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8 Day 7 Nights
SCY Airport San Cristobal, Galapagos
Min Age : 15
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Cruise Details

The yacht is 115 ft/35 m long x 26 ft/7.9 m wide with 6 upper deck and 2 main deck double cabins accommodating 16 passengers. The cabins feature panoramic windows, private ensuite baths, individual climate controls, storage, Apple TVs, USB plugs, hair dryers and safety deposit boxes. All cabins are convertible to 1 or 2 beds.

The large salon and dining area offers a TV for briefings and movies, buffet table, bar, coffee/tea/snack station, computer charging areas with 110 & 220 outlets and Wi-Fi. The dive deck has individual stations, 4 hot showers, bath, large camera table & dry battery charging area. There is a sundeck with jacuzzi, BBQ, al fresco dining and lounge chairs.

The itineraries are  Thursday to Thursday leaving from Puerto Moreno Bacquerizo, on San Cristobal.

Departure & Return Location

SCY – San Cristobal Airport, Galapagos Ecuador

Departure Time

13:00

Price

July 2022-June 2023
$6395 pp
July 2023 - June 2024
$6795 pp
Single Supplement (Private Cabin)
80%

Price Includes

  • 7 Nights accommodations on yacht
  • All meals, snacks & non-alcoholic beverages
  • Tanks (air), weights, weight belts
  • Dive Alerts, SMBs & Nautilus Lifeline
  • Park Certified Bi-lingual Dive Guide
  • Transfer from/to airport on day of arrival/departure

Price Excludes

  • Airfare to Galapagos
  • TCT card ($20) & National Park Entrance Fee ($100)
  • Nitrox ($150)
  • Scuba Gear - Full kit rental $250. Computer $75.
  • Personal expenses, alcohol and gratuities
Deals
Terms

No discounts available

Individual Payment Terms:

  • Non-refundable deposit of 30% of the charter rate due within 10 days of reservation.
  • 90 days prior to departure, balance is due in full.
  • A late payment policy of $50 per person per week may be applicable.

Individual Cancellation Terms:

  • 12+ months prior to departure – Fully refundable
  • 8-12 months prior to departure – 10% of regular rate
  • 6-8 months prior to departure – 20% of regular rate
  • 120 days – 6 months prior to departure – 30% of regular rate
  • 119-90 days prior to departure – 30% of regular rate
  • 89-60 days prior to departure – Full payment due & non-refundable

Group Payment Terms:

  • More than 365 days prior to departure: 5% deposit of regular rate is due, non- refundable.
  • 12 months prior to departure: 10% of regular rate is due, non-refundable.
  • 8 months prior to departure: 15% of regular rate is due.
  • 3 months prior to departure: Payment due in full.

Group Cancellation Terms:

  • 18+ months prior to departure – 100%
  • 12-18 months prior to departure – 5% of original regular rate (if over half of berths cancelled) OR date change OR cancel and forfeit deposit
  • 8-12 months prior to departure – 10% of regular rate
  • 6-8 months prior to departure  – 20% of regular rate
  • 3-6 months prior to departure – 30% of regular rate
  • 89-60 days prior to departure -30% of regular rate
  • 59 or less days prior to departure – Payment due in full & non-refundable

Notes

Please bring your C card , Nitrox card and log book (if you have one). Please bring a copy of your waiver to present when you board or you will need to fill it out again. If you have dietary requests that were noted in your cruise application, please also remind your dive guide and/or the chef once you board.

7mm wetsuits are recommended. Gloves are necessary for protection, not warmth. Bring your own gloves! No camera rentals exist. 

  • Basic Dive Alerts (not for alt air sources), SMBs and Nautilus Lifelines provided if you don't have your own.
  • Full equipment rental $250 & computer rental $150.
  • AL80 tanks with yoke valves, weights and weight belts are provided.
  • Nitrox mix is 32%. Nitrox analyzers are onboard for shared use
Itinerary

Day 1THU: Arrive SCY Airport. Transfer to yacht. Briefings & check dive.

A guide will meet you at the airport and escort you to the yacht. Lunch, briefings and a check dive.

Day 2FRI: AM: Punta Carrion. North Baltra/Seymour.

AM: Punta Carrion is located on the island of Santa Cruz. Sometimes we get lucky and see mola molas here. It’s a good first dive to acclimatize to Galapagos diving.

