Galapagos - Ecuador
Cruise Ship
4-8 Days
Included
Easy
100 Passengers
The Legend Cruise Galapagos Cruise is a perfect choice for those seeking a unique and adventurous experience in the archipelago. The ship features 52 comfortable and well-appointed cabins, each with air conditioning and en-suite bathrooms. The ship’s design incorporates the history of the Galapagos with nautical dĆ©cor and artwork, providing an authentic and immersive experience for guests. With various cabin categories, including family cabins and suites, the Legend Cruise can accommodate a range of travel styles and group sizes.
The culinary experience onboard the Legend Cruise is exceptional, with expert chefs using locally sourced ingredients to create a range of delicious dishes. The ship’s Main Restaurant serves a range of international and Ecuadorian cuisine, while the outdoor grill provides a casual atmosphere for guests to enjoy barbecues and light bites.
The Legend Cruise offers several areas to relax and enjoy the ship’s amenities, including an outdoor pool and Jacuzzi, a fitness center, and a wellness center. The ship also features a spacious lounge with comfortable seating and panoramic views, providing an ideal space for socializing and enjoying onboard activities. Guests can also take part in shore excursions and activities, such as snorkeling, kayaking, and wildlife spotting.
Itineraries
Browse through the different cruise itineraries below by clicking on each one
MON Baltra Airport & Highlands Tortoise Reserve or Black Turtle Cove
TUE El Barranco, Prince Philipās Steps & Darwin Bay
WED South Plaza Island & Santa Fe Island
THU Bachas Beach & Baltra Airport
(4 days A)
Day 1: When you arrive at Baltra Island’s airport, you will be transferred to the port in order to board the Galapagos Legend Cruise Ship. After lunch, you’ll board a bus to Santa Cruz Highlands, where you’ll visit a residential reserve to see Giant Galapagos Tortoises in their native surroundings. You then will come back to the yacht for dinner and sleep after this activity.
Day 2: The cruise will arrive at Genovesa Island in the morning, the first stop will be El Barranco, also known as Prince Phillip’s Steps. You’ll start with a panga ride to the beach, where you’ll see fur seals, and then climb to the top of a rocky set of stairs, where you’ll get a spectacular view of the island and because of this, observe Nazca boobies, red footed boobies, and mockingbirds. Following this task, you will travel to Darwin Bay and follow a short path just beyond displays of mangroves that serve as breeding grounds for red-footed boobies and frigate birds. Onboard dinner at the end of the day.
Day 3: Right after having breakfast, the cruise will start taking you to Dragon Hill, situated on the north shore of Santa Cruz Island, where you can hike to a deep lake that is a flamingo feeding spot as well as an ecosystem for land iguanas. Here, you can also snorkel at Dragon Hill’s shore. In the midday, you’ll go to Santa Fe Island, which has a white sand beach and a sea lion habitat. To experience the endemic Santa Fe Island, consider taking a trail hike to an endemic opuntia cacti forest. On this island’s beach, you can also either kayak or snorkel.
Day 4: On the final day, you will travel to Bachas Beach, a strategic location used by the United States during WWII to defend the Panama Canal. It is also a nesting site for green sea turtles, as well as a haven for marine iguanas and flamingos. Following this task, you will be driven to Baltra Airport to catch your flight back to the mainland.
MON Baltra Airport & North Seymour Island
TUE Bartolome Island & Sullivan Bay
WED Punta Pitt, Islet Pitt & Cerro Brujo
THU Cerro Colorado Tortoise Reserve & San Cristobal Airport
(4 days C)
Day 1: When you arrive at Baltra Island’s airport, you will be transferred to the port to board the Galapagos Legend Cruise Ship. Following lunch, you will visit North Seymour Island, a crucial location for viewing great frigate birds and blue-footed boobies during mating ritual and breeding grounds. Return to the yacht for dinner and relax after these practices.
