Gear up and join us for a meticulously crafted adventure that blends breathtaking biodiversity of Ecuador, cultural richness, and responsible travel, designed to inspire and captivate.

Sail the Galápagos Islands, where evolution’s wonders unfold. Walk among Giant Tortoises, snorkel and swim with sea lions, and marvel at Blue-Footed boobies, Galápagos Penguins on volcanic landscapes that inspired Darwin’s theories and publications. 

Your experienced naturalist guides ensure personalized insights into these pristine ecosystems. This exclusive tour, certified for sustainable practices, offers unparalleled access to Ecuador’s natural treasures while prioritizing conservation and supporting local communities. 

You will enjoy tailored experiences, from guided hikes to extraordinary wildlife encounters, and fantastic photo opportunities, ensuring a deep connection with this remarkable destination!

International flight – arrival to Quito – overnight at hotel in Quito

Santa Cruz Island: Highlands & Charles Darwin Station

This is the second-largest island of the Galápagos group with all seven vegetation zones included across its expanse. 

Wildlife highlights: Darwin's finches, giant tortoises, Galápagos mockingbirds, vermillion flycatchers, herons, egrets, ducks, stilts.

Unique features: giant tortoises in the wild, giant tortoises at the Charles Darwin Research Station (young & adult), vegetation of the highlands including the giant daisy tree of the Scalesia genus

This small island offers a spectacular snorkel, swimming by a channel of shallow water, nursery of thousands of marine species and a small colony of penguins. 

Less than a quarter of a square kilometer in size, the tiny island of Chinese Hat gets its name from its appearance. 

Wildlife highlights: Visitors will get a glimpse of American oystercatchers in action, along with marine iguanas, lava lizards, and Sally Lightfoot crabs. Unique features: Starting from a crescent-shaped and white sandy beach, this 400-meter (1,312-foot) long trail provides some wonderful landscapes to view. 

Good swimming and snorkeling opportunities in the cove area will see visitors swimming amidst whitetip reef sharks and tropical fish.

Rábida Island: Is a small, central island exposed to the western upwelling- marine currents. Rabida's impressive distinct red color is due to the oxidation of iron-rich volcanic material. A fine visitor site with great snorkeling. Wildlife highlights: sea lion colony, brown pelicans, Darwin´s finches, Galápagos mockingbirds, doves, warblers, coastal and arid zone vegetation. Unique features: seasonal nesting colony of brown pelicans, excellent snorkeling site.

One of the archipelago's western islands and the largest of all. It is made of six large shield volcanoes fused into one island - Ecuador, Wolf, Darwin, Alcedo, Sierra Negra, and Cerro Azul. 

The highest point in Galápagos is found at Wolf Volcano (1,707 m; 5,600 ft.). Wildlife highlights: Galápagos Penguin, Flightless Cormorant, Sea Turtles, Marine Iguanas, volcanic landscape.

 Isabela - Urbina Bay & Tagus Cove 

Fernandina - Pta Espinoza

This former large shield volcano looks more like a mountain range with hills, valleys and plenty of parasitic cones. An Ecuadorian group settled here within the 1960s for a salt-mining related business. The island is now uninhabited and provides a great visitor site at Puerto Egas, which combines a visit along the rocky shoreline with time on its dark-colored sandy beach, and at Sullivan Bay with its fascinating lava. 

Wildlife highlights: the most diverse shorebird activity occurs here; Galápagos fur seals, Galápagos sea lions, hawks, Darwin finches, mockingbirds, and marine iguanas. Unique features: a rugged and well-eroded coastline made of tuff stone lies above a dark black lava flow. Such tuff stone was probably the result of a gigantic phreatomagmatic explosion (abrupt contact of water and magma) that even included base surge. Within the actual coastline, the most incredible habitat will host intertidal life, next to Galápagos fur seals. 

Bartolome Island:

A rather small island teeming with fantastic landscapes and wildlife, Bartolome has one of the most postcard-worthy views in the archipelago. This small island offers plenty of exciting activities, too, such as snorkeling! Wildlife highlights: As a young island, only pioneer species have been able to thrive here, the most iconic of which is the Galápagos penguin. 

Unique features: Up at its viewpoint, visitors are rewarded with panoramic views of the island's concave peninsula, Pinnacle Rock, and neighboring Santiago Island.

North Seymour

A small island but packed with interesting creatures and views, created from geological uplift, and covered with typical arid vegetation; mainly prickly pear cactus and "Palo Santo" trees. 

Wildlife highlights: Nesting colony of magnificent and great frigate birds, swallow-tailed gulls, blue-footed boobies. Breeding colonies of Galápagos sea lions and marine iguanas. 

Unique features: Land iguanas, white coral heads along the shore, endemic "Palo Santo" trees.

Today we end the expedition boat program, afterwards domestic flight back to Quito.