🌺 Pacific

Activities
Galápagos Islands

Diving, cruises, the Charles Darwin Research Station and guided excursions in the national park

⚠️ Timetables, opening hours, prices and access conditions may change without notice, for reasons beyond our control (season, weather, decisions by operators, venues or local authorities). Before every trip, check the information with the relevant authorities and service providers.

⛵Sea, diving & excursions7 activities
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Scuba Iguana
Puerto Ayora (Santa Cruz)

PADI 5-star dive centre operating since 1995: day trips to Gordon Rocks, Champion, Bartolomé or Daphne, night dives and PADI courses.

PADIGordon RocksCourses
🌐Official websitescubaiguana.com→
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Ocean Deep Diving
Santa Cruz

Guided small-group dive trips led by PADI instructors aboard a 12 m boat, plus courses and land-based day excursions.

PADISmall groupsCourses
🌐Official websiteoceandeepdiving.com→
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Academy Bay Diving
Av. Charles Darwin, Puerto Ayora (Santa Cruz)

Family-run dive agency since 2006: 2- to 14-day packages, dive cruises and land tours, including Isabela.

Dive packagesDive cruisesIsabela
🌐Official websiteacademybaydiving.com→
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Metropolitan Touring
Santa Cruz II, La Pinta, Isabela II

Ecuadorian tour operator founded in 1953 that owns and operates cruises in the archipelago aboard the Santa Cruz II and the yachts La Pinta and Isabela II.

CruiseEcuadorianSince 1953
🌐Official websitemetropolitan-touring.com→
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Ecoventura
Based in Guayaquil; yachts Origin, Theory, Evolve

Guayaquil-based company with more than thirty years' experience, operating three identical expedition yachts that are members of Relais & Châteaux.

CruiseYacht7 nights
🌐Official websiteecoventura.com→
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Rolf Wittmer Galápagos Cruises
Office in Puerto Ayora (Santa Cruz)

Cruises run by the Wittmer family, present in the Galápagos for more than 57 years, aboard the yachts Tip Top II, IV, V and Köln.

CruiseLocal familyTip Top
🌐Official websiterwittmer.com→
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Galapagos Alternative
Puerto Ayora (Santa Cruz)

Agency specialising in tailor-made, land-based island-hopping trips, with local hotels, meals and certified guides; it does not sell stand-alone excursions.

Tailor-madeIsland-hoppingLand-based
🌐Official websitegalapagosalternative.com→
🌿Nature & thrills1 activity
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Parc national des Galápagos (DPNG)
Av. Charles Darwin, Puerto Ayora (Santa Cruz)

The park authority: it collects the entrance fee and sets the visitor rules for the 85 land sites, which are accessible with a licensed naturalist guide.

Entrance feeRulesSites
🌐Official websitegalapagos.gob.ec→
🏛️Culture, visits & local flavours1 activity
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Station de recherche Charles Darwin
Av. Charles Darwin, Puerto Ayora (Santa Cruz)

Charles Darwin Foundation station (active since 1959), free to visit every day from 8 am to 6 pm, public holidays included.

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🌐Official websitedarwinfoundation.org→