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Seymour North Island & Las Bachas Full-Day Tour: Packed with Wildlife and Marine Iguanas
3.4
10 Ratings
Puerto Ayora
A day-long trip to Seymour North Island is ideal for those who want to encounter animals in their natural habitat and bask in the beauty of the wilderness.
Flora & Fauna Highlights: Terrestrial and marine iguanas, frigate birds, blue-footed boobies, sea lions; snorkeling: stingrays, reef sharks, fish species, garden eels.
A day-long trip to Seymour North Island is ideal for those who want to encounter animals in their natural habitat and bask in the beauty of the wilderness.
Flora & Fauna Highlights: Terrestrial and marine iguanas, frigate birds, blue-footed boobies, sea lions; snorkeling: stingrays, reef sharks, fish species, garden eels.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Malecon de Puerto Ayora - After the pick up we will meet the group at the dock of puerto ayora to get into the bus to go to the Itabaca Channel
- Seymour Island - In this island you will get the chance to see frigates with their red chest blue footed boobies, iguanas and other endemic animals
- Playa las Bachas - Depeding of the judgement…
- Malecon de Puerto Ayora - After the pick up we will meet the group at the dock of puerto ayora to get into the bus to go to the Itabaca Channel
- Seymour Island - In this island you will get the chance to see frigates with their red chest blue footed boobies, iguanas and other endemic animals
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Playa las Bachas - Depeding of the judgement of the captain we will visit first Seymour North and then “Las Bachas”.
You will have the option of a small walking tour, swimming or snorkel. Also you will get your lunch on board of the boat - Malecon de Puerto Ayora - We will return to the dock of Puerto Ayora after taking the speedboat.
After the arrival this tour ends
What's Included
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Lunch and snacks
- Hotel pickup
- Certified bilingual guide (English-Spanish)
- Snorkeling equipment (mask and snorkel, fins according to sizes available on board) and towels
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Lunch and snacks
- Hotel pickup
- Certified bilingual guide (English-Spanish)
- Snorkeling equipment (mask and snorkel, fins according to sizes available on board) and towels
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Hotel drop-off
- Use of SCUBA equipment
- Everything not specified
- Gratuities
- Hotel drop-off
- Use of SCUBA equipment
- Everything not specified
Additional Information
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Dress code : sport
- Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
- Confortable closed shoes are recommended due the uneven surface
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Dress code : sport
- Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
- Confortable closed shoes are recommended due the uneven surface
Location
Puerto Ayora
Please leave a contact number to schedule the meeting point details in advance.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.4
(10 Ratings)
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Subroto_c
Dec 22, 2025
Long travel time but worth every bit - The tour required traveling for a long time to get to the destination but at the end all of it was worth it. The male frigate birds with their red pouches blown up, dolphins and bonus of catching a group of pilot whales were the highlight of the tour. The guide was knowledgeable and explained the fragile ecosystem of North Seymour island in great detail.
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Ryan
Dec 31, 2022
Great trip to Seymour with kids - We had a great time hiking around Seymour Island and saw quite a few animals up close. Our guide gave us tips to take a great picture. We also loved snorkeling at the beach and saw a sea turtle on the beach then snorkeled with it close by. The beach was beautiful. The crew on the boat takes great care of you and the snacks and lunch were delicious
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Calvincheney
Mar 30, 2022
Good mix of land and sea all in one day - A great mix of nature and snorkeling. The captain and guide were great. We were able to tour the island and then cool off on a beach and swim with sea lions! And then the snorkeling was pretty good too.
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Wing_h
Dec 26, 2024
The sea lions babies are very cute. - We saw couple sea lions families on the island. The babies sea lions are learning from their parents around the shore area. We also see various type of birds on the islands including, blue leg birds and lagoons. Our tour guide is knowledgeable. He showed us where to see the animals.
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Andreas_schwalbach
May 25, 2023
Very good expedition - We were on the Galaxy with very good crew and guide. It is an absolutely recommended excursion on which you can see a lot of the animals up close. It was only slightly cloudy, as we went snorkeling after the tour at 12.30pm and lunch was not scheduled until around 2pm.
We have been at the Galaxy with a very good Crew and guide. Absolutely a recommendation, you see all the local wildlife with very short distance.
A little bit less perfect that after return of the expedition 12.30h a snorkeling excursion was planned and lunch was scheduled close to 14h.
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Dragan_n
Feb 5, 2026
Overpriced - Overpriced, at least ×3. If the weather is bad (the same goes for the waves), You get nothing out of it (visiting one beach in general for swimming is half of the whole programme). Going to the island with beautiful birds should be a catch, but You can not have any closer photo of them because the guide doesn't allow You to do that. Swimming on sandy beach and snorkelling You can do on Your own for free, not paying for that 320 euros. Lunch on the boat basic, pasta salad and filet of fish in the sauce (cookies with coffee are dry supermarket cookies, again reminding that You pay 320 euros for that trip). If You forget anything on the boat, guys will not warn You (probably take stuff for themselves later). In general, bad and over too much expensive experience. Btw, instead of 9 hours programme it was 7 hours programme (being late in the departure for one hour, finished around 4pm). Nobody replied on e mails regarding the exact pick up/starting location for long 48 hours, they have made a contact at 10:30pm in the evening prior to the trip next morning (You should start it between 7am and 7:30am the next day). Skip it, my sincere recommendation
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Maureen
Aug 27, 2017
Great tour but difficult confirming... - <p>Great tour but difficult confirming timing and getting information once we were in the Galapagos. It made for a less than perfect planning experience. Once we were headed on the trip all went well and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Many of the other excursions had wet suits available to rent on board, ours did not but there was no way to know this in advance. More info needs to be communicated to customers.</p>
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Z7971lxchrisg
Apr 24, 2023
Be careful - The tour operator cancelled it two days before
By all accounts we didn’t miss much we hadn’t already seen though
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Chris_g
Apr 7, 2023
Don’t use these guys ! - None , very disappointed that they cancelled it two days before !
They didn’t want to go
Said not enough numbers but we offered to take more from our group
Didn’t get a response!
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