Day 2: The day will begin with a landing on Bartolome Island, which is recognized as the most legendary landscape of the entire archipelago. You will need to hike to the highest part of this island to see the popular Pinnacle Rock and the full Santiago Island. Here, you can also snorkel as well asĀ see white-tipped reef sharks and sea lions. After lunch, we travel to South Plaza Islet, which is inhabited by a large colony of marine iguanas, land iguanas, and hybrids of these two species. Visitors can also spot sea lions and different sea bird species here. Return to the yacht for dinner and relax after these activities.
Day 3: After having a buffet breakfast on the yacht, it will arrive at San Cristobal Island, on which you will visit Pitt Point and climb to the highest point of this decayed tuff cone. Here, you’ll be able to see dozens of species of boobies and frigate birds. In the afternoon, you’ll take a dinghy ride to Witch Hill, also known as Cerro Brujo in Spanish, where you may relax on the beach and watch the sea lions that live there, or go snorkeling from the beach. You can also go for a walk to a lagoon.
Day 4: You will leave the plane at San Cristobal Island Port early in the day. You will visit the giant tortoise breeding center “La Galapaguera” on Cerro Colorado, in which you will see giant Galapagos tortoises roaming in a quasi habitat and gain knowledge about conservation efforts for these species. Following this activity, you will be driven to the airport to catch your flight back to the mainland.
THU Baltra Airport & Mosquera Islet
FRI Egas Port & Rabida Island
SAT Urbina Bay & Tagus Cove
SUN Punta Espinosa & Punta Vicente Roca
MON Highlands Tortoise Reserve or Pit Craters & Baltra Airport
(5 days B)
Day 1: When you arrive at Baltra Island’s airport, you will be transferred to the port to board the Galapagos Legend Cruise Ship. Following lunch, you will travel to Mosquera Islet, a low coastal islet with a coral sand beach that is home to a large set of sea lions. Herons, lava gulls, and boobies can also be seen here. Sharks, rays, and barracudas can be seen while snorkeling or diving. Onboard dinner at the end of the day’s activities.
Day 2: First, you will go to Egas Port and disembark on a white sand beach. Here, you’ll be able to swim or snorkel along the rocky shore. You can also go for a walk through the volcanic landscape to see land and sea birds. Next destination would be Rabida Island and its red sand beach, which is caused by the high levels of iron of this island’s lava flows. You start by walking along the beach to see a village of sea lions, marine iguanas, and many species of Darwin Finches. Snorkeling is also possible from the beach.
Day 3: On this day, youāll visit Urbina Bay where pelicans, marine iguanas, and flightless cormorants are common visitors. Additionally, snorkeling is possible with turtles, rays, and reef fish. The habitat of the giant tortoises is traversed by the two routes (short and long). The bay is located at the base of the Alcedo volcano, whose majestic top is visible rising beyond the horizon. In the midday, you will visit Tagus Cove, which was once a pirate hideout.Ā After a short hike, you’ll arrive at Darwin Lake, a breathtaking volcanic scenery from which you can take stunning photographs. You can also go snorkeling with sea turtles and sea lions.
Day 4: Right after breakfast, you will travel to Espinosa Point on Fernandina Island, the youngest of the archipelago, which is where you’ll find the largest colony of marine iguanas on the entire archipelago and is also an excellent location for snorkeling and spotting Galapagos penguins. In the midday, you will visit Vicente Roca Point, a remarkable tourist site surrounded by enormous cliffs formed by an erosional volcano, which is also home to several species of boobies and is only accessible by panga. This is also an excellent location for deep sea snorkeling.
Day 5: On the final day, you will land on Santa Cruz Island and take a bus to Santa Cruz Highlands, where you will tour a residential reserve and see giant Galapagos Tortoises in their natural habitat. Following this activity, you will be driven to the airport to catch your flight back to the mainland.
THU San Cristobal Airport, Interpretation Center & Frigatebird Hill
FRI Gardner Bay, Osborn or Gardner Islets & Punta Suarez
SAT Post Office, Punta Cormorant, Devilās Crown or Champion Islet
SUN Dragon Hill (Santa Cruz Island) & Punta Bowditch (Santa Cruz Island)
MON Highlands Tortoise Reserve (Santa Cruz Island) & Baltra Airport
(5 days D)
Day 1: When you arrive at San Cristobal Island’s airport, you will be moved to the dock to board the Galapagos Legend Cruise Ship. Right after lunch, you will visit the San Cristobal Interpretation Center, in which you’ll gain knowledge about the local history of the islands and the preservation measures taken to safeguard the archipelago’s native and endemic species. Then you’ll go to Frigatebird’s Hill, from which you can see all of San Cristobal and the sea that encloses the island. Onboard dinner at the end of the day.
