Galapagos Luxury Cruise Ultimate Galapagos

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Experience all of Galapagos. While cruising one of two breathtaking island routes is an amazing experience, the other route is just as incredible. Why choose just one of them, when you can take a trip around the entire archipelago on a two week cruise that covers both the Eastern and Western routes. When taking the Ultimate Galapagos luxury cruise, you can ...
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Overview

Trip type
Small Ship Cruise
Lodging level
Luxury - 5 star
Physical level
Moderate
Trip pace
Flexible schedule

Highlights

    • Discover Quito
    • Explore Santa Cruz Island and Galápagos Islands
    • Explore Puerto Ayora
    • Learn about the birds and animals, geology, marine life and oceanic systems of the Galapagos Islands
    • Experience snorkelling in Galápagos Islands

What's this trip about?

    Experience all of Galapagos. While cruising one of two breathtaking island routes is an amazing experience, the other route is just as incredible. Why choose just one of them, when you can take a trip around the entire archipelago on a two week cruise that covers both the Eastern and Western routes. When taking the Ultimate Galapagos luxury cruise, you can select which route to visit first. You can choose to do both on the Integrity or one on each yacht. And you can also choose to combine this trip with more time on Santa Cruz Island enjoying the sites and hotel amenities, a trip into the Ecuadorian highlands or Ecuadorian Amazon Basin, or an adventure in Peru. With a trip price that is more than a 10% overall savings, make the most of your time in the Galapagos Islands with Ultimate Galapagos.

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Details

Itinerary focusActive and Outdoor Sports
Group sizeStandard Group - 25 + people
Age rangeNo age restrictions
Flights and transportAll internal ground transport included
Start CityQuito
End CityQuito

Travel Themes

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

Destinations

  • South America
  • Ecuador

Attractions

  • Galapagos
  • Quito
  • Santa Cruz Island

Activities

  • Hiking
  • Kayaking
  • Nature
  • Snorkeling
  • Swimming
  • Wildlife viewing

Trip includes

    • Roundtrip airport transfers as specified in itinerary
    • All yacht and hotel accommodations (double occupancy, unless Single purchased) as specified in itinerary
    • All meals while on yacht and as specified in itinerary
    • All non-alcoholic beverages and all draft beer while on yacht
    • All guides, activities, tours and sightseeing arrangements as specified in itinerary
    • Use of kayaks and snorkel equipment while on yacht as specified in itinerary.

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Itinerary

Travel Map

Day 1: Arrive in Quito, Ecuador

Accommodation: Hilton Colón Quito.

Fly from your home city to Quito, Ecuador. Upon arrival, you will be transferred to the Hilton Colón Quito hotel with check-in to your Club Floor accommodations.

Day 2: To the Galapagos—Santa Cruz Island

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Santa Cruz Hotel

Transfer to the airport for an early morning flight to Baltra, Galapagos. Meet your naturalist guide and transfer to the Island of Santa Cruz where a spacious air conditioned vehicle take...

Day 3: Puerto Ayora, Darwin Station, board our yacht for week 1

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Yacht Integrity

Stroll through the town of Puerto Ayora to the Charles Darwin Research Station, where you'll learn about conservation issues and the tortoise and iguana hatching and rearing programs. You'll even get to view some of the tiny hatchlings. Afterwards enjoy lunch in Puerto Ayora. You'll board

Day 4-9: Exploring the Galapagos Islands—Week 1

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Yacht Integrity

You'll live aboard your spacious yacht for a week, spending as much time ashore as the Park rules permit. With your licensed, INCA-selected naturalist guide, learn about the birds and anim...

Day 10: Santa Cruz, board yacht for week 2

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Yacht Integrity

Enjoy breakfast on board and say farewell to your travel companions who will not be joining you on the second week of cruising. Disembark and meet up with your day guide and driver to trav...

