Pricing
Departure:
Throughout the year.
Prices:
Per person sharing room from $3,410
SPECIAL OFFER: Book a nine-day journey aboard the Santa Cruz departing in May, June, September, or the first half of December 2012, and adults and children save 20 percent off the regular fare. Book the 30 May 2012 departure on La Pinta, and adults and children save 20 percent off the regular fare. Book a journey aboard the Isabela II, Santa Cruz, or La Pinta that departs by 31 July 2012, and solo travelers pay no single supplement.
For more information, to book, or to speak to an R. Crusoe & Son tour specialist, please call us at 800-585-8555.
Local Flavor
How do you approach a 500-pound, 200-year-old Galápagos tortoise?
With humility and deference. The noontide iguanas, blue-footed boobies, and waved albatross, however, don't stand on formality (they’ve seen our kind before). As for the seals, they’re positively delighted at the sight of you. This is, after all, their playground.
Welcome to the planet’s greatest living laboratory. Dozens of species of fish, reptiles, and plants that in all the world can only be found here on these 19 islands and 42 islets. Time to witness Darwin’s theory firsthand (outside the boardroom) 160-odd years after he first laid eyes on those fateful finches.
The Galápagos. 9 Family Journeys Around the Archipelago. 7-11 Days.
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R. Crusoe & Son offers nine family journeys (of varying lengths) to the Galápagos archipelago aboard the 40-passenger Isabela II, the 90-passenger Santa Cruz, or the 48-passenger La Pinta, three lovely ships.
Pangas, rubber boats that can land anywhere (think Zodiacs), bring us onto the islands, which we explore with naturalists knowledgeable in the ecology, flora, and fauna of this incredible group of islands.
Each of our ships is also accompanied by a glass-bottom boat that affords close inspection of the world beneath the ocean surface, even if members of your family don’t snorkel.
To begin your Galápagos holiday, jet down to Quito, Ecuador’s colonial capital city, for a look around. Then fly to the Galápagos archipelago.
On all of our family departures to the Galápagos, we offer the Young Pirate Program, available to all children between the ages of seven and 12. It features fun, child-centered activities to introduce your kids to the islands. And it gives the adults among us an occasional respite from childcare along the way.
Our children enjoy special menus, earlier dinner hours, and plenty to do, usually before and after lunch and dinner. There are puzzles of all sorts, arts and crafts, journaling, organized games, and a child-specific booklet about the archipelago.
Together, we explore the islands. Our adventure includes landings by sturdy pangas (rubber boats). A seasoned crew takes care of our every desire on board the ship, and naturalist guides see to our enlightenment and education as we experience the islands and the waters of the archipelago. The creatures that inhabit the islands are magnificent, and they are generally not scared of humans, so we are able to get quite close to them.
Please note: During the cruising portion of these journeys, R. Crusoe & Son travelers share the ships with other, non-Crusoe travelers.
To request a detailed itinerary for this journey (and others), click here.