Day 2: Today, youāll visit Gardner Bay in the morning. Marine Iguanas, Blue-Footed Boobies, Sally’s Light-Footed Crabs, and wading birds like Turnstones and Wandering Stilts are possible additional beach attractions. Head to Suarez Point in the afternoon for a hike on lava landscape to see marine iguanas, sea lions, endemic lizards, and species of boobies and gulls. Onboard dinner at the end of a long day.
Day 3: The day will start with a panga ride to Floreana Island and a landing at Post Office Bay to witness and learn about the history of the ancient barrel that once provided a post office for buccaneers and whalers, and now visitors can post their letters as a tradition. Then, in the afternoon, head to Cormorant Point. Two distinct beaches may be found at Cormorant Point, one with white sand and the other with green sand. The abundance of olivine crystals is what gives the green sand beach its distinctive tint. While the thin, crushed coral-based white sand of Flour Beach. Here you can appreciate pink flamingos looking for shrimp to eat as well as Blue Footed Boobies diving in search of fish. Visitors can go for a walk to Flour Beach and snorkel on Olivine Beach.
Day 4: The first tour of the day will begin by landing on Santa Cruz Island, and your first stop will be at the Charles Darwin Research Station, in which you’ll gain knowledge about the preservation efforts made to safeguard the archipelago’s endemic and native species. In the afternoon, you’ll travel to Eden Islet, which is ideal for snorkeling, kayaking, or taking a panga ride to see fish species such as angelfish, surgeonfish, rays, and sharks.
Day 5: On the final day, you will take a panga ride to Carrion Point, where you will see sharks, various bird species, and blue footed boobies. Following this activity, you will be driven to the airport to catch your flight back to the mainland.
MON Arrival to Baltra Airport and Transfer to the boat & Black Turtle Cove
TUE Prince Phillip’s Steps & Darwin Bay
WED South Plaza Island & Santa Fe Island
THU Bachas Beach & Charles Darwin Research Station (Santa Cruz Island) & Mosquera Islet
FRI Egas Port & Rabida
SAT Urbina Bay & Tagus Cove
SUN Espinosa Point & Vicente Roca Point
MON Highlands or Pitt craters & Transfer to Baltra Airport
(8 days A+B)
Day 1: Arrive at Baltra Island’s airport. Then, you’ll be transferred to the port to board the Galapagos Legend Cruise Ship. After lunch, you will board a bus to Santa Cruz Highlands, in which you will visit a residential reserve to see Giant Galapagos Tortoises in their native environment. You can also visit Black Turtle Cove. At the end of the day, you’ll r eturn to the yacht for dinner and relax.
Day 2: Ā The cruise will arrive at Genovesa Island in the morning, and your first stop will be El Barranco, also known as Prince Phillip’s Steps. You’ll start with a panga ride to the beach, where you’ll see fur seals, and then hike to the highest part of a rocky stairway, where you’ll get a great view of the island and see Nazca boobies, red footed boobies, and mockingbirds. Following this activity, you will travel to Darwin Bay. After this, onboard dinner at the end of the day.
Day 3: After breakfast, the cruise will take you to Dragon Hill, situated on the north shore of Santa Cruz Island, where you can walk to a shallow lake that is a flamingo feed intake spot and also an ecosystem for land iguanas. You can also snorkel off the shore at Dragon Hill. In the midday, you will visit Santa Fe Island, which has a white sand beach perfect for kayaking or snorkeling off the island’s beach.