Day 11-16: Exploring the Galapagos Islands—Week 2

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Yacht Integrity

By now you know the routine of exploration and discovery. Morning and afternoon shore visits to view wildlife are interspersed with fine meals, snorkeling and kayaking, guided lectures, and maybe a nap, a lounge on the deck, a drink at the bar and stargazing.

Day 17: Galapagos to Quito

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Hilton Colón Quito

From the anchorage in the Baltra harbor, you'll say "adios" to our yacht and its dedicated crew, and adjourn to the Baltra airport to await your mid-morning flight to the Ecuador mainland. On arrival, transfer to the Hilton Colón Quito hotel for an overnight. You will have time to shop before dinner. Dinner is on your own tonight.

Day 18: Quito to home or onward adventures

Transfer to the airport with check-in to your homeward bound flight unless you are remaining for further adventures.

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Dates & Availability

Price From $12,695
Price per day$705
Single supplement (single occupancy)$695
Last Updated: 7/13/2023

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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.

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Adventure with a Conscience

We are proud to be one of the first adventure travel companies whose corporate mission statement expresses principles of ecotourism. We are committed to increasing the awareness of human responsibility toward the environment; to working with conservation organizations to protect the animals, plants and artifacts of the special places we visit; and to supporting the local economies by employing local associates who share our vision. As an INCA traveler you participate in sustainable pleasure in the wonders of our world.

The Galapagos Conservancy

We have a long partnership with the Galápagos Conservancy—we operate the Conservancy's annual Galápagos cruise, we support their work, and our guests have made significant contributions to the ongoing scientific research projects and local education programs organized and supported by the

Galapagos Conservancy.

Formed in 1986, the Galapagos Conservancy has its roots in two organizations that merged in 2002: the Darwin Scientific Foundation, an organization which managed an endowment for research in Galapagos, and Charles Darwin Foundation, Inc., an organization dedicated to raising funds and awareness for Galapagos conservation. The Galapagos Conservancy is dedicated exclusively to the long-term protection of the Galapagos Islands. This single focus allows them to maximize the impact of the financial investments of their members, who include individuals and institutions that care deeply about the Galapagos Islands and understand the scientific importance of preserving this extraordinary ecosystem. They advocate through programs of constituency building, education, and fundraising in North America.

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Logistics

What's excluded

    • Any airfare, airport taxes and fees
    • Galapagos National Park Fee
    • Galapagos INGALA transit tax
    • Tips for yacht crews, guides or naturalists (at your discretion)
    • Wetsuits
    • Excess baggage charges, or other items of a personal nature.
    • Price also excludes any insurance coverage for trip cancellation-interruption, travel accident, travel delay, baggage delay or baggage theft (we recommend you obtain coverage for these items), medical or hospitalization expenses
Ship & cabin information
Integrity
Integrity—a 141 ft. luxury yacht customized to carry 16 adventurers in comfort, safety and style. INCA is the exclusive worldwide representative for Integrity. Built in the USA, the Integrity conforms to exacting standards for luxury Galápagos cruising. All systems including engines, transmissions, stabilizers, electronics, water filtration and sterilization are new, as are the interior decorations and furnishings. With its huge state-of-the-art stabilizers and engine vibration control system, the Integrity will carry you through Darwin's Islands more smoothly than any other yacht. You'll enjoy peerless comfort as you tuck into your spacious, smartly decorated cabin or relax in the sun and watch the frigates soar overhead! INCA is the exclusive worldwide representative for Integrity.
Length: 141 feet Beam: 24 feet Draft: 7 feet Tonnage: 318 tons Stabilizers: Vosper Active Fuel cap: 10,000 gal Range: 3,000 miles Desalinator: 2.500 gal/day Guests: 16 Crew: 10 Naturalist: 1
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Meals Included

16 Breakfasts, 15 Lunches and 15 Dinners

Age Requirements
No age restrictions
Additional Information
Trip ID
inca-GalCruInc

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