Tour Details

Navigate across the Galapagos aboard the first-class schooner rigged motor M/Y Cachalote. Cruising aboard the Cachalote offers a relax and intimate experience. Enjoy the Galapagos sun on any of her three wooden decks or perhaps just soak into a book with the wind in your hair and salt in the air.

Technical Info

Type: Motor vessel / Steel hull
Category: First Class
Capacity: 16 passengers
LOA: 88 ft
Beam: 24 ft 6 in
Speed: 8 knots cruising
Crew: All crew are fully trained and certified. Captain, multilingual naturalist guide, cook, engineers, barman, and 4 sailors.
Crew: 10 members with Multilimgual Naturalist
Equipment: VHF (DSC) & HF (DSC) radios. EPIRB, SART, Hunter satellite tracking device, 2 GPS’s, 2 radars, depth sounder, flares, basic first aid kits, 2 tenders with outboards, fin keels for extra stability, flotation rings, life rafts with surplus capacity for all passengers and crew, fire alarm system.

Accommodations

8 Double cabins each with private bath. -Hot / cold water showers.

Itinerary

Itinerary Fernandina - 8 Days 7 Nights - Wednesday to Wednesday

WEDNESDAY	Am: Baltra Island Airport picked up at the airport by our naturalist guides. }Pm: Santa Cruz Islands: Highlands Natural reserve with giant tortoises & Charles Darwin Research Station
THURSDAY	Am: Chinese Hat island. Pm: Rabida island
FRIDAY	Am: Isabela island: Sierra Negra Volcano / Chico Volcano Pm: Isabela island: Galapagos Tortoise breading Center.
SATURDAY	Am: Isabela island: Moreno Point. Pm: Isabela island: Elizabeth Bay
SUNDAY	Am: Isabela island: Urbina Bay Pm: Isabela Island: Tagus Cove
MONDAY	Am: Fernandina island: Punta Espinoza. Pm: Isabela Island: Punta Vicente Roca
TUESDAY	Am: Santiago island: Puerto Egas Pm: Bartolomé Island
WEDNESDAY	Am: North Seymor Baltra Island airport: Transfer to the airport for return flight to Guayaquil or Quito.

Itinerary Tower - 8 Days 7 Nights - Wednesday to Wednesday

WEDNESDAY	Am: Baltra Island Airport picked up at the airport by our naturalist guides. Pm: Santa Cruz Islands: Highlands Natural reserve with giant tortoises & Charles Darwin Research Station
THURSDAY	Am: South Plazas island. Pm: Santa Fe island
FRIDAY	Am: San Cristóbal island: Witch hill (Cero Brujo) Pm: San Cristóbal island: Galapaguera and el Junco Lagoon
SATURDAY	Am: Española island: Gardner Bay. Pm: Española island: Punta Suarez)
SUNDAY	Am: Floreana island: Punta Cormorant Pm: Floreana island: Post Office Bay / Devil´s Crown
MONDAY	Am: Santa Cruz island: Dragon Hill Pm: Santiago island: Sullivan Bay
TUESDAY	Am: Genovesa island: Darwin Bay. Pm: Genovesa island: Barranco)
WEDNESDAY	Am: Santa Cruz Island: Black Turtle Cove. Baltra Island airport: Transfer to the airport for return flight to Guayaquil or Quito.

Itinerary Hood - 6 Days 5 Nights - Friday to Wednesday

FRIDAY	Am: San Cristóbal island: Witch hill (Cero Brujo) Pm: San Cristóbal island: Galapaguera and el Junco Lagoon
SATURDAY	Am: Española island: Gardner Bay. Pm: Española island: Punta Suarez)
SUNDAY	Am: Floreana island: Punta Cormorant Pm: Floreana island: Post Office Bay / Devil´s Crown
MONDAY	Am: Santa Cruz island: Dragon Hill Pm: Santiago island: Sullivan Bay
TUESDAY	Am: Genovesa island: Darwin Bay. Pm: Genovesa island: Barranco)
WEDNESDAY	Am: Santa Cruz Island: Black Turtle Cove. Baltra Island airport: Transfer to the airport for return flight to Guayaquil or Quito.

Itinerary Isabela - 6 Days 5 Nights - Friday to Wednesday

FRIDAY	Am: Transfer to Puerto Ayora where you will take a public speedboat to Isabela Island. Departure on speed boat at 14:00 pm, Arrive in Puerto Villamil 16:30 pm approximately. Here you will board the Cachalote.
SATURDAY	Am: Isabela island: Moreno Point. Pm: Isabela island: Elizabeth Bay
SUNDAY	Am: Isabela island: Urbina Bay Pm: Isabela Island: Tagus Cove
MONDAY	Am: Fernandina island: Punta Espinoza. Pm: Isabela Island: Punta Vicente Roca
TUESDAY	Am: Santiago island: Puerto Egas Pm: Bartolomé Island
WEDNESDAY	Am: North Seymor Baltra Island airport: Transfer to the airport for return flight to Guayaquil or Quito.