Nortada Liveaboard, Galapagos
- from $ 374 / day
- 8.5 Fabulous
- 24 Verified Reviews 24 Verified Reviews
- Nitrox available Flexible Booking
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.
Required Extras: Chamber Fees (35 USD), National Park Fees (100 USD), Visas and Fees.
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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Boat features
Food & Drinks
If you have any specific dietary requirements whilst on-board your cruise, you can add this to your special requests on step 2 of the booking form. We advise limiting these requests to religious beliefs or food allergies.
Diving
The crew speaks English and Spanish.
Gear Rental
There is diving gear available on this boat. Please provide your rental needs on the booking form. See below for further details on inclusions and pricing. Show prices.
Drawings & Vessel Layouts
Boat Specifications
- Year built 1986
- Year renovated 2014
- Length 25.66 meters
- Deck area 3 decks
- Beam 5.40 meters
- Top speed 10 knots
- Cruising speed 8 knots
- Engines Twin CUMMINS 6CTA8.3-M 255 HP main engines
- Max guests 12
- Number of cabins 4
- Number of bathrooms 5
- Tenders 2 15 feet Nautica inflatable boats with 25 HP four stroke outboard engines
- Water capacity 1200 gallons
- Fuel capacity 1700 gallons
- Freshwater maker Sea water desalination system
Boat Navigation and Safety
Nortada Reviews
- 8.5 Fabulous
- 24 Verified Reviews
- Vessel 7.8
- Crew 8.5
- Food 9.3
- Diving 8.6
- Value 8.1
- 8.0 Very good
- Eveline J
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Netherlands
Impressive diving in Galapagos on a nice small boat
Wolf and Darwin are very impressive, both under and above the water, but the other dive spots are equally impressive. The itinerary allows to see a great diversity of the underwater life in Galapagos. It is a pity that the first and last day of the week do NOT include any dives. The first day mentions a dive, but this is only jumping in the water in the harbour to check weights. We were back in the harbour on the day before the end of the trip. They promise at least 20 dives, but this means: exactly 20 dives. The dive instructor was not very attentive. He did not check if divers could follow and never checked if we were ok. In two dives, the group fell apart (low visibility in these areas). If you are not totally comfortable in the water, that could be a disadvantage. However, this was a freelancer, so this may vary from instructor to instructor. Despite these points of improvement, the boat and the crew and the itinerary are a big advantage of Nortada and we would definately recommend this boat.
- Recommended for
- dives, small group, itinerary
- 8.0 Very good
- miguel L
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Argentina
Great trip, excellent guide
It was an excellent trip. It´s the best to be only 8 divers. Great guide, excellent crew, very good food. Unfortunately Nitrox was not avaiable. I would suggest to improuve the first test dive, and dive in some spot outside the Puerto Ayora bay. Overall it was great
- Recommended for
- Big fish, dive spots, few divers
- 8.8 Fabulous
- John G
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United States
Good value for the money
Albino Mola mola, several manta rays, swimming with sea lions.
- Recommended for
- Small group size, food and staff flexibility
- 8.4 Very good
- Markus J
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Finland
Very good experience
Hundreds of Hammerheads at Wolf, Mola-Mola's, a Killer whale, Mantas, Marina Iguanas, Penguins, Dolphins, School of Silky sharks under our boat at Darwin, Sealions, Golden Rays, Pirate Cave at Wolf.
- Recommended for
- Huge variety of underwater life, very good food, good diveguides
- 8.8 Fabulous
- Ulrike W
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Austria
it was a great trip
Moonfish, many hammer sharks, marine iguanas
- Recommended for
- the crew, dive spots, many big fish to see
- 9.2 Superb
- Patick W
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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.
- 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
- 10 Exceptional
- Annette D
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France
one of my best
all has been very great !!!!! Galápagos are still the best destination for diving in the world for me ( third time here ! ) !!!!
- Recommended for
- small group (8 guests on board ),very nice&comfortable liveaboard, huge hug to all the crew !
- 8.0 Very good
- Fernando B
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Brazil
Amazing dives
Dive schedule, only 8 people, Manta Rays, Hammerhead Shark, Whale Sharks.
- Recommended for
- Dive schedule, only 8 people, departure on Puert Ayora
- 7.2 Good
- joseph V
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Netherlands
duiken in een fantastisch omgeving
hammerheads, whale sharks, mola mola,manta rays and a perfect group.
- Recommended for
- de duikgroep, het gebied Wolf en Darwin, onderwater leven
