Santa Fé Land Iguana
Conolophus pallidus
- Where
- 1 site, Santa Fé Bay
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 42 of 97 routes · 955 departures in season
See these departures →The Galápagos Cruise · Wildlife
Galápagos Wildlife: 25 Animals and Where to See Them
25
species recorded
14
found only here
15
islands
US$2,036
per guest, double occupancy
Twenty-five animals account for most of the reason people come to Galápagos, and fourteen of them live nowhere else on earth: the giant tortoise, the marine iguana, the flightless cormorant, the waved albatross, the only penguin that breeds on the equator. All twenty-five are recorded across the 15 islands our ships call at, and no single itinerary reaches all of them. The best get to twenty-four, a typical departure to eighteen.
Where you go decides more than when. Fifteen of the twenty-five are on record all year, so the itinerary matters more than the calendar. The waved albatross is on Española and nowhere else, and it is at sea from January to March. The flightless cormorant is on Fernandina and Isabela only, in the cold water of the west. The Santa Fé land iguana lives on the one island it is named after. Blue-footed boobies dance from June to August, the male frigatebirds of Genovesa inflate their red throat pouches from March to June, sea lion pups arrive between August and November, and the marine iguanas of Punta Suárez turn red and green from December to March. Green turtles, white-tipped reef sharks and brown pelicans turn up almost everywhere, on ordinary snorkeling stops and at every landing. The map below shows which island holds what, and the list further down counts only the departures that are in the right place in the right month.
Where they are
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25 of 25 species shown
almost alwaysoftensometimesnot in this month
Waved Albatross
Phoebastria irrorata
- Where
- 1 site, Punta Suárez
- When
- Apr to Dec, peak in Oct
JFMAMJJASOND
On 45 of 97 routes · 841 departures in season
See these departures →Vermilion Flycatcher
Pyrocephalus nanus
- Where
- 2 sites on 2 islands, mostly Central
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 45 of 97 routes · 1152 departures in season
See these departures →Galápagos Mockingbird
Mimus parvulus
- Where
- 3 sites on 3 islands, mostly North
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 66 of 97 routes · 1489 departures in season
See these departures →Flightless Cormorant
Nannopterum harrisi
- Where
- 6 sites on 2 islands, mostly West
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 42 of 97 routes · 996 departures in season
See these departures →Marine Iguana
Amblyrhynchus cristatus
- Where
- on most islands
- When
- Year round, more between Jan and Mar
JFMAMJJASOND
On 85 of 97 routes · 1936 departures in season
See these departures →Swallow-tailed Gull
Creagrus furcatus
- Where
- 6 sites on 5 islands, mostly South
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 77 of 97 routes · 1793 departures in season
See these departures →Darwin's Finches
Geospiza / Camarhynchus spp.
- Where
- on most islands
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 82 of 97 routes · 1977 departures in season
See these departures →Galápagos Fur Seal
Arctocephalus galapagoensis
- Where
- 7 sites on 5 islands, mostly Central
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 82 of 97 routes · 1992 departures in season
See these departures →Galápagos Hawk
Buteo galapagoensis
- Where
- 7 sites on 6 islands, mostly West
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 82 of 97 routes · 2032 departures in season
See these departures →Galápagos Land Iguana
Conolophus subcristatus
- Where
- 7 sites on 6 islands, mostly South
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 83 of 97 routes · 2010 departures in season
See these departures →Galápagos Penguin
Spheniscus mendiculus
- Where
- 8 sites on 5 islands, mostly West
- When
- Year round, more between Jun and Nov
JFMAMJJASOND
On 78 of 97 routes · 1856 departures in season
See these departures →Galápagos Giant Tortoise
Chelonoidis spp.
- Where
- 10 sites on 5 islands, mostly Central
- When
- Year round, more between Jun and Dec
JFMAMJJASOND
On 85 of 97 routes · 2063 departures in season
See these departures →Galápagos Sea Lion
Zalophus wollebaeki
- Where
- on most islands
- When
- Year round, more between Aug and Nov
JFMAMJJASOND
On 86 of 97 routes · 2107 departures in season
See these departures →Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus
- Where
- on most islands
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 36 of 97 routes · 845 departures in season
See these departures →Giant Manta Ray
Mobula birostris
- Where
- 5 sites on 5 islands, mostly Central
- When
- Jun to Nov
JFMAMJJASOND
On 50 of 97 routes · 704 departures in season
See these departures →Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
- Where
- 5 sites on 4 islands, mostly North
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 53 of 97 routes · 1133 departures in season
See these departures →Scalloped Hammerhead
Sphyrna lewini
- Where
- 5 sites on 5 islands, mostly South
- When
- Year round, more between Jun and Nov
JFMAMJJASOND
On 12 of 97 routes · 217 departures in season
See these departures →White-tipped Reef Shark
Triaenodon obesus
- Where
- on most islands
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 40 of 97 routes · 852 departures in season
See these departures →Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
- Where
- 6 sites on 3 islands, mostly North
- When
- Year round, more between Mar and Jun
JFMAMJJASOND
On 67 of 97 routes · 1541 departures in season
See these departures →American Flamingo
Phoenicopterus ruber
- Where
- 7 sites on 4 islands, mostly Central
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 79 of 97 routes · 1872 departures in season
See these departures →Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
- Where
- on most islands
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 83 of 97 routes · 2033 departures in season
See these departures →Nazca Booby
Sula granti
- Where
- 8 sites on 7 islands, mostly South
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 81 of 97 routes · 1961 departures in season
See these departures →Blue-footed Booby
Sula nebouxii
- Where
- 11 sites on 8 islands, mostly South
- When
- Year round, more between Jun and Aug
JFMAMJJASOND
On 83 of 97 routes · 1991 departures in season
See these departures →Pacific Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas agassizii
- Where
- on most islands
- When
- Year round, more between Jan and Jun
JFMAMJJASOND
On 85 of 97 routes · 1995 departures in season
See these departures →The full lists, group by group
The fifteen above are the shortlist. Each group has its own page with every species on record, the same island map and the same departure check.
