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Enjoy your Galapagos holidays on board our First class cruise: Galaxy Yacht (smart Voyager Certification). On board this well-designed vessel, you can enjoy of complete days of explorations and adventure in an oasis of peace and tranquility.
Discover the Galapagos Islands in our special itineraries for 4, 5 or 8 until 15 days!
Galaxy has 9 beautiful and comfortable double cabins for 16 passengers; 4 cabins are located in the upper deck, 3 in the main deck and 2 in the lower deck. Our physical capacity is for 18 passengers being this one advantage more to offer space and facility to accommodate single passengers, tour leaders, which creates on board a very personalized service.
Each cabin has private facilities: private bathrooms, cold/hot water; air conditioned, hair dryer, telephone for internal communication on board, safe box, and high speaker.
Galaxy Yacht offers a spacious sun deck with a fantastic area to enjoy Galapagos’ landscapes, dinner area, lounge, bar and small library. Our activities on board: hiking, snorkeling, swimming, kayaking, and animal watching. We provide free snorkel gear (mask, tube and fins) and kayaks to complete your adventure in the island.
You will find a bottle of water in your cabin the first day; you can use it and carry on when you land. This bottle can be refilled with fresh water from the dispenser placed in the lounge.
SMART VOYAGER CERTIFICATION FOR GALAXY YACHT: What it means to be a Smart Voyager? Through a demanding job an implementation of new practices, training of our staff and our commitment to reduce the negative environmental impact of tourism in the Galapagos Islands, we have been presented with the Smart Voyager certification, for:
| DAY | ISLAND | PLACES |
| THU | Santa Cruz |
AM: Baltra Airport PM: Black Turtle Cove |
| FRI |
Rabida Santiago |
AM: Rábida Island PM: Chinese Hat |
| SAT |
North Seymour Mosquera |
AM: North Seymour Island PM: Mosquera Islet |
| SUN |
Santiago Bartolome |
AM: Sullivan Bay PM: Bartolome Island |
| MON | Genovesa |
AM: El Barranco PM: Darwin Bay |
| TUE | San Cristobal |
AM: Interpretation Center San Cristobal Airport |
SANTA CRUZ ISLAND: BLACK TURTLE COVE
AM: Baltra airport. Reception at airport. Transfer IN. Welcome on board Galaxy. Welcome drink and lunch.
PM: BLACK TURTLE COVE
After lunch our first visit is to Black Turtle Cove which is situated in the northern of Santa Cruz. This bay is surrounded by mangroves and is accessible by dinghy only. The superficial cove is a safe refuge for marine life. Black-tip reef sharks, marine turtles, and a variety of rays are often spotted here.
RABIDA ISLAND & SANTIAGO ISLAND: CHINESE HAT
AM: RABIDA ISLAND
The visitor site is located on the east coast of Rabida Island, consists of a red sand beach, a coastal lagoon behind the beach, and a loop trail. The approximate distance of the trail is 1.1 kilometers.
The color of the rocks and sand on the beach is due to the very porous volcanic material, which with the help of environmental factors (rain, salt water and sea breeze, has acted as an oxidizing agent. The main attraction of the place is the red sand beach, scenery, aside from the vegetation of the arid zone and the presence of native and endemic species.
PM: CHINESE HAT
A small islet located near the south-east coast of Santiago. It’s shaped like a Chinese hat when seen from afar. It is an island consisting of a cone type “Splatter” (lava ejected as drops and falls close to where it came from, which forms a cone inclined) that forms the summit and many lava tubes that go down to the coast.
On the west you can see pillow-type lava formations, which are an indicator that the flows were formed under the sea and have been raised upward, which is why coral heads are found on the lava. This visit provides an excellent opportunity for the interpretation of geological features such as lava tubes and lava flows.
The trail is 700 m (round trip) and the minimum time it takes this trek is half an hour.
NORTH SEYMOUR ISLAND & MOSQUERA ISLET
AM: NORTH SEYMOUR ISLAND
This Island was formed by the lifting of volcanic marine lava. Marine fossil where found in this island; the fossil dates from Pleistocene.
In 1932 the Capitan Alan Hancock and his crew took 72 land iguanas from Baltra Island and the iguanas were introduced in North Seymour Island; the reason of this change was that the iguanas could live in better conditions than in Baltra. The crew of Capitan Hancock found malnourished iguanas in Baltra; in 1934 colonizing people verified that the iguanas were in good conditions.
The vegetation of North Seymour is bushy and host nest of Real Frigates of Galapagos. Return to Galaxy. Lunch
PM: MOSQUERA ISLET
This islet is located between Baltra Island and North Seymour. Here, we find the biggest sea lions colony; also it is possible to observe several species of birds. Enjoy of its white sand beach. Hiking.
SANTIAGO ISLAND: SULLIVAN BAY & BARTOLOME ISLAND
AM: SULLIVAN BAY
Wet landing and hiking. Description of the place: all the road and the island is composed of lava flows that still they are virtually without eroding and they cover an extensive area, lava pohoehhoe or of cords, hornitos, mollugo, this plant grows in the lava. Lava Colonizers. Snacks and refreshing beverages expect for you.
PM: BARTOLOME ISLAND
Dry landing, landing wet for the beach, activities to carry out in this island: walk, swimming, snorkeling, and photography. We will walk for a path to the top (114 m) pioneering plants that will observe in this place TIQUILIA, CHAMAESYCE, SCALESIA, the island is formed by cones, pipes of lava by where lava flow. Wet landing, path to the south beach through mangrove swamps and vegetation of dunes. North beach: Swimming and snorkeling will be the activities that are going to carry out. Since the top of the island Bartolome we will be able to observe the islands as Santiago, Rabida, Isabela. We can find penguins in the Rock Pinnacle.
GENOVESA ISLAND: EL BARRANCO & DARWIN BAY
AM: EL BARRANCO
Dry landing, activities: hiking. Also known as Prince Felipe’s stairs. Here, we will have a walk for the Barranco path. In our journey we will observe tropical birds, petrels, common frigate, red-foot boobies, mask boobies, dove, and finches. Return to Galaxy. Lunch
PM: DARWIN BAY
Wet landing, coral beach, activities for this day: short walks, photography, swimming, snorkeling. The Genovesa is a small island situated to the north of Galapagos our unloading in Darwin bay will be wet. Near to the beach we will find a small forest of mangrove swamp where we will discover a colony of Frigates, marine iguanas, red-foot boobies and mask boobies, the great terrestrial finch, seagull, herons, finch of cactus. After this visit in land, we have the option that our passengers enjoy swimming in the bay. Snacks and refreshing beverages expecting for you.
SAN CRISTOBAL ISLAND: INTERPRETATION CENTER
AM: INTERPRETATION CENTER
Dry landing. This center is location in the Main Port. After our breakfast we will go toward our first visit: Interpretation Center of San Cristobal. The most modern and sophisticated architectural space destined for the natural interpretation of Galapagos, where you can know from the volcanic formation of the islands, the evolution of the species, passing for the history of the human settlements to come to understand to its complex systems and model of management.
After this morning excursion you will be taken to the airport for your flight 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.
| Type | First class steel - hulled motor yacht |
| Year of construction | Guayaquil 2006 - 2007 |
| Lenght | 35 m |
| Beam | 7.6 m |
| Draft | 1.80 m |
| Capacity | 16 passengers |
| Crew |
8 members + 1 Bilingual guide |
| Speed | 12 Knots |
| Engines | 2 Caterpilar Motors 440 HP |
| Water Capacity | 4000 gallons |
| Diesel Capacity | 6000 gallons |
| Electric power | 11V and 220V |
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