Galapagos Liveaboard diving may ruin everywhere else for you.
Yes we have the high voltage diving at Darwin and Wolf Islands on our itinery. Hammerheads, Galapagos sharks, Silky sharks and Whale sharks in season. Darwin and Wolf put Galapagos on the map for divers.
Divers can begin to take ‘another school of hammerheads’ for granted (true), so like most Galapagos liveaboards, we also dive the western sites. Punta Vicente Roca is a Mola Mola cleaning station, is rich in species and perhaps has the most coral in all Galapagos. Cabo (Spanish for Cape) Marshall is a dependable site for giant Mantas. At Cabo Douglas, you dive with Marine Iguanas and Penguins while they feed. Cousins, our final dive, is in the Central Islands.
All Galapagos liveaboard itineraries are a minimum of 7 nights due to the distance of the remote sites we dive.
Galapagos
Galapagos Dive Itinerary
Overview
Itinerary Highlights
- Dive with Hammerhead and Whale sharks at Wolf and Darwin Islands.
- Explore underwater feeding Marine Iguanas and Penguins at Cabo Douglas.
- Visit the Santa Cruz Highlands to see Galapagos Tortoises in the wild.
Itinerary Brief
- Day 1: Arrival
- Day 2: Punta Carrion and Seymour
- Day 3: Wolf
- Day 4: Darwin
- Day 5: Darwin-Wolf
- Day 6: Isabela-Fernandina
- Day 7: Cousins-Santa Cruz
- Day 8: Departure
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Day 1: Arrival
AM: This morning, you will fly from the mainland of Ecuador to San Cristobal, Galapagos. Our guides will be there to greet you and escort you to the yacht.
PM: After getting settled in, we will have lunch and briefings followed by a check dive at Isla Lobos. Lobo is Spanish for wolf and sea lion is lobo del mar in Spanish. Expect to see sea lions. We sail to Marchena overnight.
Lunch and Dinner included.
Day 2: Punta Carrion and Seymour
AM: Punta Carrion is located on the island of Santa Cruz. Sometimes we get lucky and see mola molas here. It’s a good first dive to acclimatize to Galapagos diving.
PM: Seymour is an island known for having great dives. Sightings include mobulas, white tip reef sharks, Galapagos sharks, sometimes Hammerheads and many fish species.
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner included.
Day 3: Wolf
AM: Wolf is one of the reasons Galapagos is on most divers’ bucketlist. Scientists have designated Wolf and Darwin (together as they are so close together) as the sharkiest place on earth because they have the largest biomass of sharks on the planet, 17.5 tons of sharks per hectare (2.47 acres). Only divers visit Wolf. There is no chumming in Galapagos. This is where sharks come naturally. There are no land visits. Wolf is located 115 miles north of the central islands.
PM: Sightings include huge schools of Hammerhead sharks, Galapagos sharks,Whale sharks (in season), Silky sharks, Eagle Rays, Sea Lions, Fur Seals, Mantas, Turtles, Jacks, Trumpetfish, Butterfly fish, Morish Idols, Moray Eels and Dolphins. Some sites at Wolf are covered in coral and all of the tropical fish species that live on coral reefs. Dive sites include Shark Bay, The Landslide, La Banana and Islote La Ventana. On the island itself, there are hundreds of thousands of seabirds including all 3 types of boobies in Galapagos – Red footed, blue footed and Nazca. There are frigates, pelicans, lava gulls and red billed tropicbirds.
Diving begins early to get in all 4 dives in a 12 hour day. 4 dives and a night dive (optional) where you can see garden eels and the red-lipped batfish on a sandy bottom.
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner included.
Day 4: Darwin
Darwin’s Arch is an icon, the symbol of diving the Galapagos. It is located 229 km / 142 miles north of the central islands. In addition to Wolf, this is where we find massive schools of Hammerheads. Huge, pregnant Whale sharks pass through Darwin each year for reasons unknown.
