Nortada Liveaboard, Galapagos
8.6 Fabulous - Nitrox available
- Free Internet
- Naturalist Guide
“Great crew, very friendly and helpful.”
Highlights
The 26m Nortada liveaboard presents a different kind of Galapagos dive liveaboard experience. With only 4 cabins onboard and catering to a maximum of 12 guests, the Nortada offers divers a more intimate and personalized experience. The dive platform with a bench and camera table was carefully designed with divers in mind, and the 2 tenders and 2 assigned dive guides allow for small dive groups and attentive dive experience.
The comprehensive 7 or 14-night itineraries to the world-famous dive sites including Wolf and Darwin nearly guarantee guests dive trips of a lifetime. Pelagic sightings involving hammerheads, Galapagos sharks, giant mantas, whale sharks, and mola molas are not uncommon, and guests can also hope to see the Flightless Cormorants, Galapagos Penguins, Marine Iguanas, and several other endemic species during the cruise. Nitrox is available for an additional cost, as is rebreather support and technical diving. For non-diving guests, the Nortada also offers the Naturalist itinerary throughout the year.
The Nortada is available for individual bookings and full charter. Call us or reserve online today to start your amazing Galapagos adventure.
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Included: VAT, Drinking Water, Soft Drinks at Meal Times, Tea & Coffee, Welcome Cocktails, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Diving Package, Extra Dives, Night Dives, Land Excursions, Naturalist Guide, Cabin Towels, Complimentary Toiletries, Deck Towels, WiFi internet.
Required Extras: National Park Fees (100-200 USD), Visas and Fees (20 USD).
Optional Extras: Gratuities, Airport Transfer (50 USD), Alcoholic Beverages (3-6 USD per item), Soft drinks (2 USD per item), Wine with Dinner (20 USD per item), Nitrox, Nitrox Course (210 USD), Private Dive Guide, Rental Gear, Kayaks, Snorkel Gear, Snorkeling Guide.
Book now, pay later: You can easily place your booking online. We will then hold the spaces for you and you can confirm with a payment later.
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Nortada Reviews
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- 8.6 Fabulous
- Vessel 7.9
- Crew 8.6
- Food 9.4
- Diving 8.8
- Value 8.3
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- 8.8 Fabulous
- Michael W
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United Kingdom
Great diving shame about lack of nitox
Whale shark and hammerheads at Darwin were amazing but other dives would have a fantastic variety from penguins and playful sea lions to the strange mola
- Recommended for
- great diving, Pedro the chef
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- 8.8 Fabulous
- Alexandra Simone Z
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Switzerland
Friendly crew, awesome dive spots
Really friendly and helpful crew and guides! They were always around and ofered ther help, so you hadn't always to ask for help! So nice! Enough space in the shared cabin! Good food And awesome dive spots
- Recommended for
- Friendliness of the crew and guides. Crew always helped incredibile nice with the dive gear and everything else on the boat!. Dive places!.
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- 10 Exceptional
- Lara U
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France
Which will remain unbeatable for a long time the best week of my life... Aboard the Nortada
A simply magical and indescribable week aboard the Nortada. Between the crew taking care of you, the magnificent little boat in which you quickly feel at home and that you can't leave... And life underwater..., you cling to balconies, or you land in small basins, then you let yourself drift at high speed above the reef and then in the blue, and this always accompanied somewhere by hammerheads, dolphins, galapagos sharks, eagle rays... that you don't even know where to look. Our guide Jesse was perfect, our highlight was the double passage under our nose just after the immersion of a huge female tiger shark of more than 5m in Darwin....I recommend this boat 1000%
- Recommended for
- Friendly family atmosphere. Quality of diving equipment provided. Supervision, care and support.
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- 9.2 Superb
- Benjamin S
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United States
Excellent!
Amazing diving around the Galapagos. Great crew, very friendly and helpful.
- Recommended for
- Dive Guides, Crew, Dive Sites
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- 10 Exceptional
- Diane C
- France
I couldn't have dreamed of a better liveabord in the Galapagos!
I stayed 8 days on board the Nortada and it was one of the best experiences of my life. The dives were fantastic, we saw schools of hammerhead sharks, mola mola, dolphins and even... orcas!! I will never forget that moment in Darwin when we saw orcas hunting hammerhead sharks under the zodiac.The cabins are comfortable, and the very hot water in the shower is clearly a plus because the dives are very cold.Thank you to all the crew who were always taking care of us, the food on board was excellent and thank you to the two amazing dive masters Daniel and Felipe, they knew the sites perfectly. Thank you to Daniel, for his energy, his good humor and his competence!!
- Recommended for
- The crew was lovely, helpful and available. The divemasters Daniel and Felipe were fantastic. The dives were amazing.
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- 9.2 Superb
- Patick W
- United States
Diving in the Galapagos you will see hundreds of hammerheads, marine iguanas and schools of many different types of fish.
Seeing schools of hammerhead sharks at Darwin and Wolf Island Swimming with marine iguanas and seeing them eat green algae underwater at Fernandino Island Swimming with Galapagos sea lions and how playful they were. Seeing flightless cormorants dive for fish. Seeing Mola-Mola. The food and juices on board were great. The boat was very clean and the staff were friendly. The dingy rides around the smaller islands that allowed us to observe endemic birds was really cool.
- Recommended for
- Diving at Darwin and Wolf Islands with schools of hammerhead sharks. The food on board was spectacular. At each of the islands after diving, they took us on the dingy to see the edemic birds.
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- 8.0 Very good
- Tuan N
- United States
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Overall, our experience was amazing. Aside from the diverse wild life on each dive, which speaks for itself, the main reason this trip was great was how small and intimate the dive group was and how friendly the crew are. We took this trip in September and only had 8 total divers on this cruise (out of a possible 12), which made the dives and living with one another in close quarters really comfortable. The boat may be smaller than some available but the room sizes are a comfortable with relatively soft beds. The AC can be a bit tricky but the crew was very helpful in fixing it.
- Recommended for
- Dive group. The crew. Small group.
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- 8.0 Very good
- Alexandra T
- France
Unforgettable diving week
The highlight of the trip was of course swimming along the whale shark! The dives were all fantastics and we saw so many fishes and animals. The ambiance on the boat with the other divers and crew was very nice
- Recommended for
- - Our dive guide Simon Velez ; The dives ; the dedication of the crew
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- 10 Exceptional
- Christin O
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Germany
My diving wish list was 100% fulfilled!
The safari with the Nortada met all my expectations. With only 8 guests and an extremely helpful crew, there is a real family atmosphere. The dive sites were breathtaking and you really get to see all the highlights of Galapagos on this tour: schools of hammerhead sharks, sea lions, underwater iguanas, mola mola, seahorses and the big Oceanic manta rays. As the icing on the cake, there was a whale shark! It's a pity that the week went by so quickly.
- Recommended for
- Exciting dives, great group, great crew
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- 8.8 Fabulous
- Anette S
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Norway
Amazing Galapagos
Diving in Galapagos was amazing. The boat Nortada hoses only 8 divers and thats PERFECT. You dive in small groups and gets close to the marine life. There where huge schools of hammerheads, sunfish(mola mola), sealions,, eagle reys,turtles and so on... Its a small boat, but if there are big waves on the sea i don't think it would make any different if you are on a bit bigger boat. The crew was super friendly and the food was good. I will highly recommend this trip and this boat!
- Recommended for
- Few divers, best dive spots, fantastic marine life
