Qué hay en Puerto Ayora (Galapagos), Ecuador, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Christmas and New Year peak, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Norma

  Galapagos park entry fee

  1 Ene – 31 Dic

  The national park fee doubled in August 2024, the first rise since 1998, and it is paid in cash US dollars on arrival at Baltra or San Cristobal. There is a separate transit card before you fly, and no cards are accepted at the desk. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Green turtle nesting (1 Dic – 30 Jun (normalmente)), Warm season and calm crossings (15 Dic – 31 May), Christmas and New Year peak (15 Dic – 10 Ene)

Concurrido — Carnival long weekend, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Carnival long weekend

  8 Feb – 6 Mar · normalmenteMucha genteReserva pronto

  Mainland Ecuadorians take the four-day Carnival weekend and the flights from Guayaquil and Quito fill with them. It is the one genuinely busy stretch in an otherwise slack February. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Galapagos park entry fee (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Green turtle nesting (1 Dic – 30 Jun (normalmente)), Warm season and calm crossings (15 Dic – 31 May)

Concurrido — Carnival long weekend, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En marzo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Galapagos park entry fee (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Carnival long weekend (8 Feb – 6 Mar (normalmente)), Green turtle nesting (1 Dic – 30 Jun (normalmente)), Warm season and calm crossings (15 Dic – 31 May)

Tranquilo — uno de sus peores meses por clima

• Naturaleza

  Waved albatross on Espanola

  1 Abr – 20 Dic · normalmenteTemporada de aves

  The entire world population nests on one island, arriving at Punta Suarez in April and gone again by the end of December. Espanola is a full day out by boat, so it is a cruise itinerary rather than a taxi ride.

Sigue en marcha: Galapagos park entry fee (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Green turtle nesting (1 Dic – 30 Jun (normalmente)), Warm season and calm crossings (15 Dic – 31 May)

Temporada media — un mes normal

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Galapagos park entry fee (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Waved albatross on Espanola (1 Abr – 20 Dic (normalmente)), Green turtle nesting (1 Dic – 30 Jun (normalmente)), Warm season and calm crossings (15 Dic – 31 May)

Concurrido — Northern summer peak, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Temporada

  Garua season

  1 Jun – 30 NovTemporada de niebla

  The Humboldt current arrives and the highlands sit under a fine grey mist for months. Cooler, choppier and greyer than the brochures, and also the richest time in the water: cold nutrient-heavy upwelling brings everything in.

• Naturaleza

  Tortoises in the highlands

  1 Jun – 15 Dic · normalmenteTemporada de fauna

  Santa Cruz's wild tortoises spend the cool grey months up in the wet pastures, which is when the ranches on the road to Santa Rosa are thick with them. They walk back down to nest in the warm season.

• Naturaleza

  Whale sharks at Darwin and Wolf

  15 Jun – 15 Nov · normalmenteTemporada de buceoReserva pronto

  Large females pass the far northern rocks through the cool season. Those two sites are liveaboard-only and nowhere near Santa Cruz, so this is a boat booked a year out rather than a day trip from the harbour.

• Temporada

  Northern summer peak

  15 Jun – 5 Sep · normalmenteVacaciones escolaresMucha genteReserva pronto

  The islands run a visitor cap through the permitted sites, so the pressure shows up as price and availability rather than queues. Cruise berths and the good day boats out of Puerto Ayora sell out months ahead.

Sigue en marcha: Galapagos park entry fee (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Waved albatross on Espanola (1 Abr – 20 Dic (normalmente)), Green turtle nesting (1 Dic – 30 Jun (normalmente))

Concurrido — Northern summer peak, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Galapagos park entry fee (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Waved albatross on Espanola (1 Abr – 20 Dic (normalmente)), Garua season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Tortoises in the highlands (1 Jun – 15 Dic (normalmente)), Whale sharks at Darwin and Wolf (15 Jun – 15 Nov (normalmente)), Northern summer peak (15 Jun – 5 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — Northern summer peak

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Galapagos park entry fee (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Waved albatross on Espanola (1 Abr – 20 Dic (normalmente)), Garua season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Tortoises in the highlands (1 Jun – 15 Dic (normalmente)), Whale sharks at Darwin and Wolf (15 Jun – 15 Nov (normalmente)), Northern summer peak (15 Jun – 5 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — Northern summer peak, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Galapagos park entry fee (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Waved albatross on Espanola (1 Abr – 20 Dic (normalmente)), Garua season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Tortoises in the highlands (1 Jun – 15 Dic (normalmente)), Whale sharks at Darwin and Wolf (15 Jun – 15 Nov (normalmente)), Northern summer peak (15 Jun – 5 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — uno de sus mejores meses por clima

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Galapagos park entry fee (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Waved albatross on Espanola (1 Abr – 20 Dic (normalmente)), Garua season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Tortoises in the highlands (1 Jun – 15 Dic (normalmente)), Whale sharks at Darwin and Wolf (15 Jun – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Temporada media — un mes normal

En noviembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Galapagos park entry fee (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Waved albatross on Espanola (1 Abr – 20 Dic (normalmente)), Garua season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Tortoises in the highlands (1 Jun – 15 Dic (normalmente)), Whale sharks at Darwin and Wolf (15 Jun – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Concurrido — Christmas and New Year peak, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Naturaleza

  Green turtle nesting

  1 Dic – 30 Jun · normalmente

  Green turtles haul out on Tortuga Bay and the quieter beaches from December, and the park ropes off the nesting end until the last hatchlings are away around June. Night walking there is out.

• Temporada

  Warm season and calm crossings

  15 Dic – 31 MayMar templado

  Warmer water, flatter seas and short heavy showers that green the islands. This is the half of the year for snorkelling without a wetsuit and for anyone who does not want the inter-island ferry to be an ordeal.

• Festivo

  Christmas and New Year peak

  15 Dic – 10 EneNavidad y Año NuevoMucha genteReserva pronto

  The second peak of the year, and the shorter one: mainland Ecuadorians and long-haul visitors arrive together and the cruise boats charge their highest rates of the calendar for the fortnight. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Galapagos park entry fee (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Waved albatross on Espanola (1 Abr – 20 Dic (normalmente)), Tortoises in the highlands (1 Jun – 15 Dic (normalmente))