True Ecuador Travel's Island-Hopping Tours of the Galapagos Islands offer the most economical way to explore the wonders of the Galapagos Archipelago - staying in tourist-class hotels and enjoying half-day and whole-day excursions that take you to several different islands with experienced guides on comfortable and fast yachts and catamarans.
Our hotel-based programs offer several distinct advantages to visitors. While many are happy to spend up to a week living on the cruise boats, others prefer to take advantage of the opportunities offered by returning to shore each day after your activities.
Our programs are from 5 to 10 days, with options to visit many different islands. We give you access to our unique app that offers information about the history and environment, weather, a secure document repository, and ideas for free and low-cost activities to do. These programs are ideal for families, especially with younger children.
# | Program | Price |
GL1: | Galapagos in a Nutshell - 5 Days/4 Nights | $1,036.00 |
GL2: | Concise Galapagos - 6 Days/5 Nights | $1,352.00 |
GL3: | 4-Points Galapagos - 7 Days/6 Nights | $1,609.00 |
GL4: | Galapagos Genesis - 8 Days/7 Nights | $1,767.00 |
GL5: | Natural Galapagos - 9 Days/8 Nights | $1,791.00 |
GL6: | Darwin's Galapagos - 9 Days/8 Nights | $1,961.00 |
GL7: | Galapagos Insight - 10 Days/9 Nights | $2,120.00 |
GL8: | Galapagos Revealed - 10 Days/9 Nights | $2,338.00 |
Dive Galapagos - add per day to any program. See a list of the available dives here | $ 220.00 | |
Flight cost (we can quote latest prices): | $325-$550 | |
Park Entrance (Pay in cash in Galapagos): INGALA Card (Purchase in airport): |
$100 $20 |
The island-hopping tours use high-speed launches and motor yachts for the daily whole-day or half-day excursions and to ferry you from one island to another. Accommodation is in local tourist-class hotels (upgrades are available). You will be met at the airport in the Galapagos and escorted to your hotel. The agency will run over the week's activities and answer any questions that you may have.
Excursions are reserved for you with various local boats, so that you will be with a different crowd of people each day - generally up to 16 people maximum. The guides are all excellent, qualified and experienced Galapagos guides who speak good English and can give you a complete explanation of everything.
See the list on the right hand side of this page for the Galapagos Island-Hopping Tours that we offer.
"I am not a boat person, so I really appreciated being able to spend the majority of my time on shore with all the freedom that gave me. The boat excursions were great, but much better to get back to dry land at the end of the day and be in a hotel with internet and freedom to walk around town."
The table below shows average prices for different categories of cruises compared to our Island-Hopping programs.
Program Cost Per Day | High Season | Low Season |
TET Island-Hopping Tours - Tourist Grade Hotels | $202 | $202 |
Motor Yacht - Budget/Tourist Class | $403 | $317 |
TET Island-Hopping Tours - Tourist Superior Hotels | $223 | $223 |
Motor Yacht - Tourist Superior | $670 | $533 |
TET Island-Hopping Tours - Luxury Hotels | $323 | $323 |
Motor Yacht - 1'st Class/Luxury | $845 | $770 |