Cruises and Boat Trips

Full-day navigations to the uninhabited islands, leaving from Puerto Ayora and Puerto Villamil. Lunch is served on board, snorkeling gear is included and a certified naturalist guide travels with the group.

Full-day navigations

Bartolome, Santa Fe, Pinzon, Floreana, South Plaza, North Seymour and the Isabela crossing.

The view from the Bartolome summit over the bays
Boat trip

From $395 per person

Bartolome
  • Full day

A full-day boat trip to Bartolome, the volcanic island behind the Pinnacle Rock skyline, with a climb to the viewpoint and, conditions allowing, snorkeling. The day ends among the lava formations of Sullivan Bay.

A blue-footed booby in flight over the shore
Boat trip

From $348 per person

North Seymour
  • Full day

North Seymour packs land iguanas, frigatebirds and blue-footed boobies into 1.9 square kilometres. After lunch on board you snorkel at Playa Bachas or Mosquera Islet, whichever the sea allows.

The turquoise bay of Santa Fe island
Boat trip

From $250 per person

Santa Fe
  • Full day

Two snorkel sessions in the clear water off Santa Fe, with sea lions, turtles and tropical fish, then lunch on board and, if the sea allows, a stop at Playa Escondida.

A sea lion swimming beside snorkelers
Boat trip

From $270 per person

Pinzon
  • Full day

A day around Pinzon Island and La Fe Islet: a landing among marine iguanas and boobies, a circuit of Roca Sin Nombre, snorkeling with reef sharks and rays, and optional recreational fishing.

Flamingos feeding in a shallow lagoon on Floreana
Boat trip

From $245 per person

Floreana
  • Full day

Floreana carries the islands' human history. You visit Asilo de la Paz, the Pirates' Cave and the tortoise breeding centre, then the sea lions of Playa Loberia and a black-sand beach.

A land iguana on the rocks of South Plaza
Boat trip

From $300 per person

South Plaza
  • Full day

A small island with an outsized cast: land iguanas under the prickly pear, seabirds along the cliff edge and a sea lion colony at the dock. The afternoon is snorkeling at Punta Carrion.

A marine iguana swimming over the shallows
Boat trip

From $210 per person

Isabela
  • Full day

A long day and a 2.5-hour crossing to Puerto Villamil: the Arnaldo Tupiza tortoise breeding centre, the flamingo lagoons, and 45 minutes of snorkeling in the channels of Tintoreras Islet.

Extra fees paid on the day

A Galapagos penguin on the lava rock
Boat trip

From $130 per person

Isabela
  • 3 hours

Three hours off Puerto Villamil in three parts: a panga ride around the islets, a walk over lava flows past resting white-tip sharks, and a snorkel over rays, turtles and reef fish.

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A Galapagos penguin swimming under the surface
Boat trip

From $245 per person

Isabela
  • 4 to 5 hours

Four to five hours out of Puerto Villamil to the lava arches of Los Tuneles, with a first stop at Roca Union in open water for boobies, pelicans and sea lions.

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