Itinerary 8 days*
Tuesday: Baltra Island
North Seymour Island
Wednesday: Gardner Bay (Hood Island)
Punta Suárez (Hood Island)
Thursday: Point Cormorant (Floreana Island)
Post Office Bay (Floreana Island)
Friday: Santa Cruz Island
Saturday: Darwin Bay (Tower Island)
Prince Philip's Steps (Tower Island)
Sunday: Early Punta Espinoza (Fernandina Island)
Urbina Bay (Isabela Island)
Monday: Puerto Egas (James Island)
Bartolome Island
Tuesday: Bartolome Island/ Baltra
*Please note that itinerary is always subject to change without previous notice due to operational purposes
Facilities and Accommodation
The 40-guest ISABELA II, with 20 outside cabins plus an owner's suite,
Specifications
Construction: 1979
Reconstruction: Pensacola, Florida, 1988
Refurbishment: Panama, March 2000
Category: Deluxe
Gross Tonnage: 1.025 tons.
Type of Vessel: Motor Yacht
Capacity: 40 guests
Length: 53.72 meters (166 feet)
Beam: 11.58 meters (38 feet)
Speed: 10 knots
Electricity: 110 Volts 60 Hz.
Engines: 2 GM Detroit Diesel
900 BHP each
Navigation
Equipment: Gyrocompass, Automatic Pilot, radar, and GPS
Safety
Certificates: SOLAS 74 - ISM
Fire Detector: Automatic with control from the bridge.
Life Jackets: In each cabin
Lifeboats: 2 units semi enclosed
Landing Craft: 3 Zodiacs + glass bottom boat
Owner: ETICA / Metropolitan Touring
Decks: 3 (Sun deck, Cabin deck, Main deck)
Crew: 24
Naturalist: 3
Medical Officer: Permanently on board
Bar - Lounge, Boutique
Gift Shop
Radio, telephone, E-mail, and Fax communications
PA System
Snorkeling Equipment
Multimedia natural history lectures
Stargazing Program
Digital camera and underwater housing
Glass bottom boat
Jacuzzi
Reading Room & Natural History Library
Air conditioned throughout