Day 4: At the start of this day, you will travel to Bachas Beach, a strategic location used by the United States during WWII to defend the Panama Canal. This is also an egg – laying site for green sea turtles, as well as a haven for marine iguanas and flamingos. In the midday, you will travel to Mosquera Islet, a small islet with a coral sand beach and a large colony of sea lions. Herons, lava gulls, and boobies can also be seen here. Activities included:Ā snorkeling or diving. Onboard dinner at the end of the day.
Day 5: The cruise will depart early in the morning for Egas Port on Santiago Island, which is recognized for a big colony of endemic Galapagos fur seals. You can also go on an optional tour of an uninhabited salt mine, which used to be operational in the 1940s. Following this activity, you will travel to Rabida Island, which is known for its red sand beach. On this island, you can see sea lions, endemic Galapagos doves, and vermilion flycatchers. You can snorkel on the beach and hike to the Palo Santo Forest to see the complete bay from this vantage point.
Day 6: After breakfast, you will disembark at Urbina Bay on Isabela Island. Here you can see species such as Galapagos Land Iguanas and Galapagos giant tortoises during the wet season. In the midday, you might very well visit Tagus Cove, which was once a pirate hideout-Ā After a short hike, you’ll arrive at Darwin Lake, a spectacular volcanic landscape from which you can take stunning photographs. You can also go snorkeling with sea turtles and sea lions.
Day 7: After having breakfast, you will travel to Espinosa Point on Fernandina Island, which is home to the largest colony of marine iguanas on the entire archipelago and is also an excellent location for snorkeling and spotting Galapagos penguins. In the afternoon, you will visit Vicente Roca Point, a stunning tourist spot surrounded by enormous cliffs formed by an eroded volcano, which is also home to several species of boobies and can only be accessible by panga. This is also an excellent location for deep water snorkeling.
Day 8: At the start of the final day, you will land on Santa Cruz Island and take a bus to Santa Cruz Highlands, where you will tour a residential reserve and see giant Galapagos Tortoises in their native environment OR you can go tour the Twin Craters. Following this activity, you will be driven to the airport to catch your flight back to the mainland.
THU Baltra Airport, Mosquera Islet
FRI Egas Port & Rabida
SAT Isabela Island: Urbina Bay, Tagus Cove
SUN Fernandina: Espinoza Point, Isabela Island: Vicente Roca Point
MON Highlands Tortoise Reserve & Charles Darwin Research station (Santa Cruz Island) & North Seymour Island
TUE Bartolome Island & Sullivan Bay (Santiago Island)
WED San Cristobal Island: Pitt Point, Witch Hill
THU Colorado Hill & San Cristobal airport
(8 days B+C)
Day 1: You will be taken to the dock to board the Galapagos Legend Cruise Ship after landing at Baltra Island’s airport. You will travel to Mosquera Islet, a low-lying islet with a coral sand beach, where a large colony of sea lions lives, after settling into the yacht and eating lunch. Herons, lava gulls, and boobies can all be seen there. If you want to see sharks, rays, and barracudas, you can snorkel or dive. Day’s end and dinner served aboard.
Day 2: The cruise will take you to Santiago Island’s Egas Port in the morning. Santiago Island is known for its volcanic shoreline and is home to a colony of endemic Galapagos fur seals. A salt mine that operated in the 1940s is another optional stop that you can make. Following this activity, you will travel to Rabida Island, which is known for its red sand beach due to the volcanic material that formed it. Sea lions, endemic Galapagos doves, and vermilion flycatchers also call this place home. You can go snorkeling at the beach and hike to the Palo Santo Forest to get a panoramic view of the bay.
Day 3: You will disembark at Urbina Bay, a recent example of Galapagos volcanic uplift, on the western side of Isabela Island after an early breakfast. Here, during the wet season, you can see animals like Galapagos Land Iguanas and Galapagos giant tortoises. You will go to Tagus Cove in the afternoon, which was once a pirate hideout and deep-water anchorage. You will reach Darwin Lake, a stunning volcanic landscape where you can take incredible pictures, after a short hike. Sea turtles and sea lions can both be seen while snorkeling.
