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Alta
Category: Luxury Class
Departures: Every Sunday
Capacity: 16 passengers
Facilities and Accommodation
Alta is fitted with 8 tastefully decorated cabins that accommodate up to 16 passengers. All cabins have ample locker and drawer space. Each cabin has private facilities with hot and cold water shower. Dining salon seating sixteen on four tables, or alfresco, on the foredeck. Alta is a beautiful yacht in the Galapagos. Crew: 8 plus naturalist guide.
2008 prices per person (except charter) starting at:
| Description |
8 days |
| All cabins |
US$3950 |
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| Charter (16 pax) |
US$56500 |
2009 prices per person (except charter) starting at:
| Description |
8 days |
| Cabins 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
US$4450 |
| Cabins 1, 2 |
US$4650 |
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| Charter (16 pax) |
US$65000 |
Fuel Surcharge Per Person: US$306
Charter Fuel Surcharge: US$4284
Single Supplement: 75% surcharge
NOTE: Christmas, New Years and Easter week cruises have a
surcharge of $400 for FIT bookings. Surcharge for charters:
$4500.
Rates include:
- All meals, guides and activities throughout the cruise
- All non-alcoholic beverages consumed onboard
- Use of snorkeling equipment (mask, snorkel, fins and wetsuit)
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Not included:
- US$100 Galapagos National Park entrance fee
- Galapagos Transit Control Card (US10)
- Airfare from mainland Ecuador
- Alcoholic beverages consumed onboard
- Gratuities
- Cancellation/medical insurance
- Fuel Surcharge
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Additional Information
Important Note: motor sailors use the motor to navigate, this boat does not always travel with the sails up. Sails are only used barely."
Specifications
Navigation equipment: Sperry gyrocompass, furuno 21 mile si-tex radar, Robertson AP 7 autopilot, knot log, wind speed and direction indicator, raytheon loran C, si-tex, GPS satelite navigator, forward looking echo sounder, NVI (Night Vision Instruments), depth finders, decca navigator, si-tex video sonar, furuno weatherfax, taiyo RFD simrad watch receiver, two VHF radios.
Itinerary 8 days
Saturday
A.M. Arrival at San Cristobal Galapagos: Visitor's Center
P.M. San Cristobal: Playa Ochoa
Sunday
A.M. Tower (Genovesa) Island: Prince Phillip's Steps
P.M. Tower: Darwin Bay
Monday
A.M. Isabela (Albemarle) Island: Tagus Cove
P.M. Fernandina (Narborough) Island: Punta Espinosa
Tuesday
A.M. Isabela (Albemarle) Island: Urbina Bay
P.M. Isabela (Albemarle) Island: Punta Vicente Roca
Wednesday
A.M. Bartolome (Bartholomew) Island: Pinnacle Rock
P.M. Santiago (San Salvador, James) Island: James Bay
Thursday
A.M. Santa Cruz (Indefatigable) Island: Charles Darwin Research Station
P.M. Santa Cruz: Highlands
Friday
A.M. Hood (Española) Island: Punta Suarez
P.M. Hood: Gardner Bay
Saturday
A.M. San Cristobal: Kicker Rock
P.M. Depart for Mainland Ecuador
NB. Itineraries are subject to National Park regulations and can be modified wihtout previous notice. |