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Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, drinking water, soft drinks, hot drinks, local brands of alcohol, land tours, transfers to the boat from local hotels on days of arrival and departure, dives (as detailed in the trips above), experienced English-speaking divemaster(s) (4-5 divers per DM), tanks, weights and weightbelts, EPIRB, a surface signaling device and electronic beacon.

Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Dinner on the final evening, scuba equipment (US$ 250 per trip), torches, dive computer and insurance, Galapagos entrance fee US$ 100, transit card US$ 20, chamber support fee US$ 35, fuel surcharge of US$ 150. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival.

Optional extras: Alcoholic drinks (premium brand), nitrox fills for enriched air certified divers (US$ 150 per trip).

How to get there: Darwin Buddy cruises depart from San Cristobal every Saturday afternoon. Guests fly into Ecuador and take a connecting flight, through Guayaquil or Quito, to San Cristobal in the Galapagos islands.

You will need to overnight in Guayaquil or Quito before flying on to the islands. To ensure easy flight connections to Galapagos, a 2 night stop-over is recommended. On the return leg you will probably need to overnight in Guayaquil or Quito since most international flights depart too early to make the connection possible. The flight from Galapagos arrives in Guayaquil (and then Quito) in the afternoon.

We will place your domestic flight requirements with the liveaboard operator who are responsible for booking the flights. We request your patience with this process since there are often waiting lists and slow confirmations of availability. You must inform us whether you are flying into Guayaquil or Quito before domestic flights can be considered. If you wish to extend your stay in Galapagos to enjoy land tours please decide that early in the booking process to ensure flight availability.

For more information see our Galapagos travel information section.

Non-diver rate: None.

Single supplement (if you do not want to share accommodation): This is optional - single travellers may choose to share a cabin or pay a supplement of 80% of the published price.

Dive clubs and group discounts: Pay for 7 guests and 1 extra person can join free of charge. See whole boat charter rate below, equivalent to pay for 14 guests and 2 extra persons can join free of charge.

• Individual control air-conditioning
• Bathroom with toilet and hot water shower
• Hand basin, toiletries and towels
• TV & DVD player
• Window or porthole
• Reading lights
• Cabinet, shelves and mirror
• Bedding
• Fire detector and alarm system
• Fire extinguisher
• 2-flat pin 110-220V electricity
• Space for luggage

• Cruise Leader
• Divemaster
• 2 Captains
• 2 Cooks
• Engineer
• Bartender
• 2 Deck Hands

• Latin American, Italian and international main meal dishes.
• Buffet service in the air-conditioned saloon on main deck; 3 choices per sitting.
• Pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks are provided.
• Coffee, tea, drinking water, soft drinks, local alcohol drink brands are all provided free of charge.
• The catering service begins with lunch on the first evening of the trip.
• Most dietary requirements are catered for - please send advanced notice.

• Built in year 2011
• Size - 36.7m x 8.15m
• Weight - 170 tonnes
• Top speed - 12 knots
• Cruising speed - 12 knots
• 2 x 600 HP Caterpillar engines
• 2 x 90 KW John Deere generators
• 2 x LW dive tank compressors
• Enriched air nitrox
• 10, 12 & 15 litre aluminium scuba tanks with DIN & Int. valves
• Electricity 110 & 220V, 24 hours per day
• Water capacity - 9,800 litres
• Fresh watermaker
• Fuel capacity - 15,100 litres

• Life raft
• 2 x 40 HP motorised diving dinghies
• SSB & VHF radios
• Navnet radar
• Antenna GPS
• Fishfinder
• Depth sounder
• Autopilot
• Plotter
• Iridium satellite & mobile phones
• Electronic diver tracking system
• Searchlight and horn
• Bilge pump alarm
• CCTV in engine room
• 10,000 litres of emergency oxygen
• Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
• Fire alarm system
• Sealed kit parachute flare, kit of hand flares and smoke signals
• Fire extinguishers & life jackets throughout