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2012 Prices
LAST MINUTE DEALS
IF YOU CAN TRAVEL ANYTIME IN THE NEXT 6 WEEKS, THERE MAY BE SOME LAST MINUTE SPECIALS AVAILABLE. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
Pricing for Galapagos trips has become quite complicated in 2012. On January 31 of every year, the Galapagos National Park (abbreviated GNP) issues a permit (called a patente) to each of the vessels in Galapagos. On each patente is the approved itinerary for that vessel for that year. All vessels must follow the itinerary on their patente and they can not deviate from it. In past years all itineraries were 7 nights long however some vessel choice to divide their itinerary in half creating 3 and 4 night itineraries that could be combined to create a 7 night itinerary. Other yachts simply followed the same 7 night itinerary for all of their cruises. So in years past, there were basically trips that were either 3, 4, or 7 nights in length.
In 2012, the GNP issued all the naturalist yachts 14 night itineraries (the reason has to do with the conservation of the islands). Very few passengers book trips that are this long so the yachts subdivided their itinerary into shorter cruises. Some kept it simple and divided the itinerary in half creating two 7 night cruise that follow different itineraries. Other divided the 14 nights into trips of 5, 5 and 4 OR 6, 4, and 4 OR even 3, 4, 3 ,4. These shorter cruises can be combined to form longer trips. Therefore in Galapagos there are now trips of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 14 nights. Add in the fact that many yachts have different cabin grades that are different prices and some but not all yachts have a high season rate and a low season rate (and a specific date in high season for one yacht may be in low season for another) and you can see that things can get very confusing.
SO let's simplify this because all you really want to know is how much does a trip to Galapagos cost -
To give you an idea of what you can expect a Galapagos tour to cost, you should figure that most tours run between $300 to as much as $600 per person per night including your accommodations, meals, and tours. There are a number of incidental expenses associated with any trip to Galapagos which are in addition to the actual cruise. For an itemized list of those expenses and their costs, go to http://www.galapagosadventures.com/incidentals/ Realistically these expenses will add up to about $1000 pp NOT including the cost of the international flights to Ecuador.
Therefore you can figure a 10 day/ 9 night tour including 8 days/7 nights in Galapagos and 2/day / 2 nights on the mainland will cost between $3100 (7 nights x 300 plus $1000) to $5200 (7 nights x 600 plus $1000) NOT including the cost of your international flight.
If you would like to see the price sheet for any specific yacht or ship, we would be more than happy to provide you with that information upon request.
If you are interesting in getting exact prices, please send us your travel dates, number of people in your party, and approximate number of days you would like to be in Galapagos. We will then provide you with as many options/offers as we can locate so you can select the cruise that is right for you.
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