Nortada Liveaboard, Galapagos
8.7 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 accommodating up to 8 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 support small dive groups and an attentive 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 year-round.
The Nortada is available for individual bookings and full charter. Book 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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- 8.7 Fabulous
- Vessel 7.9
- Crew 8.7
- Food 9.5
- Diving 8.9
- Value 8.4
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Michael F
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United States
Amazing experience
Amazing diving, no where else in the world can you get this amount of wildlife
- Recommended for
- The crew. The dive team. The scenery.
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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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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Tadzio B
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Netherlands
Amazing experience with an amazing crew
The amazing diving!
- Recommended for
- Diving, crew, food
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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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- 8.8 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
- 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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- 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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- 8.8 Fabulous
- Mirko H
- Switzerland
Best crew, very familiar and awesome diving
Hammerhead, Hammerheadschool, Waleshark, oceanmantas, diabolo manta, goldenray school, molamola, seahorse, seaiguanas, the hole live on the bord
- Recommended for
- Of course diving, its crazy beautifull!! The food was soo delicious even for vegetarian or vegan people. It was e very familiar athmospher with the crew and small diving groups of 4 people.
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- 9.2 Superb
- Scott A
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United Kingdom
Spectacular Trip
My first ever time on a liveaboard and a truly spectacular one. The boat may lack some of the luxuries that are available on some of the more expensive trips but what it does boast is small guest numbers which makes for a really personal experience and better diving, which (if you are like me) is a far higher priority anyway. All the guides and crew were fantastic; friendly, attentive and welcoming- nothing was too much trouble. The diving I cannot put into words... Whalesharks, Hammerheads, Penguins, Iguanas... I was lucky enough to see them all. There were some small logistical problems, such as not initially having the correctly sized rental equipment but I cannot fault them for their quick efforts to get this rectified and it absolutely wasn't a significant enough problem to tarnish what really was a special trip. Thank you Nortada, for a fantastic week
- Recommended for
- Great diving, incredible wildlife and fantastic crew
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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
