The Galapagos Islands are one of Ecuador´s main tourist destinations. About 1000km from the country’s coastline, it has an astounding variety of flora and fauna both on land and sea. If you are interested in booking a tour to explore these islands, your ideal option would be to take a cruise aboard Nemo III. A cruise of the islands is an amazing and total experience. It gives a perfect balance between being comfortable and the ability to be close to what the islands can offer in both wildlife and nature.
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Overview
Itinerary Highlights
- Learn about natural history, issues concerning the islands, and see the tortoise breeding and rearing project at work.
- Visit South Plaza island, home to the marina and land Iguanas and experiencing snorkelling with sea lions.
- Dive into a sensational snorkeling session at San Cristobal Island and spot schools of colourful reef fish.
Itinerary in Brief
- Day 1: Baltra - Seymour
- Day 2: Lobos Island - Kicker Rock - Brujo Hill
- Day 3: Gardner Bay - Suarez Point
- Day 4: Cormorant Point - Champion Islet - Post Office Bay
- Day 5: Santa Cruz Highlands - Charles Darwin Station
- Day 6: South Plaza - Santa Fe
- Day 7: Bartolome - Chinese Hat
- Day 8: Mosquera Islet - Baltra
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Day 1: Baltra - North Seymour
Arrival in Baltra airport and transfer to the boat. Briefing on-board about the boat and the island.
Seymour is a wonderful Galapagos island where you can admire beautiful frigate birds and the nest of the little blue footed boobies. The trees are filled by male frigates inflating their red skin to catch the female’s attention. It’s a spectacle of nature you don’t want to miss.
Day 2: Lobos Island - Kicker Rock - Brujo Hill
This is a little islet located 10km to the Northeast of the Baquerizo Moreno Port in the San Cristóbal Island. It gets its name (Wolf) because it’s the home of several sea wolves’ species that revolve in the beach. The Lobos Island is small and calmed. It’s divided by a canal from de San Cristóbal Island. It has a coast vegetation of plants that tolerate salt water and on top of them, you will be able to see little colonies of common frigates.
The Kicker Rock Islet is the remaining of an Antique volcanic cone. Its waters are the favourite of those who are submarine swimming professionals and also of scuba divers that get to go as deep as 100 meters in their immersions. It’s a great place to visit, read along and find more information about it. It has two vertical walls with a gap in the centre that makes a paradise for sharks and other fish species like barracudas and rainbow fishes. The walls have amazing colours and to go there is to surely have sightings of amazing marine fauna, including octopuses, and many sharks like the hammer shark, the grey reef, white-tip shark and the Galapagos shark.
Brujo Hill is a beautiful white coral beach where you can got to swim and observe birds and sea lions. Moreover, you will be also able to practice skin diving. The beach is located to the north coast of the San Cristóbal Island. Around the beach you can see sea birds like the blue footed booby, Nazca booby, heron, frigates and coast birds.
Day 3: Gardner Bay - Suarez Point
Gardner Bay is located at the east of the Española Island in the Galapagos archipelago. It’s a white coral beach filled with sea wolves. It’s the ideal place to go swimming and for skin diving. This not only guaranty a fun and relaxing time in the white sand and clear water of the Bay, but it will also give you the chance to see several marine species up close. This Bay is composed by two beaches that, because of their location in the Española Island are the perfect place to observe the albatrosses while they make their fantastic mating rituals and nest from April to December.
Suarez Point is located to the western coast of the Española Island, the oldest island in the archipelago which is approximately five million years old. It’s one of the Galapagos’ most attractive and popular places. Make sure to visit it while on your cruise trip.
Day 4: Cormorant Point - Champion Islet - Post Office Bay
Cormorant Point’s visiting landing spot is located to the north coast of the Floreana Island. The Path is a walk of approximately 720 meters. The path passes through a lagoon, several watching spot from where you can take astonishing pictures of the landscape and a soft sand beach where you will be able to relax and enjoy a nice time in the island.
