Tour itinerary
Day 1:
Start Quito
Day 2:
Free time to relax.
Day 3:
Quito city tour.
Day 4:
Early morning flight to Baltra; join boat and sail to Isla Plaza for two-hour walk, then sail on to Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz.
Day 5:
Visit highlands of Santa Cruz Island, see giant tortoises in the wild.
Day 6:
Overnight sail to Espanola Island: superb wildlife all around. Continue to Floreana in the evening.
Day 7:
Explore Floreana in the morning, visit Post Office Bay. Afternoon sail on to Isabela.
Day 8:
Punta Moreno on Isabela, the largest island. Visit Elizabeth Bay, home to flightless cormorants and marine iguanas.
Day 9:
Urbina Bay, to see giant tortoises and both land and marine iguanas. Sail to Fernandina Island and one of the world's most active volcanoes. Overnight sail on to Isla Santiago.
Day 10:
Puerto Egas and Bartolome; chance to walk to the top of the island for stunning views.
Day 11:
Sail to North Seymour and its Frigate Bird colonies; on to Plazas Island.
Day 12:
Santa Cruz; visit Dragon Hill, then sail to Rabida Island for blue-footed boobies, Galapagos penguins, white tipped reef sharks and Darwin's finches
Day 13:
Sail north to Genovesa, one of the least-visited islands and one of the best for birds.
Day 14:
Sail to San Cristobal, stopping at Kicker Rock, a unique volcanic formation. Continue to Galapagos Visitor Centre.
Day 15:
Return to the East coast of Isabela, visit Sierra Negra volcano.
Day 16:
To Santiago's Espumilla Beach and its many sea turtles and snorkelling at Bucaneer Cove.
Day 17:
Sullivan's Bay and to tiny Chinese Hat Island.
Day 18:
Final day's sailing, to Turtle Cove and back to Baltra; fly to Quito.
Day 19:
End Quito.