GALAPAGOS ISLAND HOPPING: DITCH THE CRUISE, TAKE FAST FERRIES & FLY
Discover the ultimate 7-Day Galapagos Island Hopping, explore 5 islands on a flexible, comfortable, and budget-friendly odyssey to this world-famous archipelago.
4 - 8 DAYS TOUR
Prices per person excluding day yachts, flights and park entrance fees. Minimum 2 persons. From:
- from $899
Day yacht Bartelome:
- $ 349
Day yacht Espanola:
- $ 349
Day yacht Scuba Diving:
- $349
- *Prices per person
Payment methods
All payments must be made via bank transfer, credit card, (we use the platform WETRAVEL (2.9% fee) or deposit. All payments are required 30 days BEFORE the program begins.
Read the itinerary
Unlike restrictive, expensive cruises, a land-based tour lets you customize your vacation to fit your preferences and budget.
Explore Santa Cruz, Isabela, and San Cristóbal 3 X cheaper. Fly, ride fast ferries, and add daily yacht trips. Save money and avoid seasickness!
Why Choose Galapagos Island Hopping?
- 3x More Affordable: Galapagos cruises lock you into rigid schedules at double or triple the price;
- Ultimate Flexibility: Choose your trip length, activities, and hotels, from cozy guesthouses to luxury boutique resorts;
- More Land, Less Seasickness: Avoid constant ship rocking and enjoy restful nights sleeping on land;
- Fast Inter-Island Transits: Affordable flights and Speedboats whisk you between islands in just 2 hours, maximizing your sightseeing time;
- Fun Boulevards: Experience the unique, vibrant local atmosphere of Puerto Ayora at Santa Cruz, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno at San Cristóbal, and Puerto Villamil at Isabela;
- Perfect for Families: Land-based stays give kids plenty of space to run around, play on nearby beaches, and take hotel naps (and so may you).
- Bartelome;
- Viewing the Waved Albatross colony on Espanola Island from April to November when the birds are breeding;
- Floreana;
- Scuba diving.
Optional Daily Yacht Excursions
Enhance your adventure with premium day trips aboard a local yacht for $400 per person, per day. Highly recommended options include:
- Bartolomé Island: Home to the most famous, postcard-perfect panoramic view of the Galapagos;
- Española Island (April to NovemberA rare chance to view the magnificent breeding colony of Waved Albatrosses;
- Scuba Diving Trips: Dive into world-class underwater sites teeming with sharks, rays, and diverse marine life.
This is an example tour. Your tour will be customized to your needs. In most hotels breakfast is included at certain hours. We never include meals, so y can chose where and what to eat and drink:
Itinerary
- Fly to San Cristóbal Island, where your Galapagos journey begins;
- Check into your hotel;
- Visit the visitor center for an introduction to the Galapagos islands’ natural and human history;
- Walk the Frigate bird trail;
- Walk by the Puerto Baquerizo Moreno boulevard to enjoy the massive herds of noisy Galapagos Sealions;
- Spend the evening enjoying diner at one of the many restaurants on the Puerto Baquerizo Moreno boulevard;
- Spend the night at a hotel nearby.
- Day yacht to Española during Albatross breeding season;
- Visit the breeding colony of the world-famous Waved Albatross with countless breeding pairs;
- Go snorkeling in the afternoon;
- Dine on the boulevard
- Spend the night at San Cristóbal.
- Don’t waste time and fly to Isabela, Puerto Villamil;
- Check into your hotel;
- Snorkel with Galapagos Penguins and Green Turtles at Tintoreras Bay;
- Visit the Flamingo lagoon (1 has a broken wing and several others usually stay with it) about 5 minutes from the hotel;
- Dine at the sandy boulevard of Puerto Villamil;
- Spend the night.
- In the morning, take the Sulphur Mine Hike. Trek across one of the largest volcanic calderas in the world and be in awe with the bright yellow vents of the Sulphur Mine.
- In the afternoon fast ferry to Santa Cruz
- Check into your hotel
- Dine on the Puerto Ayora Boulevard or in the Quartier Latin like Charles Binford Street (1 street north of your hotel);
- Spend the night.
- Santa Cruz Land Tour:
- Visit the two famous twin sinkhole craters, giant magma sink holes in the forest;
- Primicias farm where wild giant tortoises roam freely;
- Have lunch;
- Visit beautiful lava tunnel (400m) 0.5km from the entrance of Primicias;
- Visit Cerro Mesa, an island overlook from where you can see the constrasting lush green forest of the highlands and the dry coast;
- Visit Cerro Mesa, an island overlook from where you can see the constrasting lush green forest of the highlands and the dry coast;
- Visit the longest and highest lava tunnel (1km) of Galapagos. Bring powerful flashlights;
- Hotel Costa Pacífica Santa Cruz.
- Day tour yacht to Bartelomé:
- Show up at the Tortoise statute at the boulevard 6:00 AM;
- Visit a spectacular lava field, go snorkeling around Pinnacle Rock where penguins are almost guaranteed to see and to snorkel with penguins, tropical fishes and green turtles;
- Dine on the Puerto Ayora Boulevard or in the Quartier Latin like Charles Binford Street (1 street north of your hotel);
- Spend the night.
- Transfer to Yacht bay at Northern Santa Cruz;
- Pass the Baltra Canal;
- Take the airport bus on Baltra;
- Check in your mainland flight;
- Look out the airport windows where viewing land iguanas is almost guaranteed.
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