The Floreana Island became famous worldwide when three different groups of people that came from Europe decided to live there. Champion is an Islet located in the Floreana Island at the Galapagos archipelago. The access to Champion Islet is restricted. There are no humans living there and the only people that are allowed to land in the Islet are scientists. This due to the fact that the land has suffer greatly over human hands in the previous years and as a way to preserve the endemic gorgeous nature, certain areas are completely sheltered.
Post Office Bay is a historic location that remind us of the whalers time, when they used to go to the Galapagos to get some fresh water and take turtle meat with them. The story goes that on this place, the captain of some whaling boat placed a barrel in the XVIII century so that those who passed through the island, left their mails and took with them the ones that had their destination.
Day 5: Santa Cruz Highlands - Charles Darwin Station
Santa Cruz is one of the beautiful islands you can visit during your luxury cruise aboard the Nemo II. It’s the second biggest island in the Galapagos and it’s located at the centre of the whole islands. The Highlands of the island has an exuberant vegetation, great leafy trees and tasty edible fruit. Read along and you will find information about the places you cannot miss to see during your time in Santa Cruz Highlands.
The Charles Darwin Station is located in Puerto Ayora, on the Santa Cruz Island. It is famous for the captive breeding of giant turtles. These famous turtles are called Galapagos and they live for approximately 150 years. The station was created in 1964 and it’s a place you definitively will love.
In the Charles Darwin Station, there is a Natural History Interpretation Centre that manages educational programs at the service of the Galapagos National Park. This station is also an operation centre for foreign scientists that go to the island to conduct special research.
Day 6: South Plazas - Santa Fe
The east coast of Santa Cruz is home to a small island called South Plaza. It has an area of 0.13 km and a maximum altitude of 23 meters. In despite of its small terrain, it is known for its amazing flora and for its large number of species.
In the middle of the Galapagos archipelago, we find Santa Fe Island which is also called Barrington Island after Admiral Samuel Barrington. Even when it’s a small island (9m²) it is one of the oldest; volcanic rocks of about 4 million years old have been discovered. Therefore, visitors will have the chance to step on ancient ground while exploring its rich vegetation which is characterised by Palo Santo trees, brush, and a large variety of the cactus Opuntia echios.
Day 7: Bartolome - Chinese Hat
Off the east coast of Santiago Island, we find a volcanic islet called ‘Bartolome’ it is considered one of the "younger" islands in the Galápagos archipelago. Why does it have that name? Well, this island is named after Sir Bartholomew James Sullivan, a famous naturalist and friend of Charles Darwin, Sir Bartholomew James Sullivan.
As its uncommon name says, this island is shaped in the form of an old Chinese man’s hat. There’s a cone rising out of the clear Galapagos water. It is one of the most emblematic and most recognisable island in the Galapagos archipelago and it’s easy to see why with its distinctive shape. Visitors are usually fascinated by this unique island’s form. Even when it’s one of the smallest islands, it has a wonderful visitor site where visitors can delight in memorable views.
Like most Galapagos Islands, its origin is volcanic which is the reason for its particular shape.
Day 8: Mosquera - Baltra
With its privileged location between the islands of North Seymour and Baltra, it has one of the largest populations of sea lions. It consist of a reef of rocks, an amazing white sand beach and corals. In most of his territory there is base of lava rocks (As result of the lava uprising)with the exception on the southwest side where the landing takes place.
Visitors will have the opportunity to see several species of shorebirds, sea lions and lava gulls. Sometimes, Orca whales are seen praying on the sea lion colony, giving the feeling of being in the most natural environment around and also giving visitors the chance to enjoy this natural feeding ritual in close.
Transfer to the Airport.