Darwin is the warmest dive site in Galapagos due to the tropical Panama current. You spend a lot of the dive stationary, on a platform that drops into the blue where Hammerheads swim against the current. It’s like being on the side of a Hammerhead highway watching traffic pass. You leave the platform to swim out into the blue when a Whale shark is spotted. That sometimes means swimming through the Hammerheads, a truly magnificent experience you will carry with you forever.
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner included.
Day 5: Darwin-Wolf
AM: We have 2 more dives at Darwin in the morning.
PM: We have 1-2 more dives at Wolf in the afternoon. There is an optional night dive at the Anchorage site. Anchorage has a sandy bottom where you may see garden eels and the red-lipped batfish.
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner included.
Day 6: Isabela-Fernandina
JAN-MAY: Cabo Marshall (Isabela Island)
JUNE-DEC: AM: Cabo Douglas (Fernandina Island) PM: Punta Vicente Roca (Isabela Island)
Cabo Marshall (Jan-June) is located on the eastern side of Isabela Island. Giant mantas, large schools of barracudas, Galapagos sharks, Sea Lions, Flightless Cormorants and enormous schools of Black Striped Salemas in Galapagos. These tiny fish can be so numerous, a diver inside the school cannot be seen, only the bubbles rising above the school. 4 dives at 2 Cabo Marshall dive sites.
Cabo Douglas (July – Dec). The westernmost island in Galapagos, Fernandina is an active volcano. It has erupted twice in the last decade. It is the ‘hot spot’ in Galapagos.
AM: This is the only site on liveaboard itineraries where you can see diving Marine Iguanas feeding underwater. You also see Penguins feeding on tiny silver Sardines using schools of Black Striped Salemas as cover. Turtles are especially abundant at Cabo Douglas which is probably why this is a likely location to site Orcas.
Punta Vicente Roca (July – Dec). If you look at a map, Isabela Island looks uncannily similar to a seahorse. Punta Vicente Roca is located on the northwestern side of Isabela just below the ‘mouth’ of the seahorse. Isabela has 5 active volcanoes.
PM: Punta Vicente Roca is a Mola Mola (Sunfish) cleaning station, has large turtle populations, the endemic Galapagos Bullhead shark, Penguins, Sea Horses, Sea Lions and many species of fish not found elsewhere in Galapagos. It is not uncommon to find yourself diving with an endemic Flightless Cormorant.
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner included.
Day 7: Cousins-Santa Cruz
AM: Cousins Rock. Cousins is a small rock, the remains of an eroded crater sticking up out of the sea. On the eastern side, the rock cascades down in a series of recessed ledges strewn with black coral, which is bright green under the water. Taking cover in the coral, you may find Seahorses, Frogfish, Octopus, Turtles and the elusive Longnose Hawkfish. It’s not unusual to spot pelagics from Cousins including Mantas, Eagle rays, Mobulas and Hammerhead. Sea lions are fur seals are also at Cousins. 1-2 dives depending on the mood of the divers.
PM: We disembark head for a reserve in the Santa Cruz Highlands to see the iconic Galapagos Tortoise in its natural habitat.
After the Highlands, we descend into the largest town in Galapagos, Puerto Ayora. You may opt to visit the Charles Darwin Research Center in the Galapagos National Park or wander about town.
Our farewell dinner will be at a restaurant in Puerto Ayora. We then return to Calipso and sail to San Cristobal overnight.
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner included.
Day 8: Departure
AM: You will disembark and are free to visit the Interpretation Center or wander around port before to the airport for your departure.
