-HUMBOLDT EXPLORER-

PRICES June 1-2025 JUN 30 2026$6.295 RER--

The 16-passenger Humboldt Explorer liveaboard was completely renovated in March 2023 and is a favorite among divers in the Galapagos Islands. The vessel offers eight air-conditioned staterooms located on the main and lower decks; each with a private bathroom, flat-screen television, and ocean view. All rooms except rooms 3 & 4 (forward below deck) can be converted to either one queen bed or two twin beds. The yacht features a partially covered sun deck with a hot tub and ample seating, a salon area with dining, a bar, and an entertainment area.

Humboldt Explorer has a large dive deck includes a bathroom, a large camera table with a charging station, individual storage areas, rinse bins for cameras, and another for gear. Diving operations are conducted from two large pangas (tenders), easily boarded from the dive deck.

SPECIFICATIONS
Capacity: 16 passenger on board
Length: 125 ft (38 meters)
Beam: 24.6 ft (7.5 meters)
Draft: 24.6 ft (7.5 meters)
Electricity: 110v - 220v
Speed: 12 knots
Crew Members: 9 crew members + 2 diving instructors

Itinerary

Monday: Baltra
Guests fly to the Galapagos Islands from Mainland Ecuador, arriving in the late morning (please make sure to land in Baltra not later than 11:30am). The dive guides will meet the guests at the airport between 11:00 am and 12 pm and escort them to the Galapagos liveaboard, Humboldt Explorer. Guests will board the vessel, have lunch, organize equipment and listen to the safety briefings.

Tuesday: Baltra North (2 Dives)
Equipement check, 7:00 and 10:00 dives
Sightings include rays and schools of fish.
Afternoon North Seymour land visit. Walk the path around North Seymour Island to see the large colonies of Blue Footed Boobies and Frigate Birds. Sighting of Sea Lions and Marine Iguanas are also common.
Depart for Northern Islands (long transit).

Wednesday: Wolf Island (3-4 Dives)
10:30, 2:00 and 4:30 dives. Possible night dive.
Sightings often include hammerheads, whale sharks, eagle rays, sea lions, Galapagos sharks, and silky sharks.
Night anchor at Wolf Island.

Thursday: Wolf Island (2 Dives)
6:30 and 9:30 dives
Transit to Darwin Island (2 Dives)
2:00 and 4:30 dives.
Sightings often include hammerheads, red-lipped batfish, eagle rays, sea lions, Galapagos sharks, and silky sharks.

Friday: Darwin Island (4 Dives)
6:30, 10:30, 2:00 and 4:30 dives.
Sightings often include hammerheads, whale sharks (in season) eagle rays, Galapagos sharks, and silky sharks.
Transit to Wolf Island

Saturday: Wolf Island (3 Dives)
6:30, 9:00 and 11:00 dives.
Sightings often include hammerheads, whale sharks (in season), eagle rays, Galapagos sharks, and silky sharks.
Long transit to Cousin’s Rock (20+ hours)

Sunday: Cousin’s Rock (1-2 Dives)
6:30 and 9:30 dives (number of dives dependent on travel time from Wolf Island)
This is great macro diving with an excellent chance of seeing sea horses, sea lions, and eagle rays. Lunch will be served while transiting to Santa Cruz (3 hours). Travel by bus to the Santa Cruz Highlands to visit the giant tortoises in their natural habitat. Visit the town of Puerto Ayora and the Darwin Centre on your own. Dinner on your own in Puerto Ayora. Return to the Humboldt Explorer at 8:30 pm.

Monday: Baltra
Depart the vessel by 9 am. Transfer to the airport.

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The weather in the Galapagos has water temperatures ranging from 65 -75 degrees F from December through May and 60 – 70 (F) June through November. Water temperatures are at the higher end of the scale in both Darwin and Wolf. Air temperatures range from 75 (F) or higher in the rainy season (December-May) to the mid ’60s (F) during the dry season (June – November), with nearly constant sea breezes.

Date Days Price Availability see our promotions///

PRICES June-2025 June 2026$6.295------HUMBOLDT EXPLORER-

- 2025 Price per Person: $6.295

01 Sep 08 Sep 8 Days / 7 Nights $ 6295 1 space sold out

20 Oct 30 Oct 11 Days /10 Nights $ 8995 2 spaces

15 Dec 22 Dec 2025 8 Days / 7 Nights $ 6295 Open for charter

22 Dec 29 Dec 2025 8 Days / 7 Nights $ 6295 01 space

29 Dec 05 Jan 2026 8 days / 7 nights 06 spaces

sample 11 day 10 nights Itinerary A

Please note that all trips onboard Humboldt Explorer are now operated from Baltra to Baltra (Airport code GPS). We will not sail from/to San Cristobal island anymore.

Monday: Baltra
Guests fly to the Galapagos Islands from Mainland Ecuador, arriving in the late morning (please make sure to land in Baltra not later than 11:30am). The dive guides will meet the guests at the airport between 11:00am and 12:00pm and escort them to the Humboldt Explorer. Guests will board the vessel, have lunch and listen to the briefings.

Tuesday: Baltra North (2 Dives)
6:30 and 9:30 dives.
Sightings include rays and schools of fish.
Afternoon North Seymour land visit: Walk the path around North Seymour Island to see the large colonies of Blue Footed Boobies and Frigate Birds. Sighting of Sea Lions and Marine Iguanas are also common. Depart for Northern Islands (long transit).

Wednesday: Wolf Island (3 dives)
10:30, 2:00 and 4:30 dives. Possible night dive.
Sightings often include hammerheads, whale sharks (in season), eagle rays, sea lions, Galapagos sharks and silky sharks.

