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CachaloteRecommended yacht

Key facts
Class
Tourist Superior
Type
Sailing
Pax
16
Cabins
8
Length
96 feet
Speed
9 knots
Nights
7
Sails
Wed(7)
Dive
No
Prices
2008 season
7 nights:
$ 2,419
4 nights:
$ 0
Lowest prices per person
 
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Set sail aboard our ‘First Class’ schooner rigged motor sailor. Feel free to relax and enjoy any of her three wooden decks; maybe soaking up some equatorial sun, or perhaps reading with the wind in your hair and salt in the air.

This is a beautifully decorated motor/sailer recently built in 2002 to meet all security standards, according to international marine safety regulations. Cachalote I accommodates 16 passengers in her 7 cabins: upper/lower berths and one matrimonial cabin all with private baths with hot/cold   water showers, fully air conditioned with independent air conditioning units in each cabin. There is plenty of deck space on 3 different wooden decks with seats and cushions to relax in the shade or sunbathe during the cruise, but don’t forget that sunscreen !

Year Service Cabin Low High  
7 nights 7 nights  
2008 Individuals All $2,177 $2,419
2008 Charter All $34,832 $38,700
* Rates subject to change, without notice
 
Year Seasons
2008

Low Season : May 1 - Jun 14, Sep 15 - Oct 31
High Season : Rest of the year

What's included
Accommodation in double sharing cabins, guided visits to the islands, all meals on board.
What's not included
Galapagos National Park fee ($100 per person),Ingala tax ($10 per person), alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, round trip airfare from Guayaquil or Quito to the Galapagos, gratuities and tips for the crew and staff, airport taxes and personal expenses.
Notes
- Prices are in US dollars, and subject to change without notice
- Prices are per person
- Single supplement: 50% surcharge
- Children under 12 years pay 40% of the rate. Max. one child per adult. If the clients have more children under 12 we will have to charge these children as adults.
- Snorkeling equipment $15 per person.
- Galapagos Cruise itineraries are subject to change by the authorities of the Galapagos National Park or acts of providence.

Wed

Baltra / Plazas

Thu

Santa Cruz: Darwin Station / Highlands

Fri

Española: Punta Suarez / Gardner Bay

Sat

Floreana: Punta Cormorant / Post Office Bay

Sun

Isabela: Punta Moreno / Elizabeth Bay

Mon

Isabela: Urbina Bay / Fernandina: Punta Espinoza

Tue

Santiago: Puerto Egas / Bartolome

Wed

Turtle Cove / Baltra

Cachalote: day by day itinerary

Day #1 Baltra airport - Plazas Island
Fly from the Ecuadorian Mainland to the islands on an early morning 90-minute flight. Your bilingual naturalist guide will greet you at the airport and assist you through customs and then transfer you to the boat.
Plazas: located only a short distance from Santa Cruz, South Plaza has a unique sesuvium and opuntia landscape which provides some of the most interesting wildlife observation available in the Galapagos

Day #2 Santa Cruz
The Charles Darwin Station and headquaters of the Galapagos National Park may be visited at Puerto Ayora, the Islands´ most populated human settlement. The highlands offer the lush humid zone with its vegetation of Miconia bushed, Scalesia and inactive volcanic comes. Santa Cruz has more endemic plants than any other island in the Galapagos. The Galapagos tortoises can be seen in their natural habitat here.

Day #3 Española
Punta Suarez offers he visitor quite a display if wildlife: Marine Iguanas with cooper red patches, Swallow Tailed Gulls, the endemic Long Billed Mocking bird, Finches, Masked and Blue Footed Boobies, Oystercathers, Sea Lions anf Lava Lizards. This is the only island where the Waved Albatross is to be seen during the breeding season, April to December.
Gardner Bay: Located on the eastern shore and offers the islands most magnificent beach. You can walk between sea lions and enjoy fabulous swimming or snorkelling in the bay.

Day #4 Floreana
At Point Cormorant we visit a Flamingo Lagoon where other species of shore birds may alos be seen. Snorkeling at Devil´s Crown, a submerged volcanic cone, and at Post office Bay, one may leave letters like whalers did in the 18th century in a wooden barrel mailbox.

Day #5 Isabela: Elizabeth Bay and Punta Moreno
Elisabeth Bay: Located on Isabela´s west shore, this is extremely interesting for observing marine life
Punta Moreno: Main attractions are Backish water lagoons, Flamingos and White cheeked pintail ducks.

Day #6  Isabela : Urbina Bay/ Fernandina: Punta Espinoza
Urvina Bay: at the western coast of the island at the foot of Alcedo Volcano. The whole area was uplifted from the sea in 1954. Corals and other marine formations distinguish this site. Flightless cormorants and brown pelicans nest along the coast. You can also find large marine iguanas, rays, marine turtles, seashells and the plant Darwiniothamnus tenuifolius.
Punta Espinoza: flightless Cormorant, Pelicans, Sea Lions,Sally Light Foot Crabs and an abundance of Marine Iguanas can be seen along the shores of one of wold´s most active volcanoes.

Day #7 Santiago Island: Puerto Egas and Bartolome
Puerto Egas you will see Galapagos Fur Seals in pools cut into lava cliffs and there is a good chance of spotting the Galapagos Hawk, the Galapagos Dove and Vermilion Flycatche. Tucked behind Espumilla Beach are salt water lagoons where Flamingos and White Cheeked Pintail Ducks may be seen.

Bartolome: Nowhere else is the geological history of the Islands better potrayed than here. The most impressive volcanic scenery.

Day #8 Turtle Cove / Baltra
In Turtle Cove you will find Mangroves, Golden Rays and White tipped Sharks. After our visit we will sail to Baltra Island to catch our plane back to the mainland.

Cachalote: terms & conditions

FIT'S
-To confirm your reservation a 20% deposit of the total cruise price is required. In case of cancellation, the 10% of the total cruise price deposit will be refundable only if the cancellation is received more than 45 days prior to departure date. The other 10% of the total cruise price will be forfeited as administrative charges.
-Balance of payment is due 45 days prior to departure.
-If a cancellation is received less than 45 days of cruise date the full price of the cruise will be charged as cancellation penalty.  If we are able to resell the space, a full refund will be made after the sailing date less 10% of the total price of the cruise which will be forfeited as administrative charges.

CHARTER
-To confirm a charter a 15% deposit of the yacht charter is required. This deposit is refundable only if the cancellation is received 120 days prior to the sailing date.  We retain a service fee of US$ 575.
-Balance of payment is due 45 days prior to departure.
-If one cancels between 120 and 45 days prior to the cruise, the 15% deposit will be forfeited as a cancellation fee.  If a cancellation is received between 45 days and the sailing date, the full cost of the cruise will be charged as a cancellation fee.  If we are able to resell the charter, a full refund will be made after the sailing date less a service fee of US$ 575.

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