Galapagos Giant Tortoise.

Day Trips Galapagos 2025

Explore the best of Galapagos in one-day guided adventures.
The Galapagos Islands are located 1,000 km (620 miles) off the coast of Ecuador, and it’s the most visited place in the country, both by national and foreign tourists. There are tours and excursions departing from the islands of Santa Cruz, San Cristobal and Isabela. In each tour, you can participate in activities like snorkeling, hiking, experiential fishing or swimming with whitetip reef sharks and sea lions. You can also admire the famous Galapagos giant tortoises, marine iguanas, frigates and penguins , and be fascinated while gazing at beautiful landscapes, such as the ones in Bartolome Island.

Marine iguana in Santa Cruz island.

Day trips departing from Santa Cruz Island

The island of Santa Cruz is in the middle of the Galapagos Islands, and it has a wide variety of tours departing daily. The most visited islands are: Bartolome, Seymour, Isabela, Pinzon, Santa Fe, Tour 180°, Floreana, El Chato reserve, and Bahia trip. In addition, you can take half-days tour to visit the “El Chato” tortoise reserve or to explore the bay of Puerto Ayora by boat.

Bartolome Island.
Male frigate bird.
Galapagos penguin.
Whitetip shark.
Sea lions.
Sea stars.
Stone face Floreana island.
Galapagos Giant Tortoise.
Las Grietas of the island Santa Cruz Puerto Ayora.
Sierra Negra volcano Isabela island.

Day trips departing from Isabela Island.

Isabela is the largest island in Galapagos, known for its volcanoes and beautiful landscapes. From there, you can take day tours to visit the Sierra Negra volcano, Kayak on Tintoreras Islet or the Cabo Rosa underwater lava tunnels, one of the best snorkeling spots in Galapagos, where you will have the opportunity to swim with sea turtles, whitetip reef sharks and seahorses. You can also take a kayaking excursion to an islet called Las Tintoreras.

Isabela Island Tunnels.
Sierra Negra volcano.
Kayak on the Tintoreras islet.
Kicker Rock San Cristobal island.

Day trips departing from San Cristobal Island.

The island of San Cristobal has an area of 558 m2 and is the provincial capital of Galapagos. Here you can take a tour to Kicker Rock – called “Leon Dormido” in Spanish – which is a rock formation that resembles a sleeping lion. You can visit El Junco Lagoon in the highlands. You can also take the 360° Tour around the island of San Cristobal. Finally, on the tour to Espanola Island you will get to visit the nesting site of albatrosses.

Kicker Rock.
Witch Hill on San Cristobal Island.
Albatross.
El Junco lagoon.

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