Breakfast included.
| Dates | Cabin | From | Special Offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05 Jun 2025 - 12 Jun 2025 | USD$6995pp | ||
| Standard Twin Cabin | USD$6995pp | Contact us | |
| 19 Jun 2025 - 26 Jun 2025 | USD$6995pp | ||
| 03 Jul 2025 - 10 Jul 2025 | USD$7195pp | ||
| 10 Jul 2025 - 17 Jul 2025 | USD$7195pp | ||
| 24 Jul 2025 - 31 Jul 2025 | USD$7195pp | ||
| 21 Aug 2025 - 28 Aug 2025 | USD$7195pp | ||
| 28 Aug 2025 - 04 Sep 2025 | USD$7195pp | ||
| 04 Sep 2025 - 11 Sep 2025 | USD$7195pp | ||
| 23 Oct 2025 - 30 Oct 2025 | USD$7195pp | ||
| 30 Oct 2025 - 06 Nov 2025 | USD$7195pp | ||
| 06 Nov 2025 - 13 Nov 2025 | USD$7195pp | ||
| 04 Dec 2025 - 11 Dec 2025 | USD$7195pp | ||
| 18 Dec 2025 - 25 Dec 2025 | USD$7195pp | ||
| 25 Dec 2025 - 01 Jan 2026 | USD$7195pp |
**Prices are per person based on twin / shared accommodation.
**Single supplements may apply
Cabin Details
Standard Twin Cabin
13.5 m2, twin or double bed, private bathroom, hot water, air conditioning
Calipso Deckplan
Specifications
- Year of construction: 1991, rebuild 2019
- Type: Motor Yacht
- Length: 115 ft (35 m)
- Beam: 24 ft (7.3m)
- Electricity: 110 & 220 V
- Draft: 6.2 ft (1.9 m)
- Capacity: 16 passengers
- Accommodation: Main Deck:
2 Cabins (Twin beds) 140 ft²/13.5 m², dining room, bar, social area
Upper Deck:
2 Cabins (Twin beds) 120 ft²/11.2 m², 4 Cabins (Twin beds) 130 ft²/12.2 m²
Sun Deck:
Jacuzzi, al fresco dining and social area
Lower Deck:
2 Cabins 120 ft²/11.3 m²
*All cabins with private bathrooms, hot water and air-conditioning / All cabins can be converted into matrimonials, except on the ones located in the lower deck
- Main engines: Cummins NTA855-M @400hp (x2)
- Generators: Cummins 6B-CP 99 kW (x2)
- Cruising speed: 12 knots
- Exterior: Naval steel and fiber glass
- Water capacity: 5,000 gls.
- Crew: 10 Crew members + 1 Guide
- Safety & Navigation: • First Aid, Oxygen and AED
• Life Jackets and Life Rafts
• Nautilus Lifelines, dive alerts
• Radar and sonnar
• VHF Radio
• Antenna GPS
• Searchlight and Horn
• Bilge pump alarm
• Fire Alarm System and Extinguishers
• Smoke and temperature detectors
• CO2 reserve (150 Kg)
What's included?
- Accommodation onboard for length of cruise (Upper and main deck cabins).
- All meals, snacks and beverages.
- Bilingual National Park certified dive guide (DIVE ITINERARY)
- Weights, weight belts and air tanks (12L) and recompression chamber (DIVE ITINERARY)
- We provide DA1 Dive Alerts, basic SMBs and Nautilus Lifeline at no charge. (DIVE ITINERARY)
- Airport transfers in SCY when arrival/departure is on official flights
- Wi-Fi on board.
What's not included?
- Flights to/from Galapagos $495 net per person (add to cruise price).
- National Park Entrance fee ($200), TCT visitor card ($20). Alcoholic drinks.
- Unlimited Nitrox (DIVE ITINERARY)
- Equipment - Full kit rental is $300. Rental includes BC, Regulator, Wetsuit, Fins & Booties, Mask.
- Computer rental is $100.
- Diver will be responsible for replacement costs if equipment is damaged:
- $50 for dive alert
- $40 for SMB
- $250 for Nautilus Lifeline.
- $75 for ditched weight bel
- Personal expenses and gratuities are not included.
- Diving Insurance and personal insurance. We recommend each guest purchase the following insurance that covers cancellation, trip interruption, accidents, medical while in Ecuador, baggage loss and, if applicable, equipment (dive & photography) insurance.
- All charges onboard are subject to the local 12% sales tax (VAT).
- Onboard credit card charges are subject to both VAT and an admin fee of 5%.
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Destination: Galapagos
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