B – Saturday

Isabela Island - Fernandina Island

AM – After breakfast

VICENTE ROCA POINT (ISABELA): Dinghy (panga) ride through this spectacular bay where sea horses, penguins, rays, sea turtles, globefish, blue footed Bobbies and the fascinating sunfish are commonly found. Lunch onboard.

PM

ESPINOZA POINT (FERNANDINA): Dry landing. Hour and a half hike through sandy and/or rocky trail that’ll take you through iguana nesting grounds (nesting season January-June). During the hike you’ll be able to see lava flows, penguins, pelicans, lava cactus, and a colony of cormorants. Snorkeling on the beach before heading back onboard.

B – Sunday

Isabela Island

AM – After breakfast onboard

URBINA BAY (ISABELA): Wet landing on Urbina Bay. We’ll take a 2-hour hike along a 1-kilometer trail of sandy and rocky terrain, where you can spot coral formations and seashells above sea level—evidence of past volcanic uplift. Along the way, you’ll see a large colony of land iguanas, Darwin’s finches, and, between June and September, giant tortoises. You may also encounter flightless cormorants. Enjoy snorkeling from the beach before returning to the yacht for lunch.

PM – After lunch

TAGUS COVE (ISABELA): Dry landing. In the 1800s, this natural harbor was used by whalers, who carved the names of their ships into the cliffs. The visit begins at the shore with a climb up a wooden staircase, leading to a trail through a forest of Palo Santo trees and onward to Darwin Lake, a saltwater lagoon inside an extinct volcanic crater. We’ll hike around the lake, through the area’s distinctive dry vegetation, to reach a viewpoint with panoramic vistas of Darwin and Wolf Volcanoes. The hike lasts about 2 hours, ascending from sea level to 50 meters. Afterward, a dinghy (panga) ride along the coastline offers opportunities to spot Galápagos penguins, flightless cormorants, blue-footed boobies, pelicans, and Sally Lightfoot crabs. Snorkeling from the beach wraps up the afternoon before returning onboard.

B – Monday

Santiago Island

AM – After Breakfast

PORT EGAS: 

Wet landing on the dark sand beach of James Bay. 1½ hour hike on rocky terrain onto the Salt Crater where you can find Darwin’s finches, Galapagos hawks, marine iguanas, sally crabs, seals and sea lions. Snorkeling on the beach before heading back onboard.

PM – After lunch

CHINESE HAT: Wet landing onto a rocky-terrain trail. 30-minute hike that’ll take you through lava rock formations, you’ll see the lava cactus and the Galapagos Sesuvium. Snorkeling on the beach before heading back onboard.

 B – Tuesday

Santa Cruz Island - Baltra Island

AM – After Breakfast

SANTA CRUZ ISLAND (CHARLES DARWIN SCIENTIFIC STATION):

Visit the 1959-established Charles Darwin Station to learn about the Giant Tortoises and their reproduction, as well as the origin and formation of the archipelago. After the Scientific Station visit, bus transfer over the Baltra Airport and flight back to mainland.