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ENJOY THE ISLANDS JOINING A SMALL GROUP
GALAPAGOS HIGHLIGHT
The Galapagos Islands are famous for their incredible wildlife, and many people think that a cruise is the only way to visit them.
We offer a island hopping version of a cruise :
– Fixed departure, you join a small group
– Max 16 people per group
– 1 naturalist all tour long
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Our naturalists will explain you and show you a LOT MORE as if you visit the islands on your own. The history, biology and vulcanology of the islands are eyes opener about our world and being led by a top naturalist of the National Park is a game changer.
But unlike being on a cruise you will be able to :
– Stay in the evening in one of our family owned, cozy hotels
– have the opportunity to explore the ports, choose your own restaurant and dinner time (except 2 included dinners)
– Not be 24/7 with the same people, free time in the evening allows you to have a beer watching the sun set of just take a walk on the beach or on the waterfront
– Get to know life on the islands, the « real » life
– Profit to the local economy (we are based on the islands, our providers are local families, not big companies abroad).
HIGHLIGHT GALAPAGOS
7 Day Tour
San Cristobal
We will pick you up on arrival at the airport of San Cristobal Island and take you to the hotel. After a nice lunch with the guide, you will go get your snorkeling gear and we will depart for a great first snorkeling session. The spot will be selected by the guide according to the tide. Today you will spot your first sea lions (underwater or at the beach), tropical fishes, and surely marine iguanas.
Meals included this day: lunch.
Tip: take a stroll on in the evening along the waterfront and on the piers: spot all the sea lions on the beaches, on the benches and sometimes even in the street!
Difficulty: EASY
San Cristobal
Note: the tour will either take place AM or PM; the second half of the day is free. Lunch is included. In the free time you can take a dip in the nearby beaches in company of the sea lions.
Lobos island is a nearby islet (navigation is approx. 30mn) where you can spot blue footed boobies and frigate birds. You will walk for 1h00/1h30. After the walk your will have a snorkeling session. (Easy session, in quite shallow water). After the snorkeling our last stop will be a beach where we will have a bit of free time (Ochoa beach). Lunch is included on board whether the tour takes place from 8 to 12h30 or from 13h00 to 17h30.
Meals included this day: breakfast and lunch
Tip: you have a half day free this day so here are some suggestions on what you can do: take a cab to explore the Junco lagoon, or hang at Playa Mann the beach local go, where you have to share the beach with the sea lions!
Difficulty: EASY- MEDIUM
Alternative excursion to Lobos Island (subject to availability): if you are looking for a more thrilling experience, you can instead of Lobos island opt for Kicker Rock (Leon Dormido – sleeping Lion), a volcanic formation amid the ocean. There you might spot sharks, rays, turtles and if you are lucky hammerhead sharks! The wall of the rock underwater is also beautiful with plenty of tropical fishes. The tour also includes a stop at a nice beach where we will have time to relax, swim and walk around to take pictures. You will be back around 14h30 in the afternoon.
Extra cost for this tour: + $60
Tip: it is mandatory to be a good swimmer / comfortable in open wáter for this tour. This is a shared boat tour with max 12 people on board.
Floreana
Breakfast will be served at your hotel. Then you will be picked-up to go to the pier where you depart around 8AM to Floreana island. The boat ride lasts for about 2h30 hours. Floreana is the less populated island, it has not grown a lot in the past year and is not very accessible, therefore it is still pristine and authentic. At arrival we will go to the “Peace Asylum where the first colons arrived on the Galapagos. The guide will tell you about the incredible stories about whalers, pirates and the first families that settled there, including the “Baroness”. We will then have lunch. Afterwards you can either join the guide for a snorkel session at Loberia beach or just enjoy the black sand beach in front of the hotel. You can also walk around the small village and enjoy a drink watching the sun set.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Fun Fact: A movie is being shot in Australia inspired by the first colons stories (Origin of Species, by Ron Howard).
Difficulty: EASY
Isabela
In the morning we will get ready to navigate to Isabela. It takes approx. 1h30 to reach this beautiful island. At arrival, transfer to the hotel and lunch. In the afternoon we will do the Tintoreras tour. you have a short hike and snorkel. There you can spot small Galapagos penguins, sea lions, marine iguanas, blue-footed boobies and often you can even spot white-tipped reef sharks in one of the channels. Evening free.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch.
Fun Fact: Tintoreras is called this way because it is a place where you can spot the white tip reef sharks. Called in Spanish Tintoreras.
