Traveler Reviews

• Knut A 21-Oct-2019

  We did this excursion yesterday and can highly recommend it! Our guide was very polite, helpful and well- informed about history, flora and fauna of the Galápagos islands. Thus our excursion got a very interesting, informative and enjoyable day trip! Thank you!

• Aledolce 21-Aug-2019

  The ride to Floreana was about one hour and forty five minutes on a fast boat. After being welcomed by marine iguanas and sea lions, we got on a minivan to drive to up on the hill, where we started the walking tour. I didn’t enjoy the guide who took us around Floreana island, Jorge. He didn’t seem to be much knowledgeable about the island because gave vague answers to simple questions, like how and when the Galapagos became part of Ecuador, but what I really disliked was the the cheap way he was trying to be funny when talking about the turtles. He kept making jokes about how and how often they have sex, using inappropriate language which was
  1- not funny
  2- not appropriate since there was a 13 yrs old teenager, my son, and another family with a teenager/ young adult daughter
  3-not interesting
  He didn’t give us any useful and intelligent information about the turtles, the sea lions or the marine iguanas on the island.
  Jorge was also very confusing with dates and events when he was telling the history of Floreana, but at that point I had lost interest in asking questions.
  At the beginning of the tour he told us to stay in group, we were 6 people, and to follow him, which we all did. After lunch we started walking towards the beach, but he was walking so fast ahead of us that we lost track of him and were not sure which way to go. We kept walking and found him on the beach rushing us to get ready for snorkeling. We were able to swim with turtles and it was a great experience, but I wish we had a different guide.
  On the return boat ride more people got on board with us, to fill up the boat to full capacity. We were tight with no space to even switch position for the entire ride. I believe the tour was overpriced, considering that I paid $236 each and the people who got on at Floreana paid $30 just for the transfer to Santa Cruz. At least we should have had a private boat for the tour paying tourists. I wish I could have just paid $60 for a round trip transfer, gone straight to the beach, which was awesome, and avoided the guide, which was useless.

• Matthew C 03-Jul-2019

  The two hour trip to/from Floreana was what you would expect for that length of trip in deep, open, calm water. Not rough but you do bob up and down in probably 3-4 ft seas (which means really bobbing up and down probably 6-8ft). Near Floreana we ran across a large pod of Dolphins (50 or more) and the crew let us play/interact with them for at least 15 minutes. An unexpected, yet welcome experience. Once on the island, the trip to the tortoise reserve is nice but while there it poured rain on us for like an hour. I know you can't predict weather but it should have been clear that up in the mountains you could get drenched. Not wet but drenched. It's not so much ourselves but the electronic gear with us like cameras. The meal afterwards was excellent. The snorkeling was a mixed bag. The hike out to it, and back to the dock was longer than expected for wearing just my booties. I would have rather had some better shoes for that. The place where you snorkel is picturesque but the current is very strong and unless you brought your own flippers it was difficult to navigate around. I am not a strong swimmer and felt like the tide could easily suck you out to potential danger. Therefore I opted to stay in fairly shallow water where I could touch the bottom. That said, I did see a sea turtle. During the day we saw a wide variety of wildlife including dolphins, sea lions, iguanas, tortoises, sea turtles and lots of different birds.

• Deborah G 01-Oct-2018

  Fantastic tour of the island with a great guide. We saw a school of dolphins while on the boat, and on the island we saw Christmas iguanas, sea lions on the beach and snorkeling was included we did not participate. The tour featured a hike through the highlands, where we encountered Galapagos tortoises and learned a lot about the history of the island - the flora, the fauna, and the early residents. Small group and great guide - I'm sorry I don't remember his name - maybe Paul?

• Ann H 22-Jul-2018

  The boat crew and tour guide were exceptional. Pick up was a little later than we expected, but communication through our hotel gave us helpful information. Lunch was at a restaurant on the island and delicious. Snorkeling was lovely.

• Cst 21-Apr-2018

  I really liked the tour. My guide Sergio was so nice and full of knowledge. We were the only tourists i saw there which was nice. We went snorkelling after the hike in the forest. We saw sea lions and i even swam next to a turtle.

• Toddmanpa 25-Sep-2016

  Nice to experience rain forest and island area. Very good tour guide.