SANTA CRUZ

Technical Specifications:
Type:
Category: First Class
Year: Bilbao, Spain, 1979
Reconstruction:  Talcahuano, Chile, 1998
Capacity: 1675
Length: 72.35 meters (237.3 feet)
Beam: 11.85 meters (38.86 feet)
Speed: 13 knots
Main Engines: 2 Sulzer engines, 1620 BHP each
Gross Tonnage: 1675
Electricity: 110 Volts in the cabins with  220 Volt
Crew: 52 plus 6 naturalists
                         
Equipment
Gyrocompass, auto pilot, radar, echo-sounders, GPS and Radio Director Finder, Safety Classification : ABS classification +A1E +  AMS #7907 853 SOLAS (safety of life at sea) ISM certificate Complying with the IMO resolution A.788(19) Automatic fire controls, Life Jackets : In each cabin, Lifeboats : Two 66-man, two 25-man, Life Rafts : Two  16-man, two 10-man, Zodiacs: 5 for ship to shore transportation,  Boston Whaler :  1 with glass-bottom with for underwater observation.

Facilities and Accommodations
Bar - Lounge, Boutique, Gift Shop, Email, radio, telephone, and Fax communications, PA system, Snorkeling Equipment, Multimedia natural history lectures, Stargazing Program, Glass bottom boat, Jacuzzi, Reading Room and Natural History Library, Air conditioned throughout, Aromatherapy Center.

Departures:  Monday and Friday

Itinerary:
7 Nights (Monday to Monday)
Mon.- Cerro Dragón (Dragon Hill) (Santa Cruz Island) - Baltra Island
Tue.- Bartolomé Island - Puerto Egas (Santiago (James) Island)
Wed.- Darwin Bay (Genovesa (Tower) Island) - North Seymour Island - Prince Philip Steps (Genovesa (Tower) Island)
Thu.- Santa Fé (Barrington) Island - Puerto Ayora (Santa Cruz Island)
Fri.- Exploring the Coastline of Stephen’s Bay, San Cristóbal (Chatham) Island - Puerto Baquerizo Moreno (San Cristóbal (Chatham) Island)
Sat.- Gardner Bay (Española (Hood) Island) - Punta Suarez (Española (Hood) Island)
Sun.- Urbina Bay (Isabela Island) - Punta Espinoza (Fernandina Island)
Mon.- Departure

7 Nights ( Friday to Friday)
Fri.- Puerto Baquerizo Moreno (San Cristóbal (Chatham) Island) - Exploring the Coastline of Stephen’s Bay, San Cristóbal (Chatham) Island
Sat.- Gardner Bay (Española (Hood) Island) - Punta Suarez (Española (Hood) Island)
Sun.- Urbina Bay (Isabela Island) - Punta Espinoza (Fernandina Island)
Mon.- Baltra (South Seymour) Island - Cerro Dragón (Dragon Hill) (Santa Cruz Island)
Tue.- Bartolomé Island - Puerto Egas (Santiago (James) Island)
Wed.- Darwin Bay (Genovesa (Tower) Island) - North Seymour Island - Prince Philip Steps (Genovesa (Tower) Island)
Thu.- Santa Fé (Barrington) Island - Puerto Ayora (Santa Cruz Island)
Fri.- Puerto Baquerizo Moreno (San Cristóbal (Chatham) Island)

3 Nights ( Friday to Monday)
Fri.- Puerto Baquerizo Moreno (San Cristóbal (Chatham) Island) - Exploring the Coastline of Stephen’s Bay, San Cristóbal (Chatham) Island
Sat.- Gardner Bay (Española (Hood) Island) - Punta Suarez (Española (Hood) Island)
Sun.- Urbina Bay (Isabela Island) - Punta Espinoza (Fernandina Island)
Mon.- Departure

4 Nights (Monday to Friday)
Mon.- Baltra Island - Cerro Dragón (Dragon Hill) (Santa Cruz Island)
Tue.- Bartolomé Island - Puerto Egas (Santiago (James) Island)
Wed.- Darwin Bay (Genovesa (Tower) Island) - North Seymour Island - Prince Philip Steps (Genovesa (Tower) Island)
Thu.- Santa Fé (Barrington) Island - Puerto Ayora (Santa Cruz Island)
Fri.- Puerto Baquerizo Moreno (San Cristóbal (Chatham) Island)

The operator reserves the right to change the itinerary without warning due to weather conditions, National Park regulations and unforeseeable circumstances.