Galápagos Islands Expedition Cruise 2025

• Arrive at the hotel in Quito, Ecuador

• Day at leisure to sightsee around the city

• Inspirato welcome cocktail reception

Accommodations: Host hotel in Quito

Meals included: Cocktails and canapes

• Depart Quito

• Fly from Quito (UIO) to San Cristobal, Galápagos (SCY)

• Embark on the Silver Origin

Accommodations: Silver Origin

Meals included: Breakfast at the host hotel in Quito, lunch and dinner aboard the Silver Origin

• In the morning, explore the naturally occurring Prince Phillips steps

• In the afternoon, explore Darwin Bay, with an ancient volcanic crater now flooded by the sea. Zodiacs land on a picturesque sandy beach where Galápagos sea lions often rest on the fine, white sand

Accommodations: Silver Origin

Meals included: All meals aboard the Silver Origin

• In the morning, explore North Seymour Island. After a short climb, visitors arrive on the island’s flat plateau where a number of sea lions nurse pups and frigatebirds nest

• Later in the afternoon, we will explore the lava fields of Sullivan Bay on Santiago Island, a landscape that looks like the surface of the moon

Accommodations: Silver Origin

Meals included: All meals aboard the Silver Origin

• Enjoy the exploration of mangroves and bird watching where the land meets the sea and you’ll find sea birds, shorebirds, and land birds all in the same place

• In the afternoon, we’ll explore Punta Moreno island, sitting between two soaring active volcanoes—Sierra Negra and Cerro Azul—that you will see in the distance

• Enjoy the blue waters of Cromwell Current where the largest marine iguanas of the archipelago can be spotted basking on the rocks. Other wildlife to be found here includes great blue herons, white-tipped reef sharks, and pelicans who nest in the emerald mangrove forest near the coastal lagoon

Accommodations: Silver Origin

Meals included: All meals aboard the Silver Origin

• Enjoy the day in the Santa Cruz Highlands at 2,835 feet above sea level and boasting a wide variety of flora and fauna found nowhere else. Look for the giant tortoises that prefer this area to mate, feed, and rest

• Explore the Breeding Center in Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, home to the prestigious Charles Darwin Research Station and the Fausto Llerena Breeding Center for giant tortoises and land iguanas

• Enjoy free time in town browsing charming art galleries and relaxing in corner cafés

Accommodations: Silver Origin

Meals included: All meals aboard the Silver Origin

• Gardner Beach is made out of pulverized shells and corals offers a sandy patch of beach over a half-mile long

• In the afternoon, explore Punta Suárez, the most western point of Española

• Enjoy views of the sheer cliffs and keep an eye out for swallow-tailed gulls, Nazca boobies, and blue-footed boobies

Accommodations: Silver Origin

Meals included: All meals aboard the Silver Origin

• Visit Cerro Brujo, one of the most beautiful white-sand beaches of the Galápagos, where you can swim or snorkel

• View sea lions, Sally Lightfoor crabs, and blue-footed boobies. Behind the dunes, you find a coastal lagoon, which was visited in the past by the locals to extract salt. Today, it is home to some shorebirds such as stilts and plovers

Accommodations: Silver Origin

Meals included: All meals aboard the Silver Origin

• Disembark the Silver Origin and fly from Baltra, Galápagos (GPS) to Quito, Ecuador (UIO)

• Enjoy a day room at our host hotel in Quito for guests with international flights taking off after 6 p.m.

• Group transfer from the hotel to the Mariscal Sucre Quito International Airport (UIO) in Quito Airport for your departure

Meals included: Breakfast