The Galapagos Islands have become an increasing popular tourist destination.  For this reason, cruises in the archipelago book out months (even up to a year) in advance (particularly onboard reasonably-priced cruise yachts).  We recommend booking your cruise as early as possible, particularly for high season (May through to September; December and January) cruises.  Leaving it until the last minute will result in limit or no cruise options.

Here are recent visitor statistics for the Galapagos Islands:

Visitors per year (1979 to 2008):

Visitors per month (2008):

source: www.galapagospark.org