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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 |
| SAT | Santa Cruz |
AM: Baltra Airport PM: Highlands |
| SUN |
Isabela |
AM: Tintoreras PM: Moreno Point |
| MON |
Isabela |
AM: Elizabeth Bay PM: Urbina Bay |
| TUE |
Isabela Fernandina |
AM: Tagus Cove PM: Espinoza Point |
| WED |
Santiago |
AM: Egas Port PM: Espumilla Beach /Buccaneer Cove |
| THU |
Santa Cruz |
AM: Daphne Mayir or Dragon Hill PM: Black Turtle Cove |
| FRI |
Rabida Santiago |
AM: Rabida Island PM: Chinese Hat |
| SAT | North Seymour |
AM: North Seymour Island Baltra Airport |
SANTA CRUZ ISLAND: HIGHLANDS
AM: Arrive to Baltra Island. This island is known to be inhabited by militaries only. On this island is located one of our mains Galapagos airports. Once you arrive your guide will be waiting for you. Transfer to Santa Cruz Island, we cross the Itabaca Chanel (from airport to this place is around 15 minutes), after this we take our private bus to Puerto Ayora.
Once we arrive to Puerto Ayora, we will go direct to Galaxy Yacht: cabin accommodation and take lunch.
PM: HIGHLANDS
After lunch, our first visit is HIGHLANDS OF SANTA CRUZ,where we have a trekking and we will find the giant tortoises in their natural habitat, this is a natural spectacular. For this visit we recommend to use sport shoes, long pants, raincoat, hut and sun block. Back to Puerto Ayora. At the night we have a welcome cocktail and the formal presentation of our crew by Capitan. Briefing for next day.
ISABELA ISLAND: TINTORERAS & MORENO POINT
AM: TINTORERAS
Located in the bay of Puerto Villamil, this small island surrounded by calm turquoise waters has an easy trail with great landscapes and very interesting fauna. Along the trail we will see large numbers of Marine Iguanas basking in the sun, lava lizards, herons, gulls and sea lions. In the coves, it is easy to find Sea Turtles, rays and even Penguins. Among the many cracks and channels in the coast sometimes we can see White-tipped Reef Sharks (in Spanish “Tintoreras”). After the visit, we will return to the boat to have breakfast and begin the navigation to the next point.
PM: MORENO POINT
After lunch, we will disembark in Moreno Point which is located near Elizabeth Bay on the west coast of Isabela Island. The plethora of birds seen during a dinghy ride along the striking rocky shores or a hike along path through lava rock leading to tide pools and mangroves create a birdwatcher’s delight. In the tide pools, green sea turtles or white-tip sharks can be spotted.
ISABELA ISLAND: ELIZABETH BAY & URBINA BAY
AM: ELIZABETH BAY
This is one of the island’s breeding sites for penguins. Located on the west coast of Isabela, Elizabeth Point is a marine visitor site. Visit red mangrove cove: Brown pelicans, flightless cormorants, spotted eagle rays, golden rays and sea lions are often seen. Lunch.
PM: URBINA BAY
This place is located at the base of Alcedo Volcano between Elizabeth Bay and Tagus Cove. Wet landing. Trail length is around 3.20 Km; during this walking we can observe land iguanas, hawks, tortoises; also it is possible to see red and blue lobsters.
ISABELA ISLAND: TAGUS COVE & FERNANDINA ISLAND: ESPINOZA POINT
AM: TAGUS COVE
It is located at west of Darwin Volcano in Isabela Island. During our walking we will find several inscriptions (names of boat’s pirates) since 1800. Tagus Cove name has its origin of an England ship which crossed the island looking for Galapagos tortoise to feed the crew. From this area we can admire the Darwin Lake which has salt water and its deep is 9metes approximately, there are no fishes. It is very easy to see different species of birds. Lunch.
PM: ESPINOZA POINT
Fernandina is the 3rd island bigger of Galapagos and has just one visit place: Espinoza Point.
Espinoza Point is famous site because you will find big colonies of marine iguanas and to be the unique place where the flightless Cormorant lives, Galapagos penguin, hawk, snakes of Galapagos and many other. From Espinoza Point we can admire Fernandina Island and its volcano which last eruption was on May 2005. Fernandina is the only island that doesn’t have any mammal introduced and the open areas are very fragile. In nesting time of marine iguana (January to June) we have a lot care when we are walking. Return to Galaxy.
SANTIAGO ISLAND: EGAS PORT - ESPUMILLA BEACH - BUCCANEER COVE
AM: EGAS PORT
In this site we find a black sand beach; at south of this beach there is a volcano called Pan de Azucar, it has volcanic deposits which have contributed to the formation of this black sand beach.
The crater of this volcano has a salt lake which in warm time becomes dry and it is possible to appreciate a salt mine. Between 1928 and 1930 there were some explorations to this mine but they didn’t function; additionally, it caused damages to the environment because of workers use endemic woods. It is not allowed go down to salt mine. Lunch.
PM: ESPUMILLA BEACH - BUCCANEER COVE
One of the main attractions of this site is a Palo Santo wood, the beach and landscape; the beach is a very important site for tortoises because they use this place for nesting.
Once time, the pigs were the main predatory of tortoise’s eggs; pigs were eradicated with the creation of Isabela Project.
DAPHNE MAYOR OR SANTA CRUZ ISLAND: DRAGON HILL & BLACK TURTLE COVE
AM: DAPHNE MAYOR: is a volcanic tuff cone, formed by successive explosions produced by the mixture of lava and water. Galaxy will navigate around the Island.
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DRAGON HILL: The visitor’s site at Dragon Hill is located in northwestern Santa Cruz Island, and consists of a trail that runs through three different environments at just 1,600 m long.
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
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.
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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