Cruise Description

A former World War II military base, this cactus-dotted island is now home to the region's main airport, and the port of departure on your Galapagos vacation.

A Zodiac ride into Black Turtle Cove, one of the most beautiful sites in the Galapagos.

Covered by a layer of flowing lava during a volcanic eruption in the early 1900's, the now hardened fields of black rock in this area of Santiago are a geologic wonderland.

Bartolome Island hosts one of the regions most often photographed views and a spectacular geologic setting.

The remains of a coral reef raised during the uplift can still be found at Urvina Bay.

Search along the cove for names carved in to the rock by pirates and whalers of days past, then hike past Darwin Lake inside an extinct volcano on a bird watching expedition.

Here on Isla Fernandina, guests may walk on recent lava flows from La Cumbre volcano.

One of the most dramatic of landscapes in the Galapagos.

With its sandy beach and black rock, blue-water grottos this stop offers a taste of Galapagos geology and some great snorkeling.

Located on the northern coast of Santiago Island in James Bay, this beach is a sea turtle nesting site.

Santa Cruz is the second-largest island in the Galapagos and home to Puerto Ayora (the largest town in the islands).

El Barranco, also known as Prince Phillip's Steps, named for Prince Philip who visited Galapagos in 1965 and again in 1981.

Darwin Bay's soft white sand is only the beginning of a spectacular excursion.

North Seymour is a small island just north of Baltra. It is home to the largest colony of frigate birds in the Galapagos.