The Galápagos, as GSD dives it.
Six named sites across the northern and western islands — the same sites named in every GSD itinerary, connected here to the wildlife and research already on this site. Illustrative, not a navigational chart.
Illustrative, not a navigational chart — positions are stylized, not GPS coordinates.
Darwin's Arch
Known since the arch's 2021 partial collapse as "the Pillars of Evolution." The anchor site of every GSD itinerary — hammerhead schools and whale sharks in season.
- On the itinerary
- Days 3–4 of the 8-day itinerary (and extended on the 15-day trip).
Wildlife seen here
Where the science happens.
Darwin and Wolf, in the far north, are where the Galápagos Whale Shark Project's tagging and photo-identification work concentrates, and where every Shark Conservation Expedition departure dives. The rest of the circuit — Isabela, Fernandina and Santiago — is dived on the same itineraries but is not the focus of the research programme.