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1793 of the 2107 upcoming departures put you where the Swallow-tailed Gull is, at the time it is there.
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- You see it. The ship is at the site while the species is recorded there.
- Right island, wrong month. The route calls there outside the months on record.
- Never gets there. The route does not call at any of its sites.
24/09/2026US$6,632
MONIQUE · 8-Day Western Islands: Elizabeth Bay's Penguins
North Seymour Trail, day 7
24/09/2026US$4,140
Alya · 5-Day Northern & Western: Bartolome's Endemic Plant
Darwin Bay, day 2
25/09/2026US$3,320
Treasure · 5-Day Northern & Western: Punta Pitt's Triple Boobies
Punta Pitt, day 4
26/09/2026US$7,992
ELITE · 8-Day Western Islands: El Junco's Bathing Frigatebirds
Punta Pitt, day 7
26/09/2026US$2,120
Galaxy Orion · 5-Day Western & Southern: San Cristobal's Highlands
Punta Pitt, day 4
27/09/2026US$3,060
Galaxy Stella · 4-Day Southern Islands: Isla Lobos' Fur Seals
Punta Suárez, day 2
28/09/2026US$3,320
Solaris · 5-Day Northern Islands: South Plaza's Hybrid Iguana
Cerro Brujo, day 5
28/09/2026US$8,300
Solaris · Solaris: Route BC
Cerro Brujo, day 5
28/09/2026US$14,095
Solaris · Solaris: Route BCA
Cerro Brujo, day 5
29/09/2026US$3,735
Treasure · 5-Day Southern Islands: Los Gemelos' Daylight Owl
Punta Suárez, day 2
29/09/2026US$10,345
Treasure · Treasure: Route BC
Punta Suárez, day 2
29/09/2026US$14,095
Treasure · Treasure: Route BCA
Punta Pitt, day 14
01/10/2026US$3,352
MONIQUE · 4-Day Southern Islands: Santa Cruz's Wild Tortoises
Punta Suárez, day 3
01/10/2026US$6,035
Galaxy Sirius · 6-Day Western & Northern: Rabida's Red Sand Beach
North Seymour Trail, day 3
01/10/2026US$13,490
Tribute · Tribute: Route CA
North Seymour Trail, day 6
01/10/2026US$18,000
Tribute · Tribute: Route CAB
North Seymour Trail, day 6
02/10/2026US$3,320
Solaris · 5-Day Southern Islands: Devil's Crown Hammerhead Sharks
Punta Suárez, day 2
02/10/2026US$10,345
Solaris · Solaris: Route CA
Punta Suárez, day 2
02/10/2026US$14,095
Solaris · Solaris: Route CAB
Cerro Brujo, day 15
03/10/2026US$3,992
ELITE · 4-Day Southern Islands: Espanola's Albatross Colony
Punta Suárez, day 2
03/10/2026US$3,570
Galaxy Orion · 8-Day Western Islands: Isabela's Tortoise Hatchery
North Seymour Trail, day 8
03/10/2026US$10,045
Treasure · Treasure: Route CA
Punta Pitt, day 10
03/10/2026US$14,095
Treasure · Treasure: Route CAB
Punta Pitt, day 10
04/10/2026US$7,992
ENDEMIC · 8-Day Western Islands: Tagus Cove's Sailor Graffiti
Darwin Bay, day 2
04/10/2026US$4,152
MONIQUE · 5-Day Southern & Western: Kicker Rock's Swim Channel
South Plaza Trail, day 2
05/10/2026US$5,295
Archipel I · 8-Day Western Islands: Urbina Bay's Coral Uplift
North Seymour Trail, day 3
05/10/2026US$2,036
Archipel I · 4-Day Southern & Northern: Chinese Hat's Shark Channel
North Seymour Trail, day 3
05/10/2026US$7,475
Archipel I · Archipel I: Route AB4
North Seymour Trail, day 3
05/10/2026US$10,300
Archipel I · Archipel I: Route AB
Punta Pitt, day 14
06/10/2026US$5,130
Galaxy Sirius · 5-Day Southern Islands: Isla Lobos' Sea Lion Colony
Punta Suárez, day 2
06/10/2026US$10,345
Solaris · Solaris: Route AB
Cerro Brujo, day 11
06/10/2026US$14,095
Solaris · Solaris: Route ABC
Cerro Brujo, day 11
07/10/2026US$3,840
Galaxy Stella · 5-Day Northern Islands: Kicker Rock's Shark Channel
North Seymour Trail, day 1
07/10/2026US$4,956
Tribute · 5-Day Southern Islands: Espanola's Albatross Colony
Punta Suárez, day 4
07/10/2026US$11,150
Tribute · Tribute: Route AB
Punta Suárez, day 4
07/10/2026US$18,000
Tribute · Tribute: Route ABC
Punta Suárez, day 4
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