Learn to Dive
We hire only certified professional instructors with training experience to let you see all diving benefits and joy.
Certification
We help all applicants who would like to become certified divers and instructors to achieve the best results.
Tours
Get away from daily routine and join us in a tour to the most amazing exotic places around the world.
Full Service
If you haven’t decided which course to take or what tour to book, you can use our full service list to choose.
Rental
We provide the best diving rental services, and including professional cources with modern and secure gear.
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
–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 island
You will be picked up at the airport by a certified guide who will take you to the hotel. After having lunch, you will visit the Interpretation Center which will give you a great introduction of the islands. Then, you will go for a snorkeling session at Tijeretas. In the water, you will see sea lions, various tropical fishes, and turtles. At the end of the afternoon, we will drop you back at the hotel and brief you about the next day’s activities.
For dinner, you have several options in town to choose from, our guide will let you know his best recommendations!
Tip: take a stroll 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!
Meal included: 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 island
Lobos Island: After a 30 min boat ride from the port, you arrive at Lobos Island; as its name implies, home to a large sea lion colony. But that’s not the only thing you will find while you hike and snorkel on this half day tour. During the hike, you will hopefully spot blue-footed boobies, marine iguanas and frigate birds; while during snorkeling you can often see rays and turtles. This tour includes a stop at Playa Ochoa. After that, you will go back to the port. Morning or afternoon free as this day is a half day excursion.
Meals included: breakfast and lunch
Alternative excursion (subject to availability): Kicker Rock (mostly snorkeling): You will visit the famous Kicker Rock (Leon Dormido – Sleeping Lion), a volcanic formation amid the ocean. There, you may have the chance to snorkel with sharks, rays, turtles and if you are lucky also with hammerhead sharks! The wall of the rock itself is amazing with sea stars and tropical fishes. The tour also includes a stop at a beautiful, pristine beach, where you will have time to relax. In the afternoon, you will return to the port.
Possibility to dive with a supplement (dive certification mandatory)
Meals included: breakfast and lunch
Floreana island
Breakfast will be served at your hotel. Then, you will be picked up to go to the pier where you will depart around 08h00 to Floreana island. The boat ride lasts about 2h30 hours. Floreana is the less populated island, it has not grown a lot in the past years and it is not very accessible, therefore it is still pristine and authentic. Upon arrival, you will go to the “Peace Asylum” where the first colons arrived on the Galapagos. The guide will tell you about the incredible stories of whalers, pirates and the first families that settled there, including the “Baroness”. You 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. There is also an easy walk to a small lagoon where flamingos often can be spotted.
Fun Fact: A movie by Ron Howard is inspired by the particular human history of Floreana, it is called “Eden”
Meals included: breakfast, lunch and dinner
Isabela island
In the morning, you will get ready to navigate to Isabela. It takes approx. 1h40 to reach this beautiful island. Upon arrival, transfer to the hotel and lunch. In the afternoon, you will do the Tintoreras tour – you will have a short hike and snorkel. There, you usually 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.
Tintoreras is called this way because it is a place where you can spot the white tip reef sharks – called in Spanish Tintoreras.
Alternative excursion (subject to availability): If you want longer snorkeling, you can opt this day for the tour to the Tunnels of Cabo Rosa. You will depart at 11h00 and be back around 17h00. It’s a 45mn 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 from the formation. However, the highlight is snorkeling – you may see reef sharks, sea turtles, sea lions, rays, seahorses, and many tropical fishes.
Extra cost for this tour: + $100
Tip: Make sure to have space on your phones because the guides often share their pics at the end of the tour.
Evening free.
Meals included: breakfast and lunch
Isabela island
Early in the morning, you will be picked up and driven towards the highlands: you will start a 16 kms (round trip) trekking to the Sierra Negra volcano, which has the second largest active caldera in the world (10 kms – 6.2 miles diameter). Once you have returned from the volcano, you will have lunch at a local farm. On the way back, you will stop at the flamingo’s lagoon to spot these graceful pink birds.
Then, you will head to the pier to take the 15h00 boat to Santa Cruz. The ride takes around 2h30. Upon arrival, you will go to the hotel and get the instructions for the next day activities.
Meals included: breakfast and 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.
Santa Cruz island
After breakfast, you will go to the highlands to spot the famous Galapagos tortoises in the wild. Santa Cruz is the island where you can see the biggest ones. You will also visit a lava tube and have lunch at a nice ranch in the highlands. In the afternoon, you will finish your tour with the beautiful beach of Tortuga Bay. On the way to and back from there (3km trail) you will walk among giant endemic cactuses “opuntia”. Tortuga bay is a pristine beach with white sand and a lagoon surrounded by mangroves. Free time there, you can go back to town when you wish (no guide mandatory there). You will all meet for a farewell dinner.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch and farewell dinner
Difficulty: EASY
Tip: you can rent kayaks on Tortuga Bay beach if you want (not included).
Also Santa Cruz is the best island for souvenir shopping.
Baltra airport
Three hours before your flight, our driver will pick you up at your hotel and take you to the Itabaca Channel, which you will cross on a ferry. For the last part of your trip to the airport, you will take a shuttle bus. Our driver will accompany you to the check-in point where your program ends with your return flight to the mainland. Baltra was an American military basis aka “The Rock” between 1941 and 1946. You can see remains of it and you can also sometimes see land iguanas there.
Meals included: breakfast
Download the full tour description here:
EN Highlight 7 days – 2027
And now the prices!
The price of this tour is 1900 USD per person, in a double bed room.
- In hotels with air conditioning, wifi, comfy and with good location
- Price for the trip in a single occupation room: 2200 USD
- Want to give yourself a little treat? Go for the superior class hotels, in this case the price is 2400 USD per person, or 3120 USD if you want a single bed room.
- If you are a certified diver and want to dive instead of snorkeling at the Kicker Rock, it is possible for 60 USDextra. And if you opt for the tunnels excursion on Isabela island its an extra 100 USD.
- Kids discount: 20% from 3-11 years old, 50% discount for 0-2 years old. As of 12 years old adult price
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. 590$)
- Entrance fee to the Galapagos National Park 200$ – (it will be included in the invoice and prepaid by us)
- TCT Migration card 20$** (it will be included in the invoice and prepaid by us)
- 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.
- tips (for the Naturalist guide)
2027 DATES - please let us know if you need to plan for 2028 already
| JANUARY | 18-24 |
| FEBRUARY | 15-21 |
| MARCH | 1-7 |
| APRIL | March 29th – April 4th (easter departure) |
| MAY | 24-30 |
| JUNE | 21-27 |
| JULY | 19-25 |
| AUGUST | 16-22 |
| OCTOBER | 11-17 |
| NOVEMBER | 15-21 |
| DECEMBER | 13-19 |
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.