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Land based or Live-aboard – which one is right for you?

Like everything in life there are advantages and disadvantages to both kinds of trips. Here they are to help you decide.

 

Live-aboard Trips

Advantages:

You will get in a lot more diving.

You will pack and unpack your dive gear one time during the week.

All your meals are included.

You will get to dive at Darwin and Wolf!!!!!

 

Disadvantages:

Trips are a minimum of 7 nights long and start on specific days.

These trips are more expensive than land based tours.

 

 

Land Based Trips

Advantages:

These tours tend to be less expensive.  (Although if you stay in a top tier hotel and eat out every meal, it won’t be much less)

You can start your tour on any day of the week.

Your trip can be as long or as short as you want it to be.

You can take days off of diving and sign up to visit land sites on those days.

 

Disadvantages:

There will be fewer dives per day (usually only 2).

Smaller dive boats means rougher rides to and from the dive sites.

Most meals will not be included.

There are currently many “fly by night” dive operators where quality and safety could be an issue.

You will have to pack and unpack your dive gear and rinse it every day.

You will have to transport your dive gear to and from the dive boat each day.

You will NOT get to dive at Darwin and Wolf!!!!!

 

If you are interested in booking a land based dive trip, please contact us for further information.

 

Contact information   ken@galapagosadventures.com      toll free US # available on request    US international # 1 561 393-4752 

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