Tiburon Explorer, Galapagos
9.7 Exceptional - Nitrox available
- Free Internet
- Jacuzzi / Hot Tub
“The best service I’ve received on a liveaboard! ”
Highlights
Built by divers, for divers, the Tiburon Explorer liveaboard offers everything to make your Galapagos liveaboard trip memorable. Catering to 16 guests, the liveaboard provides 9 comfortable staterooms on the lower and main decks. Each cabin is air-conditioned, with a private en-suite bathroom, queen or twin beds, and ample storage space. The main deck cabins have large windows providing stunning ocean views. Social areas include a modern main-deck salon with a TV & lounge area and a furnished dining room serving delicious chef-prepared cuisine. For further socializing and relaxation, guests can unwind on the top deck, enjoy the partially covered sun deck, or relax in the hot tub. The expansive dive deck has modern amenities, including individual gear bins, air and nitrox filling stations, and freshwater rinse tanks for kit and camera equipment.
The Tiburon Explorer liveaboard offers amazing dive trips in the Galapagos Islands. The 7-night/8-day trips explore the 'Best-of-Galapagos' sites of the Western Archipelago, including the world-famous Darwin & Wolf. This unique itinerary includes dives with endemic marine iguanas and larger pelagics, such as hammerhead sharks, manta rays, and whale sharks - season permitting, plus if divers are lucky, a chance to see the rare mola-mola. Two land tours are included to see giant land tortoises and endemic birds like the blue-footed boobie.
Book online to reserve your Galapagos dive safari aboard the Tiburon Explorer.
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Included: VAT, Airport Transfer, Alcoholic Beverages, Drinking Water, Soft drinks, Tea & Coffee, Welcome Cocktails, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Diving Package, Land Excursions, Naturalist Guide, Beach Towels, Cabin Towels, Complimentary Toiletries, Deck Towels, WiFi internet.
Required Extras: Chamber Fees ($35 / week), Environment Tax ($20), Fuel Surcharge ($150-220), National Park Fees ($220).
Optional Extras: Gratuities, Hotel Transfer, Nitrox ($150 / week), Nitrox Course ($170), Rental Gear, Laundry / Pressing Services.
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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Tiburon Explorer Reviews
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- 9.7 Exceptional
- Vessel 9.8
- Crew 9.6
- Food 9.9
- Diving 9.7
- Value 9.4
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- 10 Exceptional
- Catherine C
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Philippines
Memorable Galapagos liveaboard
Tiburon Explorer exhibited exemplary service, from the scheduled pickup at the hotel to the boat, up to the transfer to the airport. The boat's crew showed exceptional service. You can see how the crew functioned as one, to ensure that the guests' experience during diving and in the boat was a very pleasant one. The boat's crew showed that they were very knowledgeable and experienced with regards diving in the Galapagos islands. The dive crew assisted divers into their wetsuits, dive gear, accurately dropped the divers at the dive site and seamless pickup after each dive. There was attention to detail: 2 of the dive crew, were meticulously checking the divers gear and tanks, as each diver went down the short flight of stairs and upon transfer to the panga for every dive. In the panga, the crew donned the divers fins. For transfers back to the boat, the crew assisted the divers in removing their wetsuit and provided hot beverages on return to the boat. Our cabins were very comfortable and the crew regularly cleaned our rooms. There was an abundance of great tasting food. Although, there should have been more vegan options in the menu aside from veggie meat, as one of our diver friend is vegan, and can only tolerate eating veggie meat several times. Our dive guides were very knowledgeable regarding the dive sites, and you can see and feel that they wanted their divers to enjoy diving in the Galapagos islands. The dive guides were safety conscious and always checked on the divers during the dives. The dive guides were very patient with the divers, and answered questions as best as they can. The best dive site for me was Darwin, followed by Wolf. In Darwin, we saw schools of hammerhead sharks, swimming all around, in the blue, along the reefs, below and above. Going into the blue to do the safety stop was amazing, where hammerheads were also seen swimming. The sea lions during the dives, interacted with the divers. Saw mobula rays, spotted eagle rays, turtles, dolphins, wahoo. Some of the divers saw a whaleshark in the distance. The visibility in Darwin and Wolf was at around 20 meters. The water temperature ranges from 25-27 C and the 7 mm wetsuit was comfortable to handle repetitive dives. I am very fortunate to have been able to join the Tiburon Explorer liveaboard, as diving in the Galapagos has been on my bucket list for quite a while. This trip made up for my bad experience in a liveaboard in the Maldives last October 2025. Where I was pushed by one of the dive crew as I was doing the giant stride, which resulted in landing badly in a water and a tear in my left upper leg muscle, that had me need to recover and do physical therapy for 3 months. The dive crew in Tiburon Explorer was exceptional, knowledgeable, conscientious and looked after the welfare of the divers.
- Recommended for
- Dives in Darwin and Wolf. Exceptional service from the dive guides and boat crew. Comfortable accommodation.
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- 10 Exceptional
- Thomas
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United States
trip of a lifetime
trip was great
- Recommended for
- diving was great. dive guides were exelent. every thing went smoothly i know that takes a lot of work.
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- 9.2 Superb
- RUI W
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China
Great Crew
Saw lots of things: sea lions, mola mola, Hammers, and great crew!
- Recommended for
- Comfortable Boat. Great Diving site. Great Crew.
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- 10 Exceptional
- Jérémy B
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Switzerland
Amazing Amazing Amazing
The crew was incredible, all of them. The food incredibly good. The dives were the best of our life. The bed so comfortable and the room very beautiful. We enjoyed the trip! Thank you :)
- Recommended for
- Staff, dives and food
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Timothy V
- United States
Bucket list trip to the Galapagos, non-stop diving with an amazing crew
Amazing trip - highlight was diving at Darwin, the crew was extremely helpful and service was impeccable throughout. We had an incredible amount of food - four fantastic meals daily.
- Recommended for
- Phenomenal service and food. Excellent crew and dive guides. Great dives / schedule.
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Jackie G
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United Kingdom
Highly recommend this boat
Had an amazing trip. The service was best I’ve had on a liveaboard . Food and drink was top notch. Didn’t see getting we wanted but this was an El Niño year. Safety was taken seriously
- Recommended for
- Attitude and daily attention to safety. Service from crew. Food and drinks.
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- 10 Exceptional
- GREGORY S
- United States
Outstanding
Excellent experience from beginning to end. Outstanding crew and friendly/helpful guides.
- Recommended for
- The crew is incredibly attentive. Comfortable. Excellent dive sites.
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- 10 Exceptional
- Ingemar H
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Sweden
Best service ive experienced on a liveaboard along with superb diving makes 11/10
Amazing service from start to finish. They will go above and beyond to make everything as perfect as can be. Of course the dives were awesome with all what Galapagos can offer.
- Recommended for
- The service. Its fantastic. Organisation. All was minutely handled. The boat is great.
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- 10 Exceptional
- Brandon S
- United States
Simply amazing! This was a flawless trip. The dive sites and boat/crew were top notch!
The diving was comfortable and the crew has the process down to a science. The dive sites were amazing. The food was excellent and the entire crew were knowledgeable and helpful. I have zero complaints about the trip and am seriously considering going back at some point. The land excursions were great and added much value to the overall package. I highly recommend the Tiburon Explorer and it's crew. What a trip!
- Recommended for
- The crew were the best! The boat is new and really comfortable. The diving was superb. We saw nearly everything we had hoped to see.
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- 10 Exceptional
- Keith C
- United States
Crew is meticulous
The boat and crew was extremely organized making the trip very enjoyable. We had 19 dives and the Galapagos is spectacular. It definitely delivered.
- Recommended for
- Diving with Hammerhead Sharks. The cleanliness of the boat. How attentive the crew was in every detail!.
