AM: Arrival, Baltra Island
Upon arrival Baltra, you will pass through an airport inspection point to make sure that no foreign plants or animals are introduced to the islands, and to pay the park entrance fee of $200 (unless it has been prepaid). A guide will meet you, help you collect your luggage and escort you on a short bus ride to the harbour.

PM: Orientation Dive, Santa Cruz Island
You will make sure that your diving gear is fully functional and comfortable on an orientation dive at Punta Carrion so that necessary changes can be made before beginning the main part of the dive cruise.

AM: Morning Dives, Santa Cruz Island / Bartolomé Island
You will either have 2 dives at Punta Carrion or Bartolomé Punta in the morning.

Punta Carrion has a rock wall which provides dozens of hiding places for White-Tip Reef Sharks and Stingrays to hide. Inside this wall lies a calm bay with an overhang where we might find sharks resting on the white sand. Other marine life here includes Eagle and Marbled Rays, Scorpion Fish, Sea Turtles and Sea Lions.

One of the Galapagos’ most iconic locations, the beautiful volcanic islet of Bartolomé is among the youngest islands in the archipelago. On a geological scale Bartolomé was only recently born out of volcanic activity. Diving here, it is possible to see an array of marine life, including Groupers, Creole Fish, White-Tip Sharks, Barracuda, Red-Lipped Batfish and, sometimes, Hammerheads and Dolphins.

PM: Bartholomé Island & Pinnacle Rock
After diving, you will hike on Bartholomé. Although at first sight lifeless, Bartolomé offers some of the wildest landscapes and best panoramas of the entire archipelago. To enjoy the postcard view of the idyllic Pinnacle Bay, you have to climb steps to a viewpoint on top of the island (114 m / 375 ft). Enter a dramatic world of threatening (though extinguished) nearby spatter cones, craters, and lightweight lava droplets that have been spewed out by fiery fountains. The Summit Trail is also ideal for witnessing how scanty pioneer vegetation such as lava cacti manage to take root on the bare virgin lava fields.

You will also get a panga ride around Pinnacle Rock this afternoon. Pinnacle rock is a volcanic plug, an island which was created in the vent of a volcano. Although now largely eroded, Pinnacle Rock is home to many unique species of liken and houses a Galapagos Penguin colony at the foot of the rock.

AM (Jan-May) / AM + PM (Jun-Dec): Darwin Island
Based on conditions on the day, there are a number of dive sites you may visit at Darwin Island.

Darwin’s Arch, Darwin Island
Darwin’s Arch, now a pillar formation since the arch collapsed in 2021, is one of the Galapagos’ most iconic locations. The shallow reef platforms around the landmark make this a great diving spot for seeing schools of Scalloped Hammerheads. Whale Sharks can also be seen here, mostly between June and November, with females making a stop-off during their solitary migrations.

Darwin’s Theatre, Darwin Island
This dive site is where two forked ridges pointing northeast and southeast from the reef foundation of Darwin’s Arch. Curved shelves bending around the northern branch give the appearance of a grandstand with panoramic hangouts at around 18m / 60 ft, giving the dive site its name. There is often swarming marine life here, with Hammerhead, Requiem and Silky Sharks, Yellow-Fin Tuna, Wahoos, Bonitos, Amberjacks and large schools of fish often being common sights here.

El Arenal, Darwin Island
This dive site brings you close to the cleaning stations of Darwin Island, where Sharks, Turtles and Jacks regularly visit to be freed from parasites by the resident Barber Fish and King Angelfish. The busiest area here is the sandy slope in front of El Arenal portal. When the surge isn’t too strong, being dropped off here allows you to come face-to-face with Scalloped Hammerheads and resting Pacific Green and Hawksbill Turtles. As you swim further out, you can see the sloping shelves of rubble dropping into a deep gully, with the upper edges offering hideouts for Hammerheads. Other highlights here, depending on the season, include Whale Sharks, Bottlenose Dolphins, Mobula and Devil Rays and Giant Oceanic Mantas.

PM (Jan-May): Wolf Island
Your crew will choose which of the Wolf dive sites you will visit based on conditions that day.

Shark Bay, Wolf Island
Shark Bay is on the east side of Wolf Island and is shallower than most other sites around it but one of the most memorable due to high Whale Shark traffic which gave the site its name. There are also local cleaning stations here where you can see visiting Hawksbill and Pacific Green Turtles, Spotted Eagle Rays and Hammerhead Sharks.

The Landslide, Wolf Island
This is one of the best dive sites of Wolf Island, with hundred of Hammerhead Sharks circling around or heading against the current in some seasons. This drift diving site follows a boulder slope underneath the partly collapsed east cliffs of the islet leading to a hangout between the boulders where you can see Requiem Sharks, pelagic schools. In hotter seasons, Pacific Green Turtles, Spotted Eagle Rays and, sometimes, Mobula Devil Rays and Giant Oceanic Mantas can be seen here too.

