Wild Galápagos Escape

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FREE AIR IN 2022

Special Offers

Free round-trip air from Ecuador to Galápagos on select 2022 departures. Book by October 31, 2022. New bookings only and subject to availability. All air offers are based on economy group flights that must be ticketed by Lindblad Expeditions. Baggage fees may be additional.

FREE AIR IN 2023

Special Offers

Free Round-Trip Air from Miami/Galápagos on all 2023 departures aboard National Geographic Islander II. Book by October 31, 2022. New bookings and subject to availability. All air offers are based on economy group flights that must be ticketed by Lindblad Expeditions. Baggage fees may be additional.

SOLO TRAVELER SAVINGS IN 2022

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Book by October 31, 2022, and we will waive the solo premium on solo cabins on select departures. Valid for new bookings only on select departures in 2022, subject to availability, not applicable on extensions, and may not be combined with other offers. Call for details.

4TH GUEST TRAVELS FREE

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4th person travels free on select 2022 departures. Book by October 31, 2022. Bookings of three full-paying guests may bring a fourth person for free. Offer applicable only on bookings of two double-occupancy cabins, and second cabin must be in same category or lower as first cabin. Valid on select departures, for new bookings only, subject to availability, not applicable on airfare or extensions, and is not combinable with other offers. Call for details.

COMBINING OFFERS

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Certain offers may be combinable, up to two savings opportunities, except where noted otherwise. For example, travel with a group of 8 or more on back-to-back expeditions, and take advantage of both savings.

TRAVELING AS A GROUP

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Save 5% when traveling as a group of 8 or more people. Take advantage of these great savings, while enjoying traveling with your friends and family. This savings is applicable to voyage fares only, and is not valid on extensions or airfare. Deposit, final payments, and cancellation policies for group travel vary from our regular policies.

BRINGING THE KIDS

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We believe sharing an expedition with your kids or grandkids is a life-enhancing experience. So take $500 off for each child under the age of 18.

BACK-TO-BACK SAVINGS

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Save 10% on any consecutive journeys taken on board one of our expedition ships. This savings is applicable on voyage fares only, and are not valid on extensions or airfare.

Dates, Rates & Cabins

Travel on this itinerary from $9,390 per person

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Quito & Otavalo Post-Voyage Extension

Post-trip

3 Days

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$585 per person

Follow the mystery and magic of Galápagos with a three-day (2022), or four-day (2023) cultural experience in the Andes of Ecuador on this post-voyage extension.

The 2022 itinerary is below. For the 2023 itinerary, click here.

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Daily Expedition Reports

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9/26/2022

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National Geographic Islander II

Santa Cruz Island

We started our day early on Santa Cruz Island, located in the center of the archipelago. We passed through town, the biggest settlement in the archipelago, on our way to the highlands, where our visit took place. We visited El Trapiche farm, where we met a family that farms coffee and sugarcane. We learned how the people of the highlands live, and we also tried some of the products they grow. Afterwards, we visited Los Gemelos, big geological formations in the middle of a Scalesia forest. Surrounded by this special vegetation, we explored the ecosystem, birds, and epiphytes. To end the morning, we visited El Manzanillo Ranch, where tortoises are found everywhere. The ranch is located right in the middle of the migration route of these prehistoric animals, so we had the opportunity to see them up close and learn all about them while they were feeding, sleeping, and walking around. In the afternoon, we visited the Charles Darwin Research Station and the National Park Headquarters. We walked on a special path created to educate visitors about the projects these institutions are working on. We explored a small part of town and the fish market, where we saw the catch of the day on display.

9/14/2022

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National Geographic Islander II

Isabela & Fernandina Islands: Vicente Roca Point & Espinoza Point

The misty weather of the dry season covered the sky as our first activities started in the early morning. From the deck, we looked for marine mammals and enjoyed the magnificent volcanic landscape of the northern side of Isabela. We explored Vicente Roca in our Zodiacs as we traveled along the walls. Wildlife is very abundant on this site since the area is an upwelling zone. Marine birds and reptiles were the highlights of the morning. Blue-footed boobies, brown noddy terns, pelicans, Nazca boobies, marine iguanas, flightless cormorants, and penguins made our morning special. We then went snorkeling in the same area, an incredible site for sea turtles. In the afternoon, we visited Fernandina, the youngest island. The site is a nesting place for marine iguanas. Here they congregate in big numbers, so they were the stars of the afternoon. We hiked around an uplifted basaltic lava flow, and we spotted flightless cormorants, sea lions, and a beautiful Galapagos hawk. This site offers a view of La Cumbre, the huge volcano on the island. We could also see the volcanoes that form Isabela Island right across the channel. We were lucky to witness activity in one of the volcanoes today!

9/13/2022

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National Geographic Islander II

Seymour and Rabida Islands

Today was another amazing day in the paradise we call the Galapagos. We visited the very small island of North Seymour, which happens to be one of the few nesting sites for blue-footed boobies that can be visited by foot. Blue-footed boobies are not the only attraction at this site, though. The site is also home to the largest colony of frigatebirds on the islands and a large and healthy population of land iguanas. Charismatic Galapagos sea lions stole the attention of our guests, who tried to photograph the sea lions from various angles. Photographing in the Galapagos can be quite easy because of the very short distance between animals and visitors. It is truly one of the last pristine national parks in the world, and the animals live in harmony in the presence of humans. In the afternoon, we engaged in our first snorkeling activity on Rabida Island, which is famous for its red sand and dramatic landscapes. A colony of sea lions mesmerized our guests, who enjoyed observing a sea lion pup move gracefully while waiting for his mom to come back from fishing.

9/12/2022

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National Geographic Islander II

Santa Cruz Island

Santa Cruz Island is located in the central part of the archipelago. It is the most populated island with around 20,000 residents. The island is the home of giant tortoises, and it is the location of the Charles Darwin Research Station. Guests of National Geographic Islander II started their day early by disembarking in the town of Puerto Ayora. On buses, we crossed the island on its only highway. As the altitude increased, the vegetation changed and became lusher. We visited Los Gemelos (in English, “The Twins”). This pair of craters formed by a ground collapse over a radial fissure, and the area is surrounded by Scallesia sp., an endemic plant. Our next stop was a farm, the home of giant tortoises. It was the perfect place for pictures. We crossed over an easy terrain and found a large group of tortoises resting or eating. The tortoises weigh up to 500 pounds, and they remained still while we walked beside them. The Charles Darwin Research Station was our last stop, and we had the unique chance to observe the breeding center of giant tortoises. We saw where the eggs hatch and the small reptiles are kept for four years before they are released in the wild to avoid attacks by introduced species.

9/6/2022

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National Geographic Islander II

San Cristobal Island

Today we visited the island of San Cristobal. We started our day with a hike at Punta Pitt, where we walked uphill along a beautiful landscape made of tuff. Here we observed the last of the three species of boobies that we can find in the Galapagos, the red-footed booby. To our surprise, we also found nesting blue-footed boobies and chicks. After a delicious lunch, we visited Cerro Brujo, one of the most beautiful beaches found on these islands. This beach was a great place to relax on the last full day of our trip. We spent time walking around and observing the sea lions and a few seabirds feeding along the shore. We ended our day by navigating around Kicker Rock, a tuff cone in the middle of the ocean, just a few miles off the coast of San Cristobal.

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