Depart 7am for a 2 tank dive trip

Includes: 2  tanks, all equipment, lunch & snacks, guide, towels and photos of  your dive.

The dive sites at Floreana offer the most interesting topography with rocky outcrops, small caves and sandy bottoms being an excellent hiding place for many marine animals. The large school of black striped salema fish is an amazing sight and takes you to another world as they envelop you in their thousands. Whilst the red lipped batfish with it´s leg looking fins and cherry red lips has made more than a few jaws drop. White and black tipped reef sharks, green sea turtles, sting rays, Eagle rays, and hammerhead sharks are also among those who frequent the Floreana dive sites. Floreana is also a special place to snorkel and dive with the baby sea lions, don`t be surprised if they take a liking to your fins!!

Travel time: 1.5 – 2 hours depending on sea conditions, from Puerto Ayora by boat

Dive difficulty: Floreana generally has a relaxing current making it an excellent site for beginners, and a great place for the experienced diver to relax and take in all that Galapagos has to offer. Drift dive

Highlights: 

• Playful sea lions

• large schools of fish

• great variety of marine life

• great for all skill levels

PM: Free time 

DINNER – Join us at a local restaurant and experience seafood at it’s best! if you don’t like seafood “chuleta” the pork chops here are to die for, and the vegetarian options are also delicious. With fresh local produce you can’t go wrong.

Depart 7am for a 2 tank dive trip
Includes: 2 tanks, all equipment, lunch & snacks, guide, towels and photos of your dive.

  In Santa Fe we have 2 different dive sites that offer a variety of marine life including playful Sea lions, turtles, white tipped reef sharks, rays and large schools of fish. La Cueva “The cave” or arch is at approx 14 meters and is normally full of colourful fish and a few friendly sealions. The platform a bit further around the coast of Isla Santa Fe offers a little more current and therefore chances to see Galapagos sharks, rays, turtles and quite frequently hammerhead sharks, which makes this a very interesting site for both beginners and experienced divers alike.

Travel Time: 45 minutes boat travel from Puerto Ayora by boat

Dive Difficulty: Santa Fe generally has a relaxing current and shallow dives, making it an excellent site for beginners, and a great place for the experienced diver to relax and take in all that Galapagos has to offer.

Highlights: 

• Playful sea lions

• Cave/arch with many fish

• large schools of fish

• great variety of marine life

• shallow dives, great for all skill levels

PM: Guided tour – THE SANTA CRUZ BREWERY – directly from dive boat

The Santa cruz Brewery is the first microbrewery in Santa Cruz and have produced the first craft beer in Galapagos. Their brewing station is located just outside of Bellavista (10 minutes from Puerto Ayora) surrounded by endemic trees and nature. Over the last 10 years they have produced several styles of beer, both traditional and experimental with the flavours of Galapagos. 

For example, the Coffee Porter beer (Carapachuda) brewed with Galapagos coffee, Passion Beer (Made with Passion Fruit) and the latest Gose-style beer creation, made with Sea Salt and organic coffee cherries, both Galapagos products.

Depart 7am for a 2 tank dive trip
Includes: 2 tanks, all equipment, lunch & snacks, guide, towels and photos of your dive.

The North Seymour Canal consists of gradual steps off the island shoreline declining 8 meters to a beautiful rock reef, before reaching the sandy bottom at 16 - 18 meters. Diving at the Seymour Canal provides the opportunity to swim with many white and black tip reef sharks, and more often than not, schools of hammerhead sharks - sometimes more than Gordon rocks!. Large schools of barracuda, snapper and other reef fish are also in abundance. A personal favourite however, are the schools of spotted eagle rays & golden rays that glide through the channel along the sand, occasionally joined by devil rays (Mobulas) and manta rays.

Travel time: Departure from the dive agency by car - 40 minute drive from Puerto Ayora. Approx 20 minutes by boat

Dive Difficulty: Seymour is a good place for beginners and experienced divers alike. Though the currents can be moderate to strong on occasion, it is on the whole suitable for people with limited experience. Drift dive. 

Highlights: 

• Hammerhead Sharks

• large schools of fish

• Many kinds of rays

• Reef sharks , Galapagos sharks

 PM: COOKING CLASS – CEVICHE fresh local fish or vegetarian

Join The ‘Galapagos Chefs’ turning fresh local seafood and produce into a delicious, traditional, galapagueñan ceviche.

Depart 7am for a 2 tank dive trip

Includes: 2 tanks, all equipment, lunch & snacks, guide, towels and photos of your dive.

Gordon Rocks is an extinct volcanic crater with a sandy bottom at 32 meters in the middle, and a wall drop off around the outside of around 65 meters . It has 3 exposed rocks that surround the crater and 3 pinnacles ranging from 5- 6 meters under the surface along the northern edge of the crater with one larger pinnacle approximately 21 meters below the surface in the center. 

The strong currents that frequent Gordon Rocks make it the most accessible home to schools of the famous hammerhead sharks. Schools of up to 50-100 sharks (or more if you are lucky) can be found circling the rocks through the current giving repeated views of the amazing creatures. White and black tip reef sharks also frequent the area as well as green sea turtles, sea lions, sting rays, Eagle rays, large schools of barracuda and snapper and the occasional majestic manta ray or Mola Mola.

Travel time: Departure from the dive agency by car - 40 minute drive from Puerto Ayora. Approx 40 minutes by boat (On Sundays you will travel back by boat to Puerto Ayora after the dive)

Dive Difficulty: Gordon Rocks is for Intermediate to Advanced divers due to the strong currents and Depth of the dives. We require divers to have more than 25 dives and that your last dive was not more than 1 year earlier. Drift dive. 

