Galápagos Mockingbird
Mimus parvulus
- Where
- 3 sites on 3 islands, mostly North
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 66 of 97 routes · 1507 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$3,320
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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9 of 10 species shown
almost alwaysoftensometimesnot in this month
Marine Iguana
Amblyrhynchus cristatus
- Where
- on most islands
- When
- Year round, more between Jan and Mar
JFMAMJJASOND
On 85 of 97 routes · 1955 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 · 1812 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 · 2008 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 · 2050 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 · 1151 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 · 1554 departures in season
See these departures →Nazca Booby
Sula granti
- Where
- 8 sites on 7 islands, mostly South
- When
- Year round
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On 81 of 97 routes · 1983 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 · 2014 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.
Select a departure that actually reaches it
783 of the 2126 upcoming departures put you where the Brown Pelican is, at the time it is there.
783
- 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.
28/09/2026US$3,320
Solaris · 5-Day Northern Islands: South Plaza's Hybrid Iguana
11 spotsAsk about this date
01/10/2026US$6,035
Galaxy Sirius · 6-Day Western & Northern: Rabida's Red Sand Beach
7 spotsAsk about this date
03/10/2026US$3,570
Galaxy Orion · 8-Day Western Islands: Isabela's Tortoise Hatchery
1 spotAsk about this date
04/10/2026US$7,992
ENDEMIC · 8-Day Western Islands: Tagus Cove's Sailor Graffiti
6 spotsAsk about this date
04/10/2026US$4,152
MONIQUE · 5-Day Southern & Western: Kicker Rock's Swim Channel
6 spotsAsk about this date
07/10/2026US$3,840
Galaxy Stella · 5-Day Northern Islands: Kicker Rock's Shark Channel
4 spotsAsk about this date
12/10/2026US$5,295
Archipel I · 8-Day Southern & Northern: Prince Philip's Booby Steps
1 spotAsk about this date
12/10/2026US$3,528
Solaris · 5-Day Northern Islands: South Plaza's Hybrid Iguana
5 spotsAsk about this date
15/10/2026US$6,390
Galaxy Sirius · 6-Day Western & Northern: Rabida's Red Sand Beach
8 spotsAsk about this date
15/10/2026US$4,335
EcoGalaxy · 6-Day Western & Northern: Bartolome's Pinnacle Rock
5 spotsAsk about this date
18/10/2026US$4,152
MONIQUE · 5-Day Southern & Western: Kicker Rock's Swim Channel
4 spotsAsk about this date
20/10/2026US$4,952
ELITE · 5-Day Northern & Western: Darwin Bay's Flooded Caldera
1 spotAsk about this date
22/10/2026US$4,370
Alya · 5-Day Northern & Western: Bartolome's Endemic Plant
3 spotsAsk about this date
25/10/2026US$5,576
Tribute · 5-Day Northern & Eastern: Genovesa's Daylight-Hunting Owl
2 spotsAsk about this date
26/10/2026US$3,735
Solaris · 5-Day Northern Islands: South Plaza's Hybrid Iguana
2 spotsAsk about this date
29/10/2026US$4,080
EcoGalaxy · 6-Day Western & Northern: Bartolome's Pinnacle Rock
8 spotsAsk about this date
01/11/2026US$4,152
MONIQUE · 5-Day Southern & Western: Kicker Rock's Swim Channel
10 spotsAsk about this date
04/11/2026US$4,080
Galaxy Stella · 5-Day Northern Islands: Kicker Rock's Shark Channel
5 spotsAsk about this date
12/11/2026US$6,035
Galaxy Sirius · 6-Day Western & Northern: Rabida's Red Sand Beach
8 spotsAsk about this date
18/11/2026US$4,320
Galaxy Stella · 5-Day Northern Islands: Kicker Rock's Shark Channel
4 spotsAsk about this date
19/11/2026US$4,140
Alya · 5-Day Northern & Western: Bartolome's Endemic Plant
8 spotsAsk about this date
22/11/2026US$5,576
Tribute · 5-Day Northern & Eastern: Genovesa's Daylight-Hunting Owl
6 spotsAsk about this date
23/11/2026US$3,735
Solaris · 5-Day Northern Islands: South Plaza's Hybrid Iguana
1 spotAsk about this date
26/11/2026US$5,100
EcoGalaxy · 6-Day Western & Northern: Bartolome's Pinnacle Rock
2 spotsAsk about this date
29/11/2026US$8,563
ENDEMIC · 8-Day Western Islands: Tagus Cove's Sailor Graffiti
2 spotsAsk about this date
02/12/2026US$4,080
Galaxy Stella · 5-Day Northern Islands: Kicker Rock's Shark Channel
6 spotsAsk about this date
02/12/2026US$7,140
Galaxy Stella · 8-Day Southern Islands: Gardner Bay's Sea Lion Pups
6 spotsAsk about this date
03/12/2026US$4,370
Alya · 5-Day Northern & Western: Bartolome's Endemic Plant
1 spotAsk about this date
06/12/2026US$4,956
Tribute · 5-Day Northern & Eastern: Genovesa's Daylight-Hunting Owl
10 spotsAsk about this date
07/12/2026US$4,150
Solaris · 5-Day Northern Islands: South Plaza's Hybrid Iguana
3 spotsAsk about this date
10/12/2026US$6,390
Galaxy Sirius · 6-Day Western & Northern: Rabida's Red Sand Beach
2 spotsAsk about this date
13/12/2026US$9,990
ENDEMIC · 8-Day Western Islands: Tagus Cove's Sailor Graffiti
2 spotsAsk about this date
13/12/2026US$4,152
MONIQUE · 5-Day Southern & Western: Kicker Rock's Swim Channel
2 spotsAsk about this date
15/12/2026US$6,190
ELITE · 5-Day Northern & Western: Darwin Bay's Flooded Caldera
5 spotsAsk about this date
17/12/2026US$4,140
Alya · 5-Day Northern & Western: Bartolome's Endemic Plant
4 spotsAsk about this date
20/12/2026US$7,124
Tribute · 5-Day Northern & Eastern: Genovesa's Daylight-Hunting Owl
7 spotsAsk about this date
24/12/2026US$10,650
Galaxy Sirius · 6-Day Western & Northern: Rabida's Red Sand Beach
1 spotAsk about this date
26/12/2026US$6,300
Galaxy Orion · 8-Day Western Islands: Isabela's Tortoise Hatchery
1 spotAsk about this date
31/12/2026US$6,900
Alya · 5-Day Northern & Western: Bartolome's Endemic Plant
3 spotsAsk about this date
03/01/2027US$6,495
Tribute · 5-Day Northern & Eastern: Genovesa's Daylight-Hunting Owl
7 spotsAsk about this date
04/01/2027US$4,905
Archipel I · 8-Day Southern & Northern: Prince Philip's Booby Steps
1 spotAsk about this date
04/01/2027US$3,698
Solaris · 5-Day Northern Islands: South Plaza's Hybrid Iguana
6 spotsAsk about this date
07/01/2027US$6,480
Galaxy Sirius · 6-Day Western & Northern: Rabida's Red Sand Beach
10 spotsAsk about this date
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✓All meals on board
✓Two certified national park naturalist guides
✓All excursions and landings listed in the itinerary
✓Snorkelling gear and wetsuit
✓Kayaks and stand-up paddleboards on board
✓Coffee, tea and water at any time
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