PM: Seymour is an island known for having great dives. Sightings include mobulas, white tip reef sharks, Galapagos sharks, sometimes Hammerheads and many fish species.

Day 3SAT: Wolf

Wolf is one of the reasons Galapagos is on most divers’ bucketlist. Scientists have designated Wolf and Darwin (as they are so close together) the sharkiest place on earth because they have the largest biomass of sharks on the planet, 17.5 tons of sharks per hectare (2.47 acres).  Only divers visit Wolf. There are no land visits. Wolf is located 115 miles north of the central islands.

Sightings include huge schools of Hammerhead sharks, Galapagos sharks,Whale sharks (in season), Silky sharks, Eagle Rays, Sea Lions, Fur Seals, Mantas, Turtles, Jacks, Trumpetfish, Butterfly fish, Morish Idols, Moray Eels and Dolphins. Some sites at Wolf are covered in coral and all of the tropical fish species that live on coral reefs. Dive sites include Shark Bay, The Landslide, La Banana and Islote La Ventana. On the island itself, there are hundreds of thousands of seabirds including all 3 types of boobies in Galapagos – Red footed, blue footed and Nazca. There are frigates, pelicans, lava gulls and red billed tropicbirds.

Day 4SUN: Darwin

Darwin’s Arch was (and is) an icon, the symbol of diving the Galapagos. Since it’s 2021 collapse, it is now known as Darwin’s Pillars. It is located 229 km / 142 miles north of the central islands. In addition to Wolf, this is where we find massive schools of Hammerheads. Huge, pregnant Whale sharks pass through Darwin each year for reasons unknown.

Darwin is the warmest dive site in Galapagos due to the tropical Panama current. You spend a lot of the dive stationary, on a platform that drops into the blue where Hammerheads swim against the current. It’s like being on the side of a Hammerhead highway watching traffic pass. You leave the platform to swim out into the blue when a Whale shark is spotted. That sometimes means swimming through the Hammerheads, a truly magnificent experience you will carry with you forever.

Day 5MON: Darwin. Wolf

AM: 2 more dives at Darwin.

PM: 1-2 more dives at Wolf in the afternoon with an optional night dive.

Day 6TUE: Jan-May: Cabo Marshall. June - Dec: Cabo Douglas. Punta Vicente Roca.

Cabo Marshall (Jan-June) is located on the eastern side of Isabela Island. Giant mantas, large schools of barracudas, Galapagos sharks, Sea Lions, Flightless Cormorants and enormous schools of Black Striped Salemas in Galapagos. These tiny fish can be so numerous, a diver inside the school cannot be seen, only the bubbles rising above the school. 4 dives at 2 Cabo Marshall dive sites.

Cabo Douglas (July – Dec) is located at the westernmost island in Galapagos, Fernandina, an active volcano. It has erupted twice in the last decade. It is the ‘hot spot’ in Galapagos. This is the only site where you will see marine iguanas feeding underwater. Other sightings include penguins, sea lions, turtles and flightless cormorants.

Punta Vicente Roca (July – Dec). If you look at a map, Isabela Island looks uncannily similar to a seahorse. Punta Vicente Roca is located on the northwestern side of Isabela just below the ‘mouth’ of the seahorse. Isabela has 5 active volcanoes.

Punta Vicente Roca is a Mola Mola (Sunfish) cleaning station, has large turtle populations, the endemic Galapagos Bullhead shark, Penguins, Sea Horses, Sea Lions and many species of fish not found elsewhere in Galapagos. It is not uncommon to find yourself diving with an endemic Flightless Cormorant.

Day 7WED: Cousins Rock. Highlands of Santa Cruz & Puerto Ayora

AM: Cousins Rock is a small islet, the remains of an eroded crater sticking up out of the sea. On the eastern side, the rock cascades down in a series of recessed ledges strewn with black coral, which is bright green under the water. Taking cover in the coral, you may find Seahorses, Frogfish, Octopus, Turtles and the elusive Longnose Hawkfish. It’s not unusual to spot pelagics from Cousins including Mantas, Eagle rays, Mobulas and Hammerhead. Sea lions are fur seals are also at Cousins. 1-2 dives depending on the mood of the divers.

PM: Highlands of Santa Cruz. You will visit a private ranch where you will have to chance to see the iconic giant tortoises in the wild. Afterwards, you will visit the town of Puerto Ayora. 

Day 8THU: Departure

After breakfast, you will be escorted to the airport for your return flight.

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