Encantada Galapagos Cruise

Wonderful Time!

Both of us had a wonderful time and the whole Galapagos experience was amazing! The chef made delicious meals that catered especially for my food allergies, our guide had lots of experience and was funny and entertaining too, and the cosiness of being on a small yacht helped us to develop many new friendships.

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Pamela Retamal, 29th March 2017

Smaller Boat = Bigger Experience

My Wife and I did this cruise at the beginning of December 2012, we weren't sure what to expect but we know someone who had already done this boat a few years ago and it was recommended.

The Galapagos Islands are truly AMAZING!!! When it was all over we where extremely happy that we had chosen this boat over bigger ones. The first part of our tour (A) there was a total of 8 people, the (B) portion only 5. This boat has the capacity to hold 12 guests.

1st recommendation, if it's over 8 guests people are going to be tripping all over each other.

Some guests complained of engine noise, we didn't find the noise to really be an issue. The boat does rock around a bit when moving, we had a gravel tabs and took them a few nights out of 9 on long sailings. Pretty whipped out every evening and passed out easily.

The Crew on the boat are all awesome super friendly guys. They made the trip very enjoyable.

For the first portion of the trip we had a fill in guide who we where not impressed with. He was very knowledgable about wildlife but didn't have fantastic people skills. Sleeping in past activity departure times doesn't fly. Conditioning and fitness was also an issue for walking on Islands.

The full time guide (Juan) who works off this boat is amazing and gets in the water with snorkeling. He was AWESOME.

The quality of food on the boat was AVERAGE overall. It was HIT and MISS, quantity was UNSATISFACTORY!!!!!! They seem to take reviews seriously so I'm curious if someone after this can comment to see if "SCUBA GALAPAGOS" the owners of the boat buck up a few extra dollars to provide a few extra spoonfuls of food for starving guests. Take some extra snacks.

HIGHLY RECOMMEND, SMALLER BOAT EQUALS BIGGER EXPERIENCES.

Greg C, Canada, 7th March 2017

No Complaints At All. Highly Recommended!!

I know, this information will not be useful for you anymore, but for everybody else who is thinking about the Encantada. We just came back from a 4n/5d cruise on the Encantada, and it was incredible. FANTASTIC. We weren't sure about this tourist class option, but it was the only one that fitted our schedule and it went to Genovesa, the island we were hoping to visit. Everybody told us, the guide and the food will be bad on a tourist class boat, but it really wasn't! The food was very good. Every single day, something different, something tasty!! Juan was our guide for the first day, but he needed a holiday, so Samuel was our guide for the rest of the trip. He knew a lot about the Islands and the animals, and could answer all our questions. The service of all the crew members was amazing. The cabins were just fine, the mattresses were perfect. Take sea-sickness pills though, because it can get very bumpy, but I guess other boats will have that problem too. Hot showers during the whole trip. No complaints at all. Highly recommended!!

Not convinced yet? Take a look at our pictures on www.intomundo.com

B. K., 10th January 2017