Day 1, Monday: Baltra

Guests fly to the Galapagos Islands from Mainland Ecuador, arriving in the late morning. The dive guides will meet the guests at the airport between 11:00 am and 12 pm and escort them to the Galapagos liveaboard. Guests will board the vessel, have lunch, organize equipment and listen to the safety briefings.

Day 2, Tuesday: Baltra North (2 Dives)

• Equipment check.
• 7:00 and 10:00 dives
• Sightings include rays and schools of fish.
• Afternoon North Seymour land visit. Walk the path around North Seymour Island to see the large colonies of Blue Footed Boobies and Frigate Birds. Sighting of Sea Lions and Marine Iguanas is also common.
• Depart for Northern Islands (long transit).

Day 3, Wednesday: Wolf Island (3-4 Dives)

• 10:30, 2:00, and 4:30 dives. Possible night dive.
• Sightings often include hammerheads, whale sharks, eagle rays, sea lions, Galapagos sharks, and silky sharks.
• Night anchor at Wolf Island.

Day 4, Thursday: Wolf Island (2 Dives)

• 6:30 and 9:30 dives
• Transit to Darwin Island (2 Dives)
• 2:00 and 4:30 dives
• Sightings often include hammerheads, red-lipped batfish, eagle rays, sea lions, Galapagos sharks, and silky sharks.

Day 5, Friday: Darwin Island (4 Dives)

• 6:30, 10:30, 2:00, and 4:30 dives
• Sightings often include hammerheads, whale sharks (in season) eagle rays, Galapagos sharks, and silky sharks.
• Transit to Wolf Island

Day 6, Saturday: Wolf Island (3 Dives)

• 6:30, 9:00, and 11:00 dives
• Sightings often include hammerheads, whale sharks (in season), eagle rays, Galapagos sharks, and silky sharks.
• Long transit to Cousin’s Rock (20+ hours)

Day 7, Sunday: Cousin’s Rock (1-2 Dives)

• 6:30 and 9:30 dives (number of dives dependent on travel time from Wolf Island)
• This is great macro diving with an excellent chance of seeing sea horses, sea lions, and eagle rays. Lunch will be served while transiting to Santa Cruz (3 hours). Travel by bus to the Santa Cruz Highlands to visit the giant tortoises in their natural habitat.
• Visit the town of Puerto Ayora and the Darwin Centre on your own. Dinner on your own in Puerto Ayora.
• Return to the Humboldt Explorer at 8:30 pm.

Day 8, Monday: Baltra

Depart the vessel by 9 am. Transfer to the airport.

Marine Life: The Galapagos is home to the world's only marine iguana and the most northernly living penguin. Coral beds share the same waters as fur seals. The Galapagos is one of the only places where pelagic species such as tunas, manta rays, and hammerhead sharks can be seen close to shore. No other site in the world showcases such a diversity of marine life forms. 

Additionally, the Galapago's geological and biological processes have helped create a high variety of habitats relative to other marine areas in the eastern Pacific. Coastal areas include vertical cliffs, sandy beaches, rocky shores, mangroves, coral reefs, lagoons, and hypersaline panne habitats. Submarine mountains, plateaus, ridges, and valleys provide habitat to an array of marine communities, while the open ocean waters attract stocks of pelagic fish.

Please note that these Galapagos diving liveaboard itineraries are examples only, and will change depending on local regulations, weather, and logistics at the Captain’s discretion. Currently, each week the itinerary includes the same islands. The order of the island visits, however, is dictated by the Galapagos National Park and may vary weekly.