Dive Galapagos

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Small Ship Cruise
Come scuba dive on the M/Y Galapagos Sky, a 16-passenger, 100-foot first-class dive and live-aboard yacht. Custom-built in 2000, the M/Y Galapagos Sky offers the newest and best-equipped vessel for Galapagos dive tours. The nine-person crew includes a captain, two dive instructors or divemaster/naturalist, and six crewmembers who create the best Galapagos Isl...
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Overview

Trip type
Small Ship Cruise
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Moderate
Trip pace
Flexible schedule

Highlights

    • Enjoy excellent scuba diving in the Galapagos Islands,
    • Dive inspots that arefamous for schools of hammerhead sharks, giant manta rays, and whale sharks
    • Walk the shores and marvel at the volcanic rocks dotted with rare plants, seabirds, and reptiles
    • Experience up tofour dives in the islands per day on a planned, yet flexible, itinerary

What's this trip about?

    Come scuba dive on the M/Y Galapagos Sky, a 16-passenger, 100-foot first-class dive and live-aboard yacht. Custom-built in 2000, the M/Y Galapagos Sky offers the newest and best-equipped vessel for Galapagos dive tours. The nine-person crew includes a captain, two dive instructors or divemaster/naturalist, and six crewmembers who create the best Galapagos Island diving experience on the islands.

Details

Itinerary focusActive and Outdoor Sports
Group sizeIntimate group - 12 max
Age range16 years and up
Flights and transportAll internal ground transport included
Start CityQuito or Guayaquil, Ecuador
End CityQuito or Guayaquil, Ecuador

Travel Themes

  • Nature & Wildlife
  • 50 Plus
  • National Parks
  • Scuba Diving
  • Small Ship Cruise

Destinations

Activities

  • Dolphin Swim
  • History
  • Nature
  • Scuba Diving
  • Snorkeling
  • Wildlife Viewing

Trip includes

    • Cabin accommodation
    • All meals, snacks, beverages (including Beer and Wine with Dinner)
    • Air or nitrox filled tanks, weights, weight belt, up to 4 dives per day on 5.5 days for 7-night cruises/ 8.5 days of diving on 10 night cruises
    • 3 land excursions
    • Service of naturalist guides and dive masters
    • Transfers in the Islands between airport and dock (on cruise dates)
    • All other Galapagos Sky services and amenities.

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Itinerary

Day 1

Arrive at the San Cristóbal airport on Sunday and begin the first day of your amazing Galapagos Islands Diving tour! Upon arrival, you're greeted personally by the crew of the Galapagos Sky. The crew members of the live-aboard Sky will assist you with your luggage at ...

Day 2

Today's itinerary includes a land excursion to Santa Cruz along with two dives at Cousin Rocks. In the morning, the Galapagos Sky will motor to Santa Cruz Island where you step ashore to see the Galapagos tortoises that played such a key role in Darwin's theories. You...

Day 3-5

The next three days will be spent on what are arguably two of the best diving sites in the world. With up to three dives per day you're able to get a full dose of the unique aquatic life that abound at Wolf and Darwin. Hammerhead sharks, bottlenose dolphins, and many ...

Day 6

Spend this morning with a dive at Roca Redonda. Cooler water temperatures provide some variation in the marine life that you encounter during the dives. Bigeye jacks, barracudas, king anglefishes, hammerheads and wahoos are just a few of the aquatic life you can possi...

Day 7

If you are traveling in January through May, you spend Saturday with 2 dives at Cape Marshall. Cape Marshall is on the eastern side of Isabela Island and is well known for its volcanic cliffs that drop almost vertically to the ocean floor. There is a chance of seeing ...

Day 8

We visit the Interpretation Center on Sunday morning in order to learn more about the natural history of the archipelago before returning to town in order for you to fly back to the mainland.

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Dates & Availability

Price From $6,195
Price per day$774
Last Updated: 2/23/2024

Prices listed below are based on US dollars.

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 Jan-01-2018

 May-31-2019

 $6,195

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Logistics

What's excluded

    • Trip interruption or Cancellation Insurance
    • Diver’s Addident Insurance
    • International airfare to Ecuador
    • Domestic Airfare to the Galapagos Islands
    • Galapagos National Park entrance fee
    • Transit card
    • Hyperbaric chamber fee
    • Gratuities to guides and crew.

Accommodation

Transportation & Flights

Weekly departures starting on Sunday year round,

Transportation & flights

Weekly departures starting on Sunday year round
Ship & cabin information
M/V Galapagos Sky
L.O.A.: 100 feet Beam: 24 feet Cruising Speed: 12 knots Range: 2,400 miles Fuel Capacity: 8,000 gallons Water Capacity: 6,000 gallons Desalinator Production: 4,500 gallons per day Compressors: two high / two low pressure Voltage: 110 and 220 volts Navigational Aids: VHF and HI-SUB radios, GMDSS, color radar, echo sounder, Furuno GPS Safety Aides: EPIRB (emergency position indicator radio beacon)
Cancellation policy

Cancellation Policy:

If you find it necessary to cancel your trip, please notify us as soon as possible. If written cancellation is received by ROW (call to verify) before the final balance is due, you will be given a refund less the amount of deposit. Deposits are non-refundable. If cancellations are made on or after the final due date, no money will be refunded. You are welcome to find a replacement for yourself. Please understand that once you’ve signed up, we lose the right to sell your reserved spaces to other individuals or groups. Therefore, we regret that we cannot make exceptions for personal emergencies. For this reason we a strongly recommend you consider purchasing a travel protection plan.

 

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We offer a comprehensive cancellation and trip protection plan through our office and recommend this coverage which protects your payments if you have to cancel for medical or other covered reasons.

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Age Requirements
16 years and up
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Trip ID
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