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 →The Galápagos Cruise · Wildlife
Galápagos Wildlife: 25 Animals and Where to See Them
25
species recorded
14
found only here
15
islands
US$2,966
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.
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Galápagos Hawk
Buteo galapagoensis
- Where
- 7 sites on 6 islands, mostly West
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 82 of 97 routes · 2033 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 · 2108 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 · 1996 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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26/09/2026US$4,080
EcoGalaxy · 6-Day Western Islands: Dragon Hill's Restoration
Puerto Egas, day 5
28/09/2026US$5,415
Alya · 6-Day Western Islands: Punta Vicente Roca's Mantas
Puerto Egas, day 5
28/09/2026US$14,095
Solaris · Solaris: Route BCA
Puerto Egas, day 13
29/09/2026US$10,345
Treasure · Treasure: Route BC
Puerto Egas, day 10
29/09/2026US$14,095
Treasure · Treasure: Route BCA
Puerto Egas, day 10
30/09/2026US$7,140
Galaxy Stella · 8-Day Western Islands: Mangle Point's Rare Access
Buccaneer Cove, day 5
03/10/2026US$3,570
Galaxy Orion · 8-Day Western Islands: Isabela's Tortoise Hatchery
Puerto Egas, day 6
03/10/2026US$5,576
Treasure · 7-Day Western Islands: Dragon Hill Land Iguanas
Puerto Egas, day 6
03/10/2026US$10,045
Treasure · Treasure: Route CA
Puerto Egas, day 6
03/10/2026US$14,095
Treasure · Treasure: Route CAB
Puerto Egas, day 6
05/10/2026US$5,295
Archipel I · 8-Day Western Islands: Urbina Bay's Coral Uplift
Puerto Egas, day 7
05/10/2026US$7,475
Archipel I · Archipel I: Route AB4
Puerto Egas, day 7
05/10/2026US$10,300
Archipel I · Archipel I: Route AB
Puerto Egas, day 7
06/10/2026US$5,266
Solaris · 7-Day Western Islands: Las Tintoreras' Reef Sharks
Puerto Egas, day 5
08/10/2026US$6,632
MONIQUE · 8-Day Western Islands: Elizabeth Bay's Penguins
Buccaneer Cove, day 6
08/10/2026US$5,295
Archipel I · Archipel I: Route A5B4
Puerto Egas, day 4
08/10/2026US$2,966
Archipel I · 5-Day Western Islands: Puerto Egas' Fur Seal Colony
Puerto Egas, day 4
08/10/2026US$8,345
Archipel I · Archipel I: Route A5B
Puerto Egas, day 4
09/10/2026US$14,095
Treasure · Treasure: Route ABC
Puerto Egas, day 14
12/10/2026US$5,415
Alya · 6-Day Western Islands: Punta Vicente Roca's Mantas
Puerto Egas, day 5
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