The Pinnacle & the Caves, Wolf Island
At this site are some of the archipelago’s most interesting caves. Located north of Wolf Island, there are 4 main caves which penetrate the pinnacle, normally easily accessible with cave entrances at 15-21 m (50-70 ft). A sandy ledge runs along the wall beneath the entrances to each cave, where it is possible to see Hawksbill and Green Turtles gathering, schools of Soldierfish, Guineafowl Puffers, Moray Eels, Whitetop Reef Sharks, Marble Rays, Cardinalfish and Lobsters. If you have time, the cave with the largest opening can be interesting to explore. The dive here ends in the northeast corner of Wolf at a large underwater pinnacle ending just below the water’s surface. If the currents allow, you can hold on to the pinnacle and watch the marine life visible from it.

The Secret Cave (Night Dive), Wolf Island
This dive site was formed by the collapse of large gas chambers dating back to the formation of Wolf. Along the walls which are sometimes surrounded by Hammerheads, there is an entrance to a cave with several nocturnal species like Cardinalfish, Spiny Lobsters, Shrimp, Sea Urchins, hunting Moral Eels, Pacific Green Turtles and Sea Lions.

Anchorage (Night Dive), Wolf Island
Anchorage is the only dive site located on the west coast of Wolf Island. Here, the strange walking Red-Lipped Batfish can be seen 20 m (70 ft) deep on the seabed. Though this animal is mainly active at night and is attracted by your diving lights, this probably won’t be your only time seeing it.

On day 4, from January to May, there will be 2 morning and 2 afternoon dives at Wolf.

From June to December, there will be 2 morning dives and an afternoon dive at Wolf.

From January to May, you will have 2 morning dives, an afternoon dive and a night dive at Cabo Marshall.

Cape Marshall is on the northeast side of Isabela and is home to a few great diving spots. One of these is Ciudad de las Mantas, so named because Giant Mantas are a common sight here, is a dive site with rich waters, making it easy to spot an abundance of marine life, such as Rays, Sharks, Sea Lions, Turtles & more, which come to feed on plankton here (which can make visibility low).

From June to December, there will be 2 morning dives at Darwin and 2 afternoon dives at Wolf.

AM: Cabo Douglas, Isabela Island
You will have 2 morning dives at Cape Douglas on day 6. There is some great wildlife to see here with Flightless Cormorants, Galapagos Penguins and Marine Iguanas accompanying Red-Lipped Batfish, Horn Sharks and Mola-Mola. It is sometimes possible to see Baleen Whales at this site too.

PM: Punta Vicente Roca, Isabela Island
There are great wildlife opportunities at Vicente Roca Point thanks to upwelling cold-water currents here. Marine life in the area includes various Shark species, Galapagos Penguins, Seahorses & Mola-Mola. Other animals which you can hope to see here are Nazca & Blue-Footed Boobies, Brown Pelicans & Flightless Cormorants. You will have 2 afternoon dives here.

AM: Cousin’s Rock, Santiago Island
Cousin’s Rock dive site is characterised by its sloping rock formation which is home to many reef-dwelling marine animals such as Seahorses, Octopus, Sharks, Sea Lions and Green Turtles. You will have a morning dive here.

PM: Highlands & Fausto Llerena Breeding Centre, Santa Cruz Island
After lunch, you will go on a bus tour to the Highlands of Santa Cruz. The road to the highlands leaves from Bellavista, a small village located a 15-minute drive from Santa Cruz’ main town of Puerto Ayora. The road passes through the Galapagos’ most productive agricultural zone, up to the National Park boundary. We find Miconia vegetation at this altitude, changing to the Fern and Sedge zone as we ascend further. With clear weather, we can enjoy beautiful scenes of rolling hills and extinct volcanic cones covered with grass and lush greenery all year round. In the Highlands, you will be able to see Galapagos Giant Tortoises as they graze in freshwater ponds and there will be a diversity of birdlife rarely found in the lowlands.

You will also visit Fausto Llerena Breeding Centre, which was founded in 1965 with the aim of rescuing Pinzón tortoises from extinction & was previously home to Lonesome George – the last of the Pinta Island Tortoises – who died in 2012. The Galapagos Tortoises currently at the centre are accustomed to humans, so there are great opportunities to get photos of these amazing creatures.

You will be able to eat dinner at a local restaurant of your choice this evening.

AM: Departure, Baltra Island
Breakfast will be followed by checkout and transferral to Baltra airport. Your guide & some crew members will go with you to Baltra where you will board the airport shuttle. Your guide will remain with you through the check-in counters & departure hall.