Thursday: Wolf Island & Darwin (4 dives)
6:30, 10:30 dives in Wolf, then transit to Darwin.
2:00 and 4:30 dives in Darwin.
Sightings often include hammerheads, whale sharks (in season) eagle rays, Galapagos sharks and silky sharks.

Friday: Darwin Island (4 Dives)
6:30, 10:30, 2:00 and 4:30 dives.
Sightings often include hammerheads, whale sharks (in season) eagle rays, Galapagos sharks and silky sharks.

Saturday: Darwin Island (4 Dives)
6:30, 10:30, 2:00 and 4:30 dives.
Sightings often include hammerheads, whale sharks (in season) eagle rays, Galapagos sharks and silky sharks.

Sunday: Wolf Island (4 Dives)
6:30, 10:30, 2:00 and 4:30 dives.
Sightings often include hammerheads, whale sharks (in season), eagle rays, Galapagos sharks and silky sharks. Long transit to Cabo Douglas.

Monday: Cabo Douglas (2-3 Dives)
Sightings include marine iguanas. Transit to Punta Vicente Roca.

Tuesday: Cabo Marshall (3-4 Dives)
Sightings often include mantas, barracudas and many more. Transit to Cousins Rock .

Wednesday: Cousin’s Rock (1-2 Dives)
6:30 and 9:30 dives (number of dives dependent on travel time from Cabo Marshall).
This is a great macro diving with an excellent chance of seeing sea horses, sea lions and eagle rays. Lunch will be served while transiting to Santa Cruz (3 hours).
In the afternoon, travel by bus to the Santa Cruz Highlands to visit the giant tortoises in their natural habitat.
Transfer to the town of Puerto Ayora. Dinner on your own in Puerto Ayora. Return to the Humboldt Explorer at 8:30pm.

Thursday: Baltra
Depart the vessel by 8:30 am. Transfer to the airport.

M/Y Tiburon

The MY Tiburon is new full diving yacht, check with us for spaces-

Built in 2020, the elegant & spacious 16-passenger M/V Tiburon Explorer is Galapagos Island’s premier liveaboard. It provides 9 air-conditioned staterooms located on the main deck (6 cabins) and lower deck (3 cabins), all of which have private bathrooms and stunning ocean views. All cabins, except cabin 1 main deck have twin beds that can be converted to queen beds for couples. The yacht features a partially covered sun deck with a hot tub and ample seating, a salon area with dining, a bar, and an entertainment area. WiFi with Satellite Internet connection is available onboard (see package prices in our FAQ’s section)

The Tiburon Explorer’s large dive deck includes a bathroom, a large camera table with a charging station, individual storage areas, rinse bins for cameras, and another for gear. Diving operations are conducted from two large pangas (tenders), easily boarded from the dive deck.

PRICES FOR 2025-2026

PRICES July 1- 2025--Jun 30 2026$7.295-----TIBURON EXPLORER-

06 Dec -13 Dec--2025 8 Days / 7 Nights $ 7195 FULL

13 Dec 20 Dec 2025 8 Days / 7 Nights $ 7195 OPEN FOR CHARTER

20 Dec 27 Dec -2025---8 Days / 7 Nights $ 7195 2 spaces

27 Dec 03 Jan 2026- 8 Days / 7 Nights $ 7295 6 spaces

INCLUDED

7 nights/8 days aboard the vessel
Up to 4 dives daily (Weather Permitting).
3 meals daily, except Sunday’s evening meal
Between-dive snacks
Towels, linens
Use of tanks, weights and weight belts
All air fills
Transfers between vessel and airport for same day arrivals & departures
Local alcohol
Non-alcoholic beverages

NOT INCLUDED:

Flights to/from Galapagos
Dive instruction and retails sales
Dive gear rental (Wetsuit, BCD, regulator, dive computer, fins, masks, booties, gloves, hoods)
Crew gratuities
Trip Cancellation & Dive Accident Insurance
Premium Alcoholic Beverages
Galapagos National Park tax – USD 200 per person, cash only.
Ingala Transit Card USD 20 per person, cash only).
Nitrox: USD 150 per person.
Hyperbaric chamber fee USD 35 per person.
Fuel tax USD 150 per person

Your Galapagos Liveaboard diving adventures in will encompass everything from sharks to nudibranchs, and more. The islands are best known for amazing shark diving around Wolf and Darwin Islands. These small and remote islands are best reached by liveaboard vessels for divers. Your diving experience here will generally include Galapagos sharks, silky sharks, and lots of schooling hammerheads being cleaned by king angelfish. Seeing marine turtles, schools of tuna, eagle rays, and sea lions are very common, and seeing a whale shark is very possible from June through November.

All the islands you travel to are amazing sites for underwater photography. Macro photographers will have their fill of sea horses, barnacle blennies, coral hawkfish, and many others. An abundance of rays is at many of the dive sites (including spotted rays, marble rays, golden rays, and stingrays) along with sea lions, sea turtles, schools of grunts, and snappers. The variety of life in the water is unlike any other place, with thick schools of the native brown striped Salema, snappers, groupers, and huge sea turtles.

Both Humboldt Explorer and Tiburon Explorer’s itineraries include land tours to see these local creatures: North Seymour Island walking tour; Santa Cruz Highlands tour to see giant tortoises; large colonies of blue-footed boobies and frigate birds, sea lions and marine iguanas; free time to explore beach town Puerto Ayora. Consider adding even more time to your trip to experience the land animals as well.

The weather in the Galapagos has water temperatures ranging from 65 -75 degrees F from December through May and 60 – 70 (F) June through November. Water temperatures are at the higher end of the scale in both Darwin and Wolf. Air temperatures range from 75 (F) or higher in the rainy season (December-May) to the mid ’60s (F) during the dry season (June – November), with nearly constant sea breezes.