Day 4: After breakfast, you’ll travel to Fernandina Island, the youngest of the archipelago, where Espinosa Point is located. Fernandina Island is home to the largest colony of marine iguanas in the entire archipelago, and it’s a great place to snorkel because you can see Galapagos penguins there as well. You will spend the afternoon at Vicente Roca Point, a breathtaking tourist destination that is only reachable by dinghy and is surrounded by enormous cliffs that are the result of an eroded volcano. Additionally, this is a good location for deep-water snorkeling.
Day 5: You will arrive at Santa Cruz Island at the start of this day. From there, you will take a bus to Santa Cruz Highlands, where you will visit a private reserve and see enormous Galapagos tortoises in their natural habitat. After that, you’ll travel to North Seymour Island, a crucial location for viewing blue-footed boobies and great frigate birds during their courtship rituals and nesting locations. Return to the yacht for dinner and rest after these pursuits.
Day 6: Landing at Bartolome Island, regarded as the most iconic landscape of the entire archipelago, will be your first activity of the day. You will need to hike to the top of this island to view the renowned Pinnacle Rock and the entirety of Santiago Island. Additionally, while snorkeling here, you may see white-tipped reef sharks and sea lions. Weāll proceed to Sullivan Bay after lunch. Return to the yacht for dinner and rest after these pursuits.
Day 7: After breakfast, the yacht will arrive at San Cristobal Island, where you will visit Pitt Point and hike to the top of this eroded tuff cone, where you will have the chance to see a variety of boobie and frigate bird species. Afternoon dinghy rides will take you to Witch Hill, or Cerro Brujo in Spanish, where you can relax on the beach and observe the local sea lions or go snorkeling from the shore. You can also walk to a lagoon where you might see white-cheeked pintails and black-necked stilts.
Day 8: You will disembark at San Cristobal Island Port in the early morning to visit the tortoise breeding facility. You will go to the giant tortoise breeding facility “La Galapaguera” at Cerro Colorado, where you can see giant Galapagos tortoises foraging in a semi-natural environment and find out about the conservation efforts for this species. You will be driven to the airport to catch your flight back to the mainland following this activity.
2024 PRICES | |||
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4 Days | 5 Days | 8 Days | |
Standard | US$1,939 | US$2,584 | US$4,120 |
Standard Plus | US$2,401 | US$3,200 | US$5,102 |
Junior Suite | US$3,737 | US$3,649 | US$5,816 |
Junior Suite Plus | US$3,737 | US$3,649 | US$5,816 |
Balcony Suite | US$3,264 | US$4,312 | US$6,918 |
Balcony Suite Plus | US$3,264 | US$4,312 | US$6,918 |
Legend Suite | US$3,791 | US$4,981 | US$8,022 |
Vessel type
Cruise Ship
Year built
2002
Length
301ft (92m)
Beam
47ft (15m)
Max speed
17 knots
Crew
Captain, M.D., 58 other assorted crew members, and 7 multilingual naturalist guides
Capacity
100 passengers
Decks
4
1 Moon Legend Balcony Deck Cabin
33m2, double matrimonial bed + sofa bed, with balcony and panoramic windows
9 Balcony Suites Moon Deck Cabins
22m2, double matrimonial bed + sofa bed, with panoramic windows and balcony
8 Balcony suites are on the SKY deck
22m2, double matrimonial bed + sofa bed, with panoramic windows and balcony
24 Junior Suites Earth Deck Cabins
15m2, convertible double matrimonial bed or twin beds + sofa bed, with panoramic windows and balcony
4 Junior Suite Plus Earth Deck Cabins
20m2, convertible double matrimonial bed or twin beds + sofa bed, with panoramic windows and balcony
7 Standard Plus Sea Deck Cabins
11m2, double matrimonial deb, with port holes
3 Standard Earth Deck Cabins
13m2, convertible double matrimonial bed or twin beds with portholes
Triple Cabins
Legend moon cabins, balcony suites, and junior suites can be used as a triple cabin. Third person in triple cabin 25% discount
Quadruple Cabins
Junior suites cabins can be used as quadruple cabins. For two adults and two children (under 12 yrs old) 50% discount
Private bathroom
Air conditioning
Toiletries
Room towels
110v Electricity point in cabin
Lounge Area
Bar
Sundeck