På gång i Puerto Ayora (Galapagos), Ecuador under året

Mycket folk — Christmas and New Year peak, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Regel

  Galapagos park entry fee

  1 jan – 31 dec

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Green turtle nesting (1 dec – 30 jun (vanligtvis)), Warm season and calm crossings (15 dec – 31 maj), Christmas and New Year peak (15 dec – 10 jan)

Mycket folk — Carnival long weekend, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Carnival long weekend

  8 feb – 6 mar · vanligtvisTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Galapagos park entry fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Green turtle nesting (1 dec – 30 jun (vanligtvis)), Warm season and calm crossings (15 dec – 31 maj)

Mycket folk — Carnival long weekend, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Galapagos park entry fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Carnival long weekend (8 feb – 6 mar (vanligtvis)), Green turtle nesting (1 dec – 30 jun (vanligtvis)), Warm season and calm crossings (15 dec – 31 maj)

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Natur

  Waved albatross on Espanola

  1 apr – 20 dec · vanligtvisFågelsäsong

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Galapagos park entry fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Green turtle nesting (1 dec – 30 jun (vanligtvis)), Warm season and calm crossings (15 dec – 31 maj)

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Galapagos park entry fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Waved albatross on Espanola (1 apr – 20 dec (vanligtvis)), Green turtle nesting (1 dec – 30 jun (vanligtvis)), Warm season and calm crossings (15 dec – 31 maj)

Mycket folk — Northern summer peak, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Garua season

  1 jun – 30 novDimsäsong

  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.

• Natur

  Tortoises in the highlands

  1 jun – 15 dec · vanligtvisDjurlivssäsong

  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.

• Natur

  Whale sharks at Darwin and Wolf

  15 jun – 15 nov · vanligtvisDyksäsongBoka tidigt

  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.

• Säsong

  Northern summer peak

  15 jun – 5 sep · vanligtvisSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Galapagos park entry fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Waved albatross on Espanola (1 apr – 20 dec (vanligtvis)), Green turtle nesting (1 dec – 30 jun (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Northern summer peak, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Galapagos park entry fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Waved albatross on Espanola (1 apr – 20 dec (vanligtvis)), Garua season (1 jun – 30 nov), Tortoises in the highlands (1 jun – 15 dec (vanligtvis)), Whale sharks at Darwin and Wolf (15 jun – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Northern summer peak (15 jun – 5 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Northern summer peak

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Galapagos park entry fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Waved albatross on Espanola (1 apr – 20 dec (vanligtvis)), Garua season (1 jun – 30 nov), Tortoises in the highlands (1 jun – 15 dec (vanligtvis)), Whale sharks at Darwin and Wolf (15 jun – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Northern summer peak (15 jun – 5 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Northern summer peak, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Galapagos park entry fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Waved albatross on Espanola (1 apr – 20 dec (vanligtvis)), Garua season (1 jun – 30 nov), Tortoises in the highlands (1 jun – 15 dec (vanligtvis)), Whale sharks at Darwin and Wolf (15 jun – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Northern summer peak (15 jun – 5 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Galapagos park entry fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Waved albatross on Espanola (1 apr – 20 dec (vanligtvis)), Garua season (1 jun – 30 nov), Tortoises in the highlands (1 jun – 15 dec (vanligtvis)), Whale sharks at Darwin and Wolf (15 jun – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Galapagos park entry fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Waved albatross on Espanola (1 apr – 20 dec (vanligtvis)), Garua season (1 jun – 30 nov), Tortoises in the highlands (1 jun – 15 dec (vanligtvis)), Whale sharks at Darwin and Wolf (15 jun – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Christmas and New Year peak, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Natur

  Green turtle nesting

  1 dec – 30 jun · vanligtvis

  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.

• Säsong

  Warm season and calm crossings

  15 dec – 31 majHavet varmt nog

  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.

• Helg

  Christmas and New Year peak

  15 dec – 10 janJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Galapagos park entry fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Waved albatross on Espanola (1 apr – 20 dec (vanligtvis)), Tortoises in the highlands (1 jun – 15 dec (vanligtvis))