Difficulty: EASY
Alternative excursion to Tintoreras (subject to availability): If you want a longer snorkeling you can opt this day for the tour to the Tunnels of Cabo Rosa. You will depart at 11AM and be back around 17h00. It’s 45 MN boat ride each way- At Cabo Rosa lava has flowed into the ocean and formed beautiful lava tunnels. There you may see penguins, blue-footed boobies, and sea turtles. However, the highlight is snorkeling. You have the chance to see sharks, sea turtles, sea lions, rays, seahorses, and many tropical fishes.
Extra cost for this tour: + $100
Meals included: breakfast, lunch.
Tip: Bring a SD card of flash memory because the guides often share their pics at the end of the tour.
Difficulty: EASY
Isabela
Early in the morning you will be picked-up and driven towards the highlands: You will start a 8km (to go and walk back) trekking to the Sierra Negra crater, which has the second largest active caldera in the world of 10km (6.2 miles) diameter. Once you have returned from the volcano, you will have lunch at a local farm. On the way back we will stop at the flamingo’s lagoon so we can spot these graceful pink birds. Then we head to the pier and take the 15h00 boat to Santa Cruz. The ride takes 2h30. At arrival you will go to the hotel and get the instructions for the next day activity.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch.
Tip: look on your way to Sierra Negra for the “little vermillion flycatcher” , a very rare bird species that can be spotted in this area.
Difficulty: MODERATE
Santa Cruz Island
After breakfast we will go the highlands to spot the famous Galapagos tortoises in the wild. Santa Cruz is the islands where you can see the biggest ones. We will also visit a lava tube and have lunch in a nice ranch in the highlands. In the afternoon we will finish our tour with the beautiful beach of Tortuga Bay. We will go one way and the way back walking a 3km trail back to town, among giant endemic cactuses “opuntia”. Tortuga bay is a pristine beach with white sand and a lagoon surrounded by mangroves. Free time there, each one can go back to town when they wish (no guide mandatory there). We will all meet for a farewell dinner.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Tip: you can rent kayaks on the Tortuga Bay beach if you want. (Not included).
Also Santa Cruz is the best island for souvenir shopping.
Difficulty: EASY
Baltra airport
3 hours before your flight we will pick you up and take you to the airport. Our chauffeur will take you up to your airline counter. -END OF SERVICES–
Note: the ferry + Lobito bus fee are included.
Meals included: breakfast.
Difficulty: EASY
And now the prices!
Prices are per person and in US dollars. The minimum age required for this tour is 8 years old. Up to 11 years old kids have 30% discount as long as they share their parents’ room.
| 7 Day Tour | Double/Triple Room |
| ADULT in double/ triple room
ADULT in single room |
$ 1850
$ 2100 |
EXTRAS
- Kicker Rock instead of Lobos Island: +60$ pp
- Tunnels snorkel tour in Isabela instead of Tintoreras: + 100$ pp
- Upgrade hotel from tourist class to superior hotels: +500$ pp in double, +800$ in single room.
Included
- meals on the islands as mentioned in the program (some dinners are free)
- tours with English-speaking guides certified by the National Park
- all transportation (boat, bus, taxi) (except transportation during the free time)
- snorkel gear including fins and wetsuit (shorty 2.5mm or long 2.5mm according to the season)
- accommodation in double or triple room occupancy
- Isabela entry fee
- Lobito bus (at Baltra airport)
- Santa Cruz pier tax
- Water taxis
Not Included
- flight from/to mainland (approx. 550$)
- Entrance fee to the Galapagos National Park 100$, -** (to be paid upon arrival at the airport – CASH ONLY – There is no ATM at the airport. Please bring enough cash)
- TCT Migration card $20** to be paid in cash in Quito or Guayaquil airport (Consejo de Gobierno counter, easy to spot in the airport. There you will also have to register your personal details before you go to the check-in counter of your airline)
- Additional costs for flight delays or cancellations
- all services not mentioned on the program.
- travel insurance – IT IS MANDATORY TO HAVE ONE, covering last minute trip cancellations, health issues, baggage loss etc.
- single supplement if you are a solo traveler.
- tip
2024 DATES
| JANUARY | 14-20 |
| FEBRUARY | 11-17 |
| MARCH | 17-23 |
| APRIL | 14-20 |
| MAY | 12-18 |
| JUNE | 16-22 |
| JULY | 14-20 |
| SEPTEMBER | 15-21 |
| OCTOBER | 13-19 |
| NOVEMBER | 17-23 |
| DECEMBER | 15-21 |
Important Information
Meals:
- Meals are not “a la carte”, but menus. Please let us know, if you have any allergy or special diet. You will always have a main plate + dessert + juice or water. Coffee is not included. We will always offer you different choices for every meal and of course have vegetarian – vegan- lactose free or gluten free option.
