Ecuador, Galapagos Islands · September 2024
Galapagos: Liveaboard Diving at Darwin and Wolf
The Galapagos is the trip every serious diver dreams about, and the northern islands of Darwin and Wolf are its crown jewels. Our group spent two unforgettable weeks here, easing in among the sea lions of San Cristobal, running north on a liveaboard to dive with hundreds of hammerheads and cruising whale sharks, and finishing with a taste of Lima on the way home.
Day by day
Days 1-2
Sea lions and marine iguanas on San Cristobal
We landed in the Galapagos and spent our first days on San Cristobal, where sea lions sprawl across the docks and marine iguanas bask on black lava. It is a surreal, fearless wildlife welcome found nowhere else on Earth, and the perfect overture to the diving ahead.
Days 3-7
North to Darwin and Wolf
We set out on our liveaboard and pointed for the remote north. This is the big show: at Darwin and Wolf we dropped into the current and watched hammerhead sharks stream past in schools hundreds strong, while whale sharks materialized from the blue and eagle rays, turtles and dense bait balls filled every dive. Raw, wild, and humbling.
Days 8-10
The central islands and farewell to the sea
Working back through the central islands brought a different magic: playful sea lions, curious turtles, and the chance encounters the Galapagos is famous for, before we reluctantly disembarked and said goodbye to two weeks at sea.
Days 11-16
A Lima finale
On the way home we paused in Lima, trading wetsuits for the energy of the city: the colonial grandeur of the Plaza de Armas, the treasures of the Larco Museum, the cliffs of Miraflores, and some of the best food in South America. A rich, full-circle ending to an epic adventure.
From the trip
Schooling hammerheads, whale sharks, fearless wildlife and the wild remoteness of Darwin and Wolf, capped by the flavors of Lima. The Galapagos earns every superlative, and then quietly exceeds them.
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