Galapagos Master

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Liveaboard

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Ecuador

Total Rating

  5.4 out of 6
total of 19 Ratings
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Gabriele Ahl-Pokorny

Travelled in: December 2023, Rated on 19.12.2023, Booked with Aqua Active Agency
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Ulf

Travelled in: April 2023, Rated on 09.07.2023, Booked with Reisecenter Federsee
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We have seen on the safari at the various spots altogether already very much (hammerhead sharks, Galapagos sharks, reef sharks, manta rays, mobulas, moon fish, feeding marine lizards ...), but due to the unusually high water temperatures was just at the highlight spot Darwin hardly a hammerhead shark to spot. Well, our expectations were fired by read travel reports admittedly also very high.
The ship is no longer brand new, which is also noticeable in the cabins. Security was good, but ENOS is no longer offered. The food was ok , but especially for us as vegetarians in my opinion not particularly varied. Measured by the price and the attributed predicate "luxury class" I had honestly expected something more.

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Manuel

Travelled in: October 2022, Rated on 11.11.2022, Booked with WiroDive
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Karin und Stephan

Travelled in: July 2022, Rated on 15.09.2022, Booked with WiroDive
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Everything was perfect.
The ship is very spacious and clean.
The crew was always friendly and helpful,
the food was great. BothDiveguides were very experienced and successful in whale shark spotting.
The diving was unforgettable

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Undine Andrea und Jörg-Martin

Travelled in: January 2022, Rated on 15.02.2022, Booked with WiroDive
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Stefanie

Travelled in: January 2022, Rated on 15.02.2022, Booked with WiroDive
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Cruise director Jeffrey is top, multilingual, competent, experienced - we were in good hands. Crew very nice and in a good mood - better English skills in service + diving would be great, windows to open mega. All in all not much to complain about, however the last star is missing*.

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Alexander

Travelled in: December 2021, Rated on 02.02.2022, Booked with WiroDive
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For me personally, the absolute.
It is expensive fun, but it was worth every penny. I can only recommend this trip.
Mfg Alex.

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Markus

Travelled in: January 2022, Rated on 02.02.2022, Booked with WiroDive
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Jens

Travelled in: January 2022, Rated on 02.02.2022, Booked with WiroDive
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Claudia Brem

Travelled in: November 2021, Rated on 30.12.2021, Booked with Reisecenter Federsee
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everything was great. if i actually want to criticize something, then it was the composition of the food. for me there was too little noodles and sometimes there were 2 side dishes and more often none at all. it tasted good and there was always enough.

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Urs

Travelled in: November 2021, Rated on 29.12.2021, Booked with Reisecenter Federsee
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Katharina und Christian

Travelled in: November 2021, Rated on 26.12.2021, Booked with WiroDive
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Oliver

Travelled in: October 2021, Rated on 04.11.2021, Booked with WiroDive
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The Galapagos Master sails under the name Deep Blue and is a consistently good dive boat. The dive deck is large enough and after the dive you can enjoy hot drinks one deck up, which are offered after the dive. The dive guides are very knowledgeable and show many events underwater. I was only surprised about the participation of some divers who had guaranteed not 50 dives. This can be quite dangerous with the sometimes strong currents in Darwin and Wolf. So the paying customer is taken along with the booking, with the knowledge of a possible diving accident of inexperienced divers!
All in all a very very cool liveaboard...Galapagos belongs for me again and again to the top 5!

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Daniela und Franz

Travelled in: October 2021, Rated on 31.10.2021, Booked with WiroDive
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The Galapagos Masters team gave us a brilliant time on the ship with their friendliness + helpfulness!
The dive guides were absolutely outstanding!!! Safety was also in the first place!
We can absolutely recommend the Galapagos Masters!!!

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Stefan Midinet

Travelled in: September 2021, Rated on 29.09.2021, Booked with tourmare
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Requirement min 100 and more.

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Alex

Travelled in: July 2021, Rated on 15.09.2021, Booked with Tropical Seas
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We were very satisfied with the dive guides and their special sense of responsibility regarding safety, although I must say that the guides change every two weeks and I know that not all guides act the same. I can highly recommend Natalia and her colleague (whose name escapes me at the moment)! Regarding dive spots: in Darwin & Wolf we had our best diving ever, we have never experienced anything better! Simply awesome!!! Our personal highlight: a 7m long tiger shark! We also saw a lot of big fish and of course a huge variety of smaller fish and schools of fish. We were overwhelmed!!!

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Petra Schneider, Carsten Mohn

Travelled in: November 2020, Rated on 14.12.2020, Booked with tourmare
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All in all we had a great 10 day dive safari with unique experiences. There is not much to say about the spots, they are among the best there is and our hopes and expectations were fulfilled. The cabin (upper deck) was clean and functional, maybe a bit outdated. The food was of very good quality, but there was often too little for the vegetarians among the divers and the last ones were usually left behind. Since the number of vegetarians was announced in advance, this should not have been allowed. The dive guides were different in their manner and also in the way they organized the dive but always careful and helpful and responsive. We also give all points for safety, because in principle - also considering the degree of difficulty of the spots Wolf and Darwin - safety is very important. However, we had 3 dives off Isabela (hope for Mola Mola) and the visibility was already at max. 2 m during the first dive, so it felt like being in the North Sea. Nevertheless dive lights (not video lights) were unwanted. We as experienced divers know such conditions and would normally never go diving in our home waters without a lamp. There it was already a little bit borderline in these 3 dives. However, we recommend the trip on this boat in any case.

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Ronald Ringl

Travelled in: February 2020, Rated on 03.07.2020, Booked with Tropical Seas
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An unbelievable journey where everything really worked out perfectly. Everything was organized great, crew, boat and dive spots almost impossible to beat... for me so far completely unequalled and the best I have ever experienced...........

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Patrick Waxmann

Travelled in: November 2019, Rated on 25.05.2020, Booked with Reisecenter Federsee
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Ship: Simple, functional, clean cabins. The sun deck is rather unappealing and not very comfortable, hardly any berths. The lounge area with sofas in the aft section was too small to accommodate all divers. The indoor lounge was comfortable.
Guides: Due to the remote dive sites (Wolf, Darwin) the dive guides were very concerned about safety and clear procedures.
The quality of the food was ok to good, but often not enough. The last one at the buffet had the disadvantage.


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