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Days aboard the M/V Humboldt Explorer generally involve a 6:30 a.m. dive followed by breakfast, a dive at 10:30, lunch at 12:00, and an afternoon dive at dive at 2:00 p.m. Dinner is served at approximately 7:00 p.m.  Under current National Parks guidelines, no night dives or land visits are allowed.

Please note that these itineraries are examples only, and will change depending on local regulation, 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. 

San Cristobal Departures

If meeting the vessel in San Cristobal, a guide will meet you upon exiting the baggage claim area for transfer to the vessel.

Monday: San Cristobal
Guests fly to the Galapagos Islands from Mainland Ecuador, arriving in the islands mid-day. Guests are met at the airport and taken to the vessel.
Boarding the vessel after 1 p.m., guests will depart for a short crossing to the 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. Sightings include rays and sea lions. Depart for Northern Islands.

Wednesday: Wolf Island - Landslide, Shark Bay, Pinaculo
6:30, 10:30 and 2:00 dives.  Sightings often include hammerheads, eagle rays, Galapagos sharks, and silky sharks.  Night at anchor.

Thursday: Morning - Wolf Island / Afternoon - Darwin Island
6:30, 9:30 dives.  Sightings often include hammerheads, eagle rays, Galapagos sharks and silky sharks.  Night at anchor. Crossing to Darwin Island. One afternoon dive at Darwin.

Friday: Darwin Island
6:30, 10:30 and 2:00 dives.  Sightings often include hammerheads,whale sharks, eagle rays, Galapagos sharks, turtles and silky sharks. 

Saturday: Wolf Island
6:30, 10:30 and 2:00 dives.  Sightings often include hammerheads, eagle rays, Galapagos sharks, turtles and silky sharks. Transit to Cousin's Rock.

Sunday: Cousin’s Rock
6:30 and possible 8:30 dives –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 hrs). In Santa Cruz, visit the giant tortoises in the highlands, visit the town of Puerto Ayora and the Darwin Centre on your own, dinner on your own in town.

Monday:  Baltra/San Cristobal
Breakfast; 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 1 p.m. flight back to Quito or Guayaquil.