- Water: You can fill up water bottles in all the hotels each morning before going on the tour. Tap water is not drinkable!
- Transportation: Is made by small speedboats between islands. Navigation times can take up to 3 hours due to the distance between islands and currents. We cannot control the ocean, if a swell comes in the ride can be bumpy, especially during the Garúa season (see below). If you are usually subject to motion sickness please bring parches or pills (you can also buy pills on Galapagos). From experience, the parches are really effective!
- This is a pretty active tour; you need to be fit (be used to hiking and swimming).
- To make most out of the time spent on the Galapagos Islands, early wake ups are scheduled. If you would like to spend some extra days on your own without itinerary, we will be happy to help you to book extra nights before and/or after the tour.
- The program and activities can be changed without prior notice if the National Park closes a site for research or maintenance or if meteorological conditions require it.
Accomodation:
- We use tourist superior class hotels that have A/C , Wifi (but internet here on the islands is VERY slow), nice rooms with queen beds.
- San Cristobal: we use the Katarma or similar
- Isabela: Cally or similar
- Santa Cruz: Red Booby or similar
- If those are not available, we will use similar or superior hotels. You will know which hotel you have immediately at booking.
Flights:
- The flight IN must be to San Cristobal Island (code SCY). Airlines flying to this island are either LATAM, AVIANCA or EQUAIR not arriving later than 13h30
- The flight OUT must be out of BALTRA (code GPS). Departures from this island are operated either by LATAM, EQUAIR or AVIANCA. – Please choose the latest flight leaving around 1PM (not before or you would be missing the tortoise activity)
- WE CAN HELP YOU BOOK THE FLIGHTS – SO FEEL FREE TO ASK US!
Species you CAN see on this tour: sea lions, frigate birds, blue-footed boobies, swallow tailed gulls, tropic birds, marine iguanas, sharks, dolphins, rays, penguins, giant tortoises, turtles, darwin finches, mockingbirds, lava lizards, flamingos
Species you CANNOT see on this tour: red-footed boobies, flightless cormorants, pink iguanas, land iguanas, albatrosses (we can book extra day trips if available/ if the season is good (albatrosses are not always on the islands) to either Española. Pitt Point, Seymour if you want to see Albatrosses, land iguanas, red footed boobies…
Weather:
Galapagos can be visited all year round. There are two seasons:
1. The Garua season goes from mid-June to mid-October (more or less): the cold current of Humboldt enters the island so the water is colder (around 17 degrees Celsius, wetsuit is needed), cloudy days and a small drizzle. This actually makes the climate fresher – so don’t expect all sunny days, a cooler weather for the hiking, no need of A/C or fan during the night and almost no mosquitoes. The colder water brings more plankton and more wildlife; this is the best time of the year to spot whales during the boat transports.
2. The Warm season is from November to Mid-May: days can be really hot (more than 30 degrees) and the water is warm due to Panama current entering in the islands marine reserve. No need for a wetsuit, sunny days- this is the perfect season, if you need to warm up from the winter back home! Due to the tropical rains in this season, all the islands are greener.
In between these two seasons would be the transition time where you can have a bit of both seasons!
WE ALWAYS INCLUDE WETSUITS LONG OR SHORT ACCORDING TO WATER TEMPERATURE.
December to May Average Temperatures
Temperature 80ºF to 90ºF (27ºC to 32ºC)
Water temperature 70ºF to 80ºF (21ºC to 26ºC)
June to November Average
Temperature 70ºF to 80ºF (21ºC to 27ºC)
Water temperature 65ºF to 75ºF (18ºC to 24ºC)
About Fees:
The migration card of 20$ – subject to change, is a card that you have to buy in Quito or Guayaquil from where you will begin your journey to the islands. The counter of the “Consejo de Gobierno Galapagos” is easy to find at each airport. They will check your luggage to see if you don’t bring any forbidden food to the islands: fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, and of course animals. They will give you a tourist card that you have to return at the end of your trip.
Once arrived on the islands you will have to immediately pay the National Park fee of 100$ (or 50$ if less than 12 years old). This has to be in CASH and there is NO ATM at the airport, be sure to bring cash with you! After that you get your luggage and look for a SHARKSKY sign with your name on it outside the airport.
About Tips:
Tips are a good reward if you feel your guide went out of his way to make your trip memorable! A usual/reasonable tip is around 10$ – 15$ per person per day for the guide.