With its sleek design and modern interior, we invite you to set sail through the Galapagos aboard our magnificent and state-of-the-art Expedition Cruise Ship. Its highly experienced Crew and Naturalist Guides are at your service, providing you with outstanding hospitality and accompanying you on an exciting variety of Galapagos land and aquatic excursions.
The Santa Cruz II is also perfect for groups of any size, with ample space and privacy for everyone without sacrificing views or the sense of connection to the archipelago. Numerous large areas will give you the ability to enjoy peaceful moments: by yourself or in groups, as you wish. When traveling aboard our Cruise Ship, our CO2 Reduction Strategies will ensure you become a sustainable traveler!
Learn more about why our ship is the perfect fit for your adventure in Galapagos!
Connect and engage with the Galapagos in the most fulfilling way possible through our Expedition Cruise's Park-approved selection of exciting activities: hiking, kayaking, snorkeling, paddleboarding, coastal exploration, and glass-bottom boat rides!
Enjoy the added benefit of having an onboard Expedition Leader, who'll be in charge of making sure that your experience of the Galapagos remains everything it can be, and more!
Bask in the comfort of having a smaller Guest-Guide ratio, allowing excursion groups to stay well below the National Park maximum of 16:1.
Enjoy the added benefit of having an onboard Medical Officer, who'll be in charge of making sure that your experience of the Galapagos remains safeat all times.
From top to bottom, the Santa Cruz II features ample, welcoming spaces throughout its five elegant and intimate decks. Their intuitive layout, wide hallways, and broad stairwells allow guests to get around the ship easily in our Galapagos Islands tours.
The Santa Cruz II expedition vessel comes with the following features
Fit for every type of traveler, our comfortable and impeccably clean cabins all come with large picture-windows that illuminate their interior, allowing guests to take in the views while providing an elegant and private relaxation space after a day of active exploring.
The ship has a total of 50 cabins for 90 guests, 36 of which can be interconnected, offering flexibility for larger groups of guests and families.
The perfect cabin for solo travelers. These are found on the Horizon Deck.
The ideal cabin for guests traveling in pairs. They’re also a great choice for families and/or groups that would like to have interconnected cabins.
The perfect fit for small families that wish to enjoy a single cabin together.
An excellent choice for guests seeking a deluxe travel experience aboard the Santa Cruz II. These cabins feature double picture-windows, greater space, and exclusive amenities.
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This small, secret rooftop of the restored Casa Gangotena mansion peers over Plaza San Francisco in the center of Quito’s colonial Old Town, the world’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site. Order a Cedrón Spritz, a refreshing mix of rum, lemon, sparkling wine, and fresh lemon verbena (cedrón) syrup and leaf, then revel in the mesmerizing, real-time montage of daily life in Ecuador’s capital as it parades past.
A Font of information, Klaus has spent decades in the field, leading tours in the Amazon, Andes and Galapagos Islands. He hung up his guiding boots a few years back and now creates itineraries for the tour operator, Metropolitan Touring. Adrift in the Pacific Ocean, hundreds of miles from mainland South America, Galapagos is one of the most biodiverse locales on Earth.
Santa Cruz II is a replacement for the much-loved Santa Cruz, which plied the waters of the Galapagos for 36 years. It is not a new ship; it was built in 2002 and sailed as Mare Australis under the Australis cruise brand, operating expedition cruises around Cape Horn and to Antarctica. Metropolitan Touring bought the ship in 2015 and completely refurbished it, launching it as Santa Cruz II in October 2015.
When this modern, minimalist, glass-walled jungle lodge opened in 2012, it changed the accommodation game in South America. Arquitect Alfredo Ribadeneira’s “protective cocoon” would impress in a modern city; in the depths of an Andean cloudforest, it is wild, audacious and beautiful. Though only 70 miles from Quito, Maspi Lodge sits in splendid isolation, perched on a cliff at the end of an unsealed road.
Itinerario de 5 días / 4 noches: Basado en la tarifa regular (4214 USD + impuestos por persona)
Itinerario de 7 días / 6 noches: Basado en la tarifa regular (5672 USD + impuestos por persona)
No reembolsable. Aplica únicamente para residentes ecuatorianos en nuevas reservas directas realizadas, hasta el 30 de junio del 2022, con un ejecutivo de ventas del hotel. Válido para estadías hasta el 31 de agosto de 2022. No puede ser combinada con otros descuentos, promociones u ofertas. El descuento no aplica para otros servicios. El precio no incluye recargo de combustible de $20 por noche de crucero.
