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Tribute Yacht

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  • A premium motor yacht with excellent facilities
  • Spacious, comfortable cabins
  • Two naturalist guides on board

The Tribute is our premium offering for the Galapagos, with superior facilities to our other cruise options. Most importantly, the Tribute carries two naturalist guides instead of one, allowing for a more personalised guiding experience. The boat itself carries 16 passengers in nine suites on the upper, lower and main decks. The main deck has a spacious lounge area with a cocktail bar & wine vault, a coffee & chocolate station, pop-up boutique, ocean-view dining area and library. The upper deck houses the sunset lounge, private massage area and workout zone. The sun deck has a panoramic lounging area, and a BBQ with alfresco dining tables.  The lower deck houses the single cabins. All double cabins have ocean-facing windows, and an en-suite with a hot shower, toilet and washbasin. Single cabins have the same amenities, but are smaller and have a porthole instead of a window. There is no single supplement on the yacht for the single cabins.

Cabins

  • 9 cabins (4 suite cabins on upper, 3 on main, and 2 single cabins on lower)
  • Double cabins have a window with a sea view
  • All beds are lower berths
  • Private bathroom with hot water
  • Air conditioning
  • 110V sockets

Social Areas

  • 1 uncovered sun deck and 1 fully shaded outdoor deck with loungers
  • Indoor dining area
  • Lounge with flat-screen TV
  • Workout zone
  • Cocktail bar and wine vault
  • Coffee and chocolate station
  • Jacuzzi

Crew

  • 10-man crew
  • 2 English-speaking certified naturalist guides

Snorkelling equipment and kayaks

  • Snorkelling equipment is included
  • Wetsuits available for hire

Technical Specifications

  • Mono hull steel yacht
  • 43 metres (140ft) length
  • 8 metres (26ft) beam
  • 110V electric power
  • 2 GPS with alarm and depth sounder
  • Satellite & mobile phones
  • Bilge pump & fire pumps
  • Full fire equipment, including life line
  • Fire extinguishers throughout the yacht & 3 CO2 banks
  • Oxygen Complete first aid and trauma kit
  • Emergency life jackets in cabins

Life On board

A buffet breakfast is served from about 7am, before you prepare for your first excursion of the day. As the yacht sails at night, you are already close to the island that you will be visiting. At about 8.30am, the passengers on board will gather with the guide and board the pangas for the short trip to the island. You will have either a wet or a dry landing, and then explore the island. The guide will explain the flora, fauna and geology of the island as you walk. As each island is different, each excursion will focus on different aspects of the Galapagos Islands. After you have explored the island, you will sometimes have an opportunity to snorkel off the beach, depending on the visitor site. This may be snorkelling with sea lions, tropical fish, or even with marine iguanas and penguins.

You return to the Galapagos Tribute in the late morning, for a shower and change before a buffet lunch is served. After lunch, you will sail to the next island, and you will have time for a rest, or maybe to look out for dolphins or frigate birds from the deck.

At around 3pm, you will again take a panga ride for your second excursion of the day. You return to the yacht in the late afternoon, where you have time for a drink before dinner as the guide explains the itinerary for the next day. After a buffet dinner, you can relax in the lounge or on deck. The yacht will usually sail at night to make sure you arrive at the next island early the next morning.

What's Included

All our holidays include flights from the UK; transfers and hotels in Quito and/or Guayaquil; flights to the Galapagos Islands; Galapagos National Park entrance fee of US$100; Galapagos transit card fee of US$20.

The Galapagos Tribute cruise includes all transfers in the Galapagos; all meals on board (breakfast, lunch and dinner), drinking water, tea, coffee; all excursions in the islands led by an English-speaking certified naturalist guide. There are zodiac boats for wet and dry landings.

Snorkelling equipment is included. Wetsuits are available for hire. Alcoholic and soft drinks are available for sale on board. Tipping the boat crew and guide is usually well deserved, and expected. About US$18-23 per passenger per day is suggested (approximately US$12-15 for the guide and US$6-8 for the crew).

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