Highlights: 

• Hammerhead Sharks

• large schools of fish

• Many kinds of rays

• Reef sharks , Galapagos sharks

• sometimes Mola Mola

PM: guided visit - LA VIÑA – go directly from dive trip

La Viña is a farm situated in the highlands of Santa cruz that offers a 40 minute walking trail through the lush plantations of coffee, cocoa and sugar cane. During the walk, whilst learning about the coffee growing process, you may pluck mandarins, lemons, oranges or guava fruits to eat, depending on the season. Towards the end of the trail you will be treated to the process of extracting juice from the sugar cane, and then finally see the process of cleaning, drying and sorting the coffee and cocoa. Of course the experience would not be complete without taste testing the finished productos before you leave! 

Depart 7am for a 2 tank dive trip

Includes: 2 tanks, all equipment, lunch & snacks, guide, towels and photos of your dive.

Beagle Rocks, named after the ship that carried Charles Darwin to Galapagos, consists of 3 rocks, the remains of a tuff cone, located off the north west coast of Santa Cruz Island and south of Santiago Island. The dive begins on a 12 meter platform before reaching a drop off wall that descends to more than 60 meters. 

The wall is covered with black coral, sea fans and a huge variety of colourful reef fish. Hammerheads and Galapagos sharks can often be spotted off the wall into the blue, whilst rays, green sea turtles and sea lions are more common close to the wall. Manta rays are also a special treat during the hot season. 

Beagle is the best site to find the Pacific Seahorse, they are quite large - 20-30cm, but still very hard to spot!

Travel time: Departure from the dive agency by car - 40 minute drive from Puerto Ayora. Approx 1 hour & 15 minutes by boat

Dive Difficulty: Beagle is a good place for beginners and experienced divers alike. Though the currents can be moderate to strong on occasion, it is on the whole suitable for people with limited experience. Drift dive. 

Highlights: 

• Seahorses & corals

• large schools of fish

• Many kinds of rays

• Reef sharks , Galapagos sharks & hammerheads

• sometimes Manta

PM: guided visit – EL TRAPICHE & EL DIBUJO – go directly from dive trip

The trapiche farm makes sugar cane alcohol. See the process of juicing the cane with their trusted donkey, listen to the explanation of the fermentation process, and of course taste test the final product.

Watch and help one of the Galapagos local woodworkers turn a block of wood into a work of art - tortoise, sea lion or shark. Choose your Galapagos souvenir direct from the maker (and save a little on the main street prices!).

Depart 7am for a 2 tank dive trip
Includes: 2 tanks, all equipment, lunch & snacks, guide, towels and photos of your dive.

Mosquera is a sand and rock islet in the channel between North Seymour and Baltra islands, and is a popular gathering place for sea lions. Diving at Mosquera and the fringing rock reef is similar to Seymour until you reach the large sandy bottomed platform and rock drop off around 21 meters. Here you can relax under water and wait for the schools of magnificent Eagle rays, hammerhead sharks, black tip reef sharks, and the occasional elusive Galapagos shark. 

Manta rays are a special treat anywhere and sightings at Mosquera are a certain possibility. In the sandy bottomed platform you will be amazed by the Galápagos garden eels, thousands of them, as far as the eye can see, craning out of their tunnels to take in all the currents have to offer.

Travel time: Departure from the dive agency by car - 40 minute drive from Puerto Ayora. Approx 20 minutes by boat

Dive Difficulty: Mosquera is a good place for beginners and experienced divers alike. Though the currents can be moderate to strong on occasion, it is on the whole suitable for people with limited experience. Drift dive. 

Highlights: 

• Hammerhead sharks

• Many kinds of rays

• Reef sharks

• Galapagos Garden Eels

PM: Free time - please see the list of self guided activities

Ferry to Isabela departing at 7.30am. Hotel pick up at 6.40am for transfer to the main passenger pier. The trip  is 2 hours in a speed boat.
On arrival to Isabela you will be picked up by a representative from the hotel and given your itinerary briefing.

Hotel Pick up 11am for transfer to pier - Snorkel tour LOS TUNELES

Your will take approximately 1 hour boat ride east along the Isabela coast to a breathtaking area called Los Tunules. As the name suggests, the area is a maze of tunnels and bridges formed by the lava millions of years ago. This maze with it’s crystal clear blue waters is the home to penguins, sea turtles, sea lions, white tipped reek sharks and a multitude of birds, including the Blue Footed Boobie which frequently can be seen resting on the rocks with the penguins. After a boat ride through Los Tuneles you will be taken to a snorkel site where you can get up close and personal with the local residents. 

There will be time to take a short walk along the lava rocks so make sure to take some shoes or sandals.

Included: lunch, guide & snorkel equipment

Return approx 5pm

Dinner is self organised.

Breakfast in your hotel. Depart approx 7.30am

Take a bus trip to the Control booth, and then walk right up to the rim of the Sierra Negra crater, then follow the trail to west side of the Volcano to The Sulfur Mines.

The trail passes along the western rim of Sierra Negra, then continues into the caldera along a steep slope (walking only) and finally reaches a site where several sulfur fumaroles can be observed. Round trip is approx. 11km.

Volcan Sierra Negra rises 1490 meters above the sea level and last erupted in June 2018.

The trip will be taken on horseback.

Box lunch provided on the tour but you will need to take extra drinking water, hat, sunscreen, walking shoes. It’s also a good idea to take a light rain jacket or poncho.

Included: guide, transport, horse, box lunch