Galapagos, Ecuador Liveaboard Holidays
Tiburon Explorer Liveaboard
LUXURY LIVEABOARD HOLIDAYS TO GALAPAGOS
Launched in September 2020, Tiburon Explorer is a super-modern, purpose-built dive boat, at an elegant 38 meters long. Boasting nine spacious, ensuite cabins with ocean view windows and bags of room for just 16 guests. With weekly departures to Darwin and Wolf you will experience the best diving that the Galapagos has to offer on one of the newest liveaboards in the area.
Liveaboard Services/Facilities:
Main deck with air-conditioned saloon, lounge area with comfortable sofa, flat-screen TV and bar and dining tables where delicious meals are served. Top deck offers a partially covered sun deck, ample loungers and a very inviting jacuzzi. The expansive dive deck has individual gear bins, air and nitrox filling stations, separate freshwater rinse tanks for kit and camera equipment.
Food, Beverage & Entertainment Facilities:
The onboard menu is delicious, with a variety of Western dishes and local cuisine. Hot and cold soft drinks, water, local beer, wine with dinner and snacks between dives are included in your package.
Included: Shared cabin, 7 nights on board with diving included (air, tanks & weights). Local Airport Transfers, Local Alcoholic Beverages, Drinking Water, Soft drinks, Tea & Coffee, Wine with Dinner, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Diving Package, Cabin Towels, Complimentary Toiletries.
Not included: International / Domestic Flights (please ask), Chamber Fees (30 USD per trip), National Park Fees (100 USD per trip), Port Fees, Visas and Fees (20 USD per trip). Crew Gratuities, Hotel Transfer, Local Flights, Extra Dives, Rental Dive Gear, Scuba Diving Courses, WiFi internet.
Tiburon Explorer accommodates just 16 divers in 9 modern and spacious ensuite, air-conditioned staterooms, all with ocean views. Partially covered sun deck with a jacuzzi and plenty of seating; a salon for dining, bar and entertainment area with flat screen TV.
Specification: Length: 38m, Beam: 7.5m, Main engines: 2 Engines MTU serie 60 , 475 HP each, Generators: 2x Perkins 73 kw, Maximum Speed: 12 knots, 2 electric Bauer compressors with nitrox membrane, producing 32% nitrox and 2 Rigid hull inflatable tenders, used for passenger transport and diver pickup.
Navigation and Safety: Life rafts (2), life rings/strobes, life vests/strobes, emergency position locator, flares, oxygen and first aid equipment.
Diving onboard Tiburon Explorer takes place from two large pangas (tenders), easily boarded from the dive deck.
Kitting up on the large dive deck, you will find ample storage space for your dive gear along with a bathroom, large camera table with charging station, individual storage areas and separate rinse bins for cameras and dive gear. Up to four dives a day are planned with up to four days diving at Darwin and Wolf on seven night itineraries. A naturalist dive guide and a diving instructor assistant will accompany each dive, which is preceded by a full briefing.
Nitrox is available at an additional charge and a range of PADI courses are available to book onboard.
Nitrox
Please note that Nitrox is highly recommended due to the depths and lengths of dives at Wolf and Darwin. A diver on Air will not be able to complete all 4 dives at Wolf & Darwin. Nitrox certification cards must be presented to our Dive Guides on board to be able to dive Nitrox.
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