Tip Top III
Our First Class yacht Tip Top III was designed and constructed in 2001 and redesigned in 2008 to offer the highest level of security and comfort to our guests.
Technical Information
- Length: 104 feet
- Beam: 22 feet
- Draft: 5 feet
- Cruising speed: 11 knots
Safety & Communications System:
- (2) 24 miles range Furuno Navnet Radar/Chart Plotter
- (2) Furuno-FCV620 Eco sounder, GPS, Furuno NX300 Navtex, Furuno SC-Satellite Fluxgate compass, Furuno HF-MF/DSC Radio
- (2) VHF/DSC Standard radios, ACR Epirb, Sart
- (2) ACR VHF bi-directional rescue radios, Ritchie Magnetic Compass, hydraulic helm, barometer, clock, thermometer, helm indicator, searchlight, horn, fire & smoke detector system.
- (2) You Lung inflatable life rafts for 25 passengers each one
- (50) life jackets
- Twin 17 feet Nautica Inflatable boats with 25 HP four-stroke outboard motors for 12 passengers each one.
All safety equipment complies with International Coast Guard regulations.
Mechanic Equipmment:
Twin DEUTZ BF8M 1015 MC 442 HP engines. Twin 55 KW CUMMINS ONAN 6BS.9-D (M) electric generators (M). Village Marine Tec Oil / Water Separator, Tidal Wave HMX HEADHUNTER Marine Sanitation Device sewage treatment system (MSD)TW. Westphalia Separator Mineral oil Systems. WMSQ-2500 Reverse Osmosis desalination system.
Capacity:
16 passengers
Cabins:
16 passengers accommodated in 10 cabins.
Each cabin has:
- Private bathroom (toilet, shower, washbasin, and vanity)
- Locker and drawers
- Safety box
- Air-conditioned
Guest Accommodation:
Lower Deck:
- 2 cabins with one double lower berth and one single upper berth (cabins: 1 & 2)
- 4 cabins with two single lower berths (cabins: 3 to 6)
Upper Deck:
- 2 cabins with one double lower berth (cabins: 7 & 8)
- 2 cabins with two single lower berths (cabins 9 & 10)
Social Areas (main deck):
- Bar
- Dining room
- Lounge
- Sundeck
Crew:
8 members:
- Captain
- Multilingual guide
- Engineer
- International cook
- Barman & waitress
- Two sailors
Itinerary
OPTION 2
Flight from mainland Ecuador (Quito or Guayaquil) to Baltra, with AVIANCA Airlines; arriving at 09:20 a.m. approximately. Your guide will meet you at the arrivals gate, our crew will take care of your luggage. Your guide will conduct you to a bus and after a short 5-kilometer ride to the pier; you board the Yacht immediately. As the crew weighs anchor, we greet you with our first orientation and we offer a light snack. After navigating, we disembark on Playa Las Bachas, a place where you can appreciate a Flamingos lagoon. During all walks, your guide will be explaining details about the lives of the birds and animals. Optional: time for those who would like to swim and/or snorkel, in the evening you have an orientation about the Galapagos Islands in general: their origin and evolution. Welcome cocktail with the entire crew, and dinner. After breakfast, your experienced Captain sails easily around Kicker Rock (Leon Dormido), a massive tuff-rock that juts abruptly almost 500 feet straight from the ocean. Kicker Rock serves as a nesting place for many seabirds. Then you make a wet landing on Cerro Brujo to walk on a white sand beach and observe sea lions, brown pelicans, marine iguanas, and blue-footed boobies. In the afternoon, you make a dry landing on San Cristobal port, after a short drive, you arrive at Jacinto Gordillo Interpretation Center where you learn about its reproductive process and the programs to maintain the species. You take the bus back to the port to visit the Interpretation Center of Human History of the Islands; this tour takes you through the geological and human history of the islands and its conservation. You return to the Yacht for dinner and our nightly orientation. Friday, Day 8
Summary
OPTION 1
Day
AM
PM
1
Friday
Baltra
Mosquera Islet
2
Saturday
Sullivan Bay (Santiago Island)
Rabida
3
Sunday
Espinoza Point
Elizabeth Bay
4
Monday
Urbina Bay
Tagus Cove
5
Tuesday
Egas Port
Bartolome
6
Wednesday
Chinese Hat
Dragon Hill
7
Thursday
Santa Cruz Highlands
Interpretation Center Fausto Llerena
8
Friday
North Seymour/Baltra
No
Day
AM
PM
1
Friday
Baltra
Bachas Beach (Santa Cruz Island)
2
Saturday
Darwin Bay
Prince Phillip´s Steps
3
Sunday
South Plaza
Santa Fe
4
Monday
Santa Cruz Highlands
Interpretation Center Fausto LLerena
5
Tuesday
Baroness Point View / Asilo de la Paz /Post Office
Commorant Point / Champion Islet
6
Wednesday
Suarez Point
Gardner Islet / Osborn Islet / Gardner Bay
7
Thursday
B.Moreno Port / Cerro Brujo/ Kicker Rock
Interpretation Center Jacinto Gordillo
8
Friday
Black Turtle Cove / Baltra
7 Night/8 Days (WEST-Option1
Friday, Day 1
Flight from mainland Ecuador (Quito or Guayaquil) to Baltra, with AVIANCA Airlines; arriving at 09:20 a.m. approximately.Your guide will meet you at the arrivals gate, our crew will take care of your luggage. Your guide will conduct you to a bus and after a short 5-kilometer ride to the pier; you board the Yacht immediately. As the crew weighs anchor, we greet you with our first orientation and we offer a light snack. After lunch, you make an early wet landing on Mosquera Islet, a reef of rocks and coral (the result of an uprising) and a great white sand beach and tide pools. You observe colonies of sea lions, brown pelicans, blue-footed boobies and sally light-foot crabs, the contrast between these bright red crabs on top and blue on the bottom and the black lava is stunning. In the evening, we have an orientation about the Galapagos Islands in general: their origin and evolution. Welcome cocktail with the entire