Small panga tenders are used for landings, some wet, some dry. Masks, snorkels and flippers are available to rent. A clothes dryer is available for drying clothes. There are two multilingual naturalist guides who accompany guests on all shore excursions. Boats always anchor offshore and passengers go to islands by tender.
Passengers swim and snorkel in addition to observing wildlife on shore hikes.
Some excursions involve staying in the small panga boats and cruising along beneath cliffs to observe birdlife. The vessel is sometimes chartered to Tauck Tours that has packages. There are three, four and seven-night cruises in the Galapagos Islands. One of the stops is to the Charles Darwin Research Station in Puerto Ayora. At breeding season visitors see young tortoises hatched from incubated eggs.