Humboldt Explorer – 8 Days

Day Visitor Site
Monday AM - Flight to San Cristobal
PM - Check out dive & Safety Briefing
Tuesday AM - Punta Carrion (Santa Cruz)
PM - Bartolome
Wednesday AM - Wolf Island (2 dives)
PM - Wolf Island (1 dive)
Thursday AM - Wolf Island & Darwin Island (2 dives)
PM - Darwin Island (1 dive)
Friday AM - Darwin Island (2 dives)
PM - Darwin Island (1 dive)
Saturday AM - Wolf Island (3 dives)
PM - Wolf Island
Sunday AM - Cousin's Rock (1 dive)
PM - Puerto Ayora, Charles Darwin Station & Highlands (Santa Cruz)
Monday AM - Puerto Baquerizo Moreno & Interpretation Center (San Cristóbal)
Transfer to the Airport

Monday:
San Cristobal

Guests fly to the Galapagos Islands from Mainland Ecuador, arriving in the late morning. Guests are met at the airport and taken to the vessel. Boarding the vessel after 1:00 p.m., guests will depart for a short crossing to a calm site for a check out dive and safety briefing. After dinner the vessel will depart to the next scheduled destination.

Tuesday:
Punta Carrion 6:30, 9:30, dives.

Bartolome Possible 3:00 dive depending on weather. Sightings include rays schools of fish. Depart for Northern Islands.

Wednesday:
Wolf Island – 6:30, 10:30 and 2:00 dives.

Sightings often include hammerheads, , eagle rays, sea lions, Galapagos sharks, and silky sharks. Night at anchor.

Thursday:
Wolf Island – 6:30 dive

Transit to Darwin Island – 11:00 and 2:30 dives.

Sightings often include hammerheads, red-lipped batfish, eagle rays, sea lions, Galapagos sharks, and silky sharks. Night at anchor. The vessel will travel 2-1/2 hours to Darwin early Friday.

Friday:
Darwin Island – 6:30, 10:30, and 2:00 dives.

Sightings often include hammerheads, whale sharks(in season), eagle rays, Galapagos sharks, silky sharks and whale sharks.

Saturday:
Wolf Island – 6:30, 9:00, 11:00 dives.

Sightings often include hammerheads, whale sharks(in season)eagle rays, Galapagos sharks, silky sharks and whale sharks.

Sunday:
Cousin’s Rock – 8:30 dive

This is a 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). In Santa Cruz visit the giant tortoises in the highlands and visit the town of Puerto Ayora and the Darwin Centre on your own.  Humboldt Explorer departs Santa Cruz at 9 p.m. for San Cristobal.

Monday:
San Cristobal

Depart the vessel by 9 am. Guests are free to visit the beach in town to see sea lions and marine iguanas in their natural habitat or take a short walk to the Interpretive Centre. Transfer back to the airport for flight back to Quito or Guayaquil.

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