As in other colonies in the archipelago, you can approach nurturing females within a few metres. In the breeding season this colony is also visited by territorial males, defending and mating the harem on their section of beach. This low islet is home to more than just Galapagos sea lions. Two other emblematic species breed here: male blue-footed boobies and great frigate birds. In season, booby males try to impress females with clumsy dances, showing off how blue (and healthy) their feet are. Male frigatebirds inflate and wobble huge red throat poaches called gulas. Young fluffy offspring cry for food, whilst juveniles try out their wings ready to fly.

AM: North Seymour Island
At North Seymour Island, one of the most popular in the archipelago, you will be able to engage in a few interesting dives where you can see Eels, Starfish, cleaning stations with visiting Sharks, like Hammerheads, and an variety of rays, including Spotted Eagle, Manta and (rarely) Golden Cownose Rays. Pufferfish are also sighted regularly at this location. The currents at this dive site are known to be fairly strong, so it is recommended to have experience diving with currents before taking part in this dive.

PM: Cousins Rock, Santiago Island
Cousins Rock dive site is characterised by its sloping rock formation which is home to many reef-dwelling marine animals such as Seahorses, Octopus, Sharks, Sea Lions and Green Turtles.

You will have 3 daytime and 1 night dive at various sites off Wolf Island. There are many dive sites at Wolf Island which provide marine life sightings of many different creatures. It is possible to see Red-Lipped Batfish, Whale Sharks and Hawksbill & Pacific Green Turtles.

You will have 4 daytime dives at various sites off Darwin Island. Darwin Island is home to one of the most iconic locations in the Galapagos Islands, Darwin’s Arch is a great diving location, being a hotspot for Hammerhead & Whale Sharks and with starring wildlife sightings including Manta Rays, Yellowfin Tuna & Dolphins. The busiest area for cleaning stations here is on a sandy slope known as El Arenal.

AM: Darwin Island
There will be the final 2 dives at Darwin Island of the itinerary this morning.

PM: Wolf Island
You will have one last dive off Wolf Island this afternoon.

AM: Cabo Douglas, Isabela Island
There is some great wildlife to see at Cape Douglas, with Flightless Cormorants, Galapagos Penguins and Marine Iguanas accompanying Red-Lipped Batfish, Horn Sharks and Mola-Mola. It is sometimes possible to see Baleen Whales at this site too. Diving here should be great for Marine Iguana encounters in particular, but other highlights here include volcanic formations and a rich marine ecosystem.

PM: Punta Vicente Roca, Isabela Island
There are great underwater opportunities at Vicente Roca Point thanks to upwelling cold-water currents here. Marine life in the area includes various Shark species, Galapagos Penguins, Seahorses & Mola-Mola. Other animals which you can hope to see here are Nazca & Blue-Footed Boobies, Brown Pelicans & Flightless Cormorants. A Panga ride after your dive will give you the site’s best opportunities for photographing Galapagos Penguins, Flightless Cormorants and Blue Footed Boobies.

AM: Pinzon Island
Pinzón Island is 6.9 miles² (18 km²) and has no permanent human population. There are Galapagos Tortoises and Sea Lions on the island. The dive site at Pinzón is called No Name Rock, an islet which you can dive all the way around and potentially see Hammerhead Sharks, Rays and Turtles.

PM: Highlands, Santa Cruz Island
The road to the highlands leaves from Bellavista, a small village located a 15-minute drive from Santa Cruz’ main town of Puerto Ayora. The road passes through the Galapagos’ most productive agricultural zone, up to the National Park boundary. We find Miconia vegetation at this altitude, changing to the Fern and Sedge zone as we ascend further. With clear weather, we can enjoy beautiful scenes of rolling hills and extinct volcanic cones covered with grass and lush greenery all year round. In the Highlands is El Chato Reserve, where Giant Galapagos Tortoises can be observed in the wild – the iconic species which gave the Galapagos Islands their name. Other species to see at this reserve include Short-Eared Owls, Yellow Warblers & Finches. More elusive species which can be difficult to spot here are Galapagos Rails & Paint-Billed Crakes.

AM: Interpretation Centre & UMAMI Restaurant, San Cristobal Island
The San Cristóbal Interpretation Centre just outside the provincial capital of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, is a perfect complement to the field explanations and briefings of your naturalist guide and host. Information panels are in English and Spanish, with many photographs, models and true to life dioramas which tell the background story of the islands in different ways. They really capture what makes the Galapagos Islands so unique. The well-maintained botanical garden with native species from the arid zone (including the giant prickly pear and candelabra cacti) is worth your visit as well; and you will probably spot the Chatham Mockingbird which is endemic to this island - a bird which put Darwin on track to his theory of evolution. The attractive exhibition is quite complete and explains a series of natural circumstances that create the Galapagos’ unique environment: such as the volcanic genesis of the islands, their remoteness from the continent, its ocean currents, its special climate, the arrival of different species, and their establishment, among others. It also recounts historic discovery and attempts of colonisation; and shows a diorama with ancient mail barrels from Post Office Bay.

PM: Departure, San Cristobal Island
Your guide and some crew members will accompany you back to San Cristobal where you will take the airport shuttle. Your guide will remain with you through check-in counters & the departure hall.