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Beluga Motor Yacht

General Information

M/Y Beluga

The comfortable Beluga is a highly recommended option for your cruise. Excellent itineraries, experienced guides and top quality operations set this yacht apart from many others. With panoramic windows in the salon and spacious sundeck areas for relaxing or sightseeing and ample cabins with lower beds, the Beluga cruises the islands in speed and style. Fully air conditioned with spacious social areas, this yacht has all the comforts and facilities one would expect from a quality first class motor yacht.

Technical Information

Classification: First Class
Number of Passengers: 16
Accommodations: 8 Double cabins each with private bath and hot/cold water showers and security safe. All cabins have lower beds; Cabin #1, suitable for families, has two lower beds and one upper bed. Some cabins offer panoramic view windows.
Features: Panoramic windows in salon/dining area, TV/DVD system. Fully air conditioned.
Crew: All crew are fully trained and certified. Captain, multilingual naturalist guide, cook, 2 engineers, barman, and 4 sailors.
Diving offered: No
Length: 33.8 m
Beam: 7.1 m
Speed: 12 knots cruising
Engines: Twin Scania Diesels; 450 HP each
Built / Renovated: Built 1968 in Hanover, Germany; fully rebuilt 1994 in Florida.
Construction Type: Steel Hull
Safety and Navigation Equipment: VHF and DSC & HF DSC radios. DPIRB, SART, satellite tracking device, 2 GPS’s, 2 radars, depth sounder, flares, basic first aid kits, 2 tenders with outboards, fin keels for extra stability, flotation rings, life rafts with surplus capacity for all passengers and crew.
Energy: 3 Perkins generators; 110 and 220 V A.C. 60 cycles.
Water Capacity: 2 reverse osmosis water makers
Other: Sewage treatment system

Route Map

Tower Itinerary, 8 Days (click on map to enlarge)

Beluga Tower Itinerary Map

Fernandina Itinerary, 8 Days

Beluga Fernandina Itinerary Map

Itinerary

Galapagos yachts all operate on a 14 day (2 week) circuit. This circuit is broken into shorter itineraries which can be combined; depending on the yacht, cruises can be as short as 4 days and as long as 15 days.

Starting or ending days are highlighted in the 15 day itinerary (day 1 and day 15 have the same activities); passengers arriving on these days will do the afternoon activity and passengers departing on these days will do the morning activity.

The Beluga offers cruises of 4 days (starting day 5), 5 days (starting day 1), and two itineraries of 8 days, which can be combined to form a complete circuit of 15 days. One 8 day itinerary includes the northwest area of the Galapagos, including Isabela and Fernandina, and the other visits the southeast and central portion of the islands including Genovesa.

All itineraries listed below are subject to change or modification due to park regulations, airport restrictions, weather conditions, or other circumstances beyond the control of Eos or the yacht operators. They are listed as a service to provide general information as to which places in the Galapagos are typically visited by each yacht cruise.

Itineraries for 2013:

15 day circuit

Operation Days: Friday - Friday

DAY 1 Arrive Baltra - Dragon Hill
DAY 2 Santa Fe - South Plazas
DAY 3 San Cristobal: Cerro Brujo - Kicker Rock - Pt. Baquerizo Moreno
DAY 4 Española: Gardner Bay - Islote Gardner - Islote Osborn - Punta Suarez
DAY 5 Santa Cruz: Highlands - Charles Darwin Station
DAY 6 Chinese Hat - Santiago: Sullivan Bay
DAY 7 Genovesa: Darwin Bay - Prince Philips Steps
DAY 8 Black Turtle Cove - Santa Cruz Highlands - Charles Darwin Station
DAY 9 Floreana: Punta Cormorant - Devils Crown - Post Office Bay
DAY 10 Isabela (Puerto Villamil): Sierra Negra Volcano - Tintoreras - Humedales
DAY 11 Isabela: Punta Moreno - Elizabeth Bay
DAY 12 Isabela: Urbina Bay - Tagus Cove
DAY 13 Fernandina: Punta Espinoza - Isabela: Punta Vicente Roca
DAY 14 Santiago: Puerto Egas - Bartolomé
DAY 15 North Seymour - Depart Baltra

 
8 Days East

Operation Days: Friday - Friday Download Detailed Itinerary

DAY 1 Arrive Baltra - Dragon Hill
DAY 2 Santa Fe - South Plazas
DAY 3 San Cristobal: Cerro Brujo - Kicker Rock - Pt. Baquerizo Moreno
DAY 4 Española: Gardner Bay - Islote Gardner - Islote Osborn - Punta Suarez
DAY 5 Santa Cruz: Highlands - Charles Darwin Station
DAY 6 Chinese Hat - Santiago: Sullivan Bay
DAY 7 Genovesa: Darwin Bay - Prince Philips Steps
DAY 8 Black Turtle Cove - Depart Baltra

 
8 Days West

Operation Days: Friday - Friday Download Detailed Itinerary

DAY 1 Arrive Baltra - Santa Cruz Highlands - Charles Darwin Station
DAY 2 Floreana: Punta Cormorant - Devils Crown - Post Office Bay
DAY 3 Isabela (Puerto Villamil): Sierra Negra Volcano - Tintoreras - Humedales
DAY 4 Isabela: Punta Moreno - Elizabeth Bay
DAY 5 Isabela: Urbina Bay - Tagus Cove
DAY 6 Fernandina: Punta Espinoza - Isabela: Punta Vicente Roca
DAY 7 Santiago: Puerto Egas - Bartolomé
DAY 8 North Seymour - Depart Baltra

 
5 Days "Hood"

Operation Days: Friday - Tuesday

DAY 1 Arrive Baltra - Dragon Hill
DAY 2 Santa Fe - South Plazas
DAY 3 San Cristobal: Cerro Brujo - Kicker Rock - Pt. Baquerizo Moreno
DAY 4 Española: Gardner Bay - Islote Gardner - Islote Osborn - Punta Suarez
DAY 5 Depart Baltra

 
4 Days "James"

Operation Days: Tuesday - Friday

DAY 1 Arrive Baltra - Santa Cruz Highlands
DAY 2 Chinese Hat - Santiago: Sullivan Bay
DAY 3 Genovesa: Darwin Bay - Prince Philips Steps
DAY 4 Black Turtle Cove - Depart Baltra

 
 

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