Santa Cruz

Our home island. Puerto Ayora is the archipelago's liveliest town and the departure point for most boat day trips. Highlands, lava tunnels, giant tortoises and Tortuga Bay are all within reach of a morning.

Galapagos Islands landscape
Day tour

From $140 / per person

Santa Cruz
  • Half day
  • Starts 07:30, return walk begins 12:00

A 50-minute walk from Puerto Ayora through native vegetation brings you to Tortuga Bay's white sand and clear water. Kayak the calm side at Playa Mansa and snorkel straight off the beach.

Galapagos Islands landscape
Day tour

From $165 / per person

Santa Cruz
  • 14:30 - 17:30 (approximate return)

An afternoon in the green interior of Santa Cruz: the two collapsed craters at Los Gemelos, a walk inside a lava tunnel, and giant tortoises in the open on a highland ranch.

Galapagos Islands landscape
Day tour

From $295 / per person

Santa Cruz
  • 08:30 - 15:00

Ride down from Cerro Mesa to El Garrapatero beach, about 19 km from Puerto Ayora, with time to snorkel. Finish at a trapiche to see how sugar cane spirit and coffee are made by hand.

Boat day trips from Puerto Ayora

Full-day navigations to the uninhabited islands. All of them leave from and return to Santa Cruz.

Galapagos Islands landscape
Day tour

From $395 / per person

Bartolome
  • Full day
  • 06:00 - 16:00 (approximate)

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.

Galapagos Islands landscape
Day tour

Price on request

North Seymour
  • Full day
  • 06:00 - 16:00 (approximate)

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.

Galapagos Islands landscape
Day tour

From $250 / per person

Santa Fe
  • Full day
  • 08:00 - 15:00 (approximate)

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.

Galapagos Islands landscape
Day tour

From $270 / per person

Pinzon
  • Full day
  • 08:30 departure from the Passenger Dock

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.

Galapagos Islands landscape
Day tour

From $245 / per person

Floreana
  • Full day
  • 08:00 - 16:40 / 17:00 (approximate)

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.

Galapagos Islands landscape
Day tour

From $300 / per person

South Plaza
  • Full day
  • 07:45 - 16:30 (approximate)

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.

Galapagos Islands landscape
Day tour

From $210 / per person

Isabela
  • Full day
  • 06:10 - 17:00 (approximate)

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 and not included: water taxi USD 1 in Santa Cruz and USD 1 in Isabela; Isabela entrance USD 10 for foreign visitors, USD 5 for nationals.

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