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The Danubio Azul is a Tourist Class Diving yacht just launched in August 2016.
Our vessel is authorized by the Galapagos National Park for Naturalist and Diving Cruises.
We guarantee an exceptional, safe and unique experience in one of the Top Diving places in the world, "The Galapagos Islands".
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DAY |
ISLAND | PLACE |
| TUE | Santa Cruz |
AM: Baltra Airport PM: Black Turtle Cove |
| WED |
South Plaza Santa Fe |
AM: South Plaza Island PM: Santa Fe Island |
| THU |
San Cristobal |
AM: Jacinto Gordillo Breeding Center PM: Brujo Hill |
| FRI |
Floreana |
AM: Post Office Bay PM: Cormorant Point |
| SAT |
Santiago
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AM: Sullivan Bay PM: Baltra Airport |
ITINERARY DAY BY DAY:
On departing from Quito or Guayaquil, you will take a three hour flight to the Galapagos Islands landing on the Island of Baltra. Here you will be met by your guide and after a short bus ride you will board the yacht Danubio Azul and start your holiday.
BLACK TURTLE COVE (SANTA CRUZ ISLAND)
Is one of the most beautiful marine sites; located in a small mangrove lagoon. It is a nursery grounds for many marine species such as sharks, spotted eagle rays and sting rays. Also it is a favored breeding ground for the sea turtle. It is also a wonderful site for watching, herons, finches and blue-footed boobies feeding. This site does not involve a land visit; it is all seen from the small zodiac boats.
SOUTH PLAZA ISLAND
An uplifted island, like Baltra, it is highly populated by sea lions, over 1000 inhabit this island residing in 10 harems each one attended by a male. One of the characteristics of this island is its vegetation of Opuntia Cactuses and sesuvium plants. This small island offers cliffs with swallow-tailed gulls, red-billed tropicbirds.
SANTA FE ISLAND
This Island offers the unique opportunity to see the hybrid iguana, a land and marine iguana mix. There is also the opportunity to see an unusual prickly pear cactus forest.
JACINTO GORDILLO BREEDING CENTER (SAN CRISTOBAL ISLAND)
Here it is explained, in a simple manner, the natural phenomena that created the Galapagos Islands. They explain the series of natural processes, such as volcanic eruption and marine current locations that have lead to the amazing islands that you are now visiting.
BRUJO HILL
Located north of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno is known for being part of the volcanic zone where visitors may watch small cones located in the interior. There is abundant vegetation but you can find two types of “lechoso”. There is a beautiful coral sand beach which is visited by many sea birds, sea lions and marine iguanas. The salt water pools behind the sand dunes were once used by fishermen as a salt mine.
As one of the oldest islands, Floreana has the most interesting human history. It has stories of marooned whales, prisoners and colonists as well as bizaree disaperances and even murders! It is made up of numerous extinct volcanic cones and has an established extensive scrubby vegetation.
POST OFFICE BAY (FLOREANA ISLAND)
Significant for its human history. In 1793, James Colnett, the captain of a whaling vessel, established the wooden post barrel on Floreana. Whaling ships, typically offshore for two years at a time, frequented the archipelago Outbound ships would drop off letters after rounding the cape and the ships returning home would mail them. Over the years, thousand of ships have stopped to send and receive mail at Post Office Bay. This will be your opportunity to partake in this amazing postal service. You will be given letters to take home and mail to their intended recipients, and also have the opportunity to drop off letters ourselves.
CORMORANT POINT
Offers two highly contrasting beaches. The landing beach is of volcanic origin and is composed of olivine crystals, giving it a greenish tinge. At the end of the short trail is a carbonate beach of extremely fine white sand, formed by the erosion of coral skeletons, it is a nesting site for green sea turtles.
SULLIVAN BAY (SANTIAGO ISLAND)
The main attraction of this bay is the broad, pahoehoe or rope lava flow. It is one of the most incredible places to compare the lava flows and their characteristics.
After this final visit, you will be transferred to the Baltra airport in time for your flight back to the mainland.
Important: Itineraries are unlikely to change significantly but are subject to change. Weather, wildlife breeding, safety concerns, instructions from the Galapagos National Park, specific abilities and interests of passengers as well as operational matters may cause your guide or captain to change the time or nature of visits. Your guide and captain will always endeavor to select the best itinerary within these limits.
| Name | Yate Danubio Azul |
| Category | Tourist Class |
| Capacity | 10 passengers |
| Accommodation | 5 Double Cabins1 Matrimonial double bed cabin (Upper deck)1 Double twin bed cabin (Main Deck)3 Bunk Beds Cabins ( Lower deck) |
| Crew | 6 crew members + guide |
| Gear | Snorkeling equipment and wetsuits |
| Specifications | Cabins with A/C, Private bathrooms with hot and cold showers, DIN adapters, Dive Deck, Tenders for Diving. |
| Lenght | 71 feet |
| Width | 18 feet |
| Speed | 13 knots |
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