- Day 1: Baltra - North Seymour
- Day 2: Lobos Island - Kicker Rock - Brujo Hill
- Day 3: Gardner Bay - Suarez Point
- Day 4: Cormorant Point - Champion Islet - Post Office Bay
- Day 5: Santa Cruz Highlands - Charles Darwin Station
- Day 6: South Plazas - Santa Fe
- Day 7: Bartolome - Chinese Hat
- Day 8: Mosquera - Baltra
Next Departure Date: 13 Apr 2025
| Dates | Cabin | From | Special Offer |
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| 19 Jan 2025 - 26 Jan 2025 | USD$4900pp | ||
| Standard Double Cabin | USD$4900pp | Contact us | |
| Superior Double Cabin | USD$5000pp | Contact us | |
| 13 Apr 2025 - 20 Apr 2025 | USD$4900pp | ||
| 08 Jun 2025 - 15 Jun 2025 | USD$4900pp | ||
| 22 Jun 2025 - 29 Jun 2025 | USD$4900pp | ||
| 06 Jul 2025 - 13 Jul 2025 | USD$4900pp | ||
| 20 Jul 2025 - 27 Jul 2025 | USD$4900pp | ||
| 03 Aug 2025 - 10 Aug 2025 | USD$4900pp | ||
| 17 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025 | USD$4900pp | ||
| 26 Oct 2025 - 02 Nov 2025 | USD$4900pp | ||
| 09 Nov 2025 - 16 Nov 2025 | USD$4900pp | ||
| 23 Nov 2025 - 30 Nov 2025 | USD$4900pp | ||
| 07 Dec 2025 - 14 Dec 2025 | USD$4900pp |
Alternative itinerary options:
- 4 Day Nemo III: North Galapagos Islands (A4)
- 4 Day Nemo III: South Galapagos Islands (B4)
- 5 Day Nemo III: North Galapagos Islands (A5)
- 5 Day Nemo III: South Galapagos Islands (B5)
- 8 Day Nemo III: North Galapagos Islands (A)
**Prices are per person based on twin / shared accommodation.
**Single supplements may apply
Cabin Details
Standard Double Cabin
Cabin 5 & 8, one double bed (for couples only), air conditioning, private bathroom & reading light.
Standard Twin Cabin
Cabin 7, two single beds, air conditioning, private bathroom & reading light.
Superior Double Cabin
Cabin 1 & 2, two lower single beds, air conditioning, private bathroom & reading light.
Superior Twin Cabin
Cabin 3, 4 & 6, one lower double bed and 1 upper single bed, air conditioning, private bathroom & reading light.
Nemo III Deckplan
Specifications
- Name: Nemo III.
- Category: First Class.
- Capacity: 16 Passengers.
- Guide: Naturalist english speaking guide.
- Crew: 6 members: 1 Captain, 1 Helmsman, 1 Sailor, 1 Machinist - Biker, 1 Bar Man - Cabinero, 1 Cook.
- Loa: 23 mts.
- Beam: 11.40 mts.
- Draft: 1.50 mts.
- Fresh water capacity: 2.000 lts.
- Electricity: 12 V, 110 V, 220 V.
- Engines: 2 engines / 200 HP.
Whats included?
- On-board accommodation
- Pre/post cruise transfers
- Tours led by experienced guide(s)
- Activities as specified
- All meals during this voyage
- Use of kayak and snorkelling equipment
What’s not included?
- Air transportation
- Passport, visa and immigration fees
- Airport arrival/departure taxes
- Additional hotel nights
- Galápagos National Park fee: US$200 per person
- Transit control card: US$20 per person
- Wet-suit rental
- Travel protection plan
- Alcoholic & non-alcoholic beverages
- Laundry service
- Gratuities
- Any items not mentioned as included
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Destination: Galapagos
This once in a lifetime destination is a nature lovers dream. Watch the famous Galapagos tortoises and blue footed boobies in the morning and snorkel with sea lions in the afternoon, then relax on your cruise to the next destination tomorrow!
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