Aqua 船宿, 加拉帕戈斯

Fabulous trip that delivered everything lt promised

The Aqua is a fine boat with a great crew, fabulous food, and the same diving itinerary as more expensive boats, with just one significant drawback -- tiny cabins. I was lucky enough to have a cabin for myself because there were only 13 divers on the boat (out of 16 max capacity), and my trip was perfect. If I'd had to share the cabin, it would have been a challenge, though other solo travelers who shared a cabin still said that on balance they had a great trip.

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Professional operation, great crew. Best food I've ever had on a liveaboard. Encountered whale sharks, countless hammerheads, around 20 molas, half a dozen mantas, marine iguanas, sea lions and fur seals underwater ... but also orcas, pilot wales, and false killer whales from the boat..

Amazing dive trip Wolf+Darwin

Seeing giant Tiger Shark, hundreds of hammer heads, schools of dolphins, sea birds and islands

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Santiago great dive guide and naturalist

An affordable Galapagos liveaboard

Galapagos liveaboards tend to be quite expensive, even when certain trips go on sale. Aqua, however, is more reasonably-priced, even when it is not on sale. So getting this trip on sale made my goal of diving the Galapagos even more financially viable. Of course, sometimes you get what you pay for. This affordable Galapagos liveaboard definitely cuts corners compared to my liveaboard experiences in other destinations. These were nonetheless mostly manageable sacrifices that I could live with, like paying extra for soft drinks. My main gripe was with the guides and the timing and execution of dives. As I understand it, most Galápagos liveaboard use freelancers that rotate amongst the various boats, so what I have to say may not apply to your future trips on this boat. The guides kept dives far shorter than necessary in the name of safety, even though we could have safely remained at depth within the NDLs for much longer. They also had a tendency to lead us out into the open blue water in fruitless searches for schools of hammerheads. Most of the hammerheads that we saw were in smaller groups closer to the reef; we would have been better off staying there.

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Hammerheads, marine iguanas, affordability

Hammerheads everywhere

The rental gear was great, it was the nicest wetsuit I'd ever used, we were plenty warm. The crew was great, the people who went on this boat were a blast and the animals we saw under water were unforgettable. Soooooo many hammerheads!

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Great people, delicious food and hot showers

One of the best diving destination

Aqua boat is a mid range boat buy it's quite comfortable and the staff is nice and helpful. The Hammerhead sharks were fantastic but the diving is not easy because of currents and the cold water.

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Hammerhead sharks, good food, well organized

Great experience even with bad timing

Lots of whale sharks, some hammerheads. Unfortunately the much warmer than anticipated waters made finding the wildlife more challenging.

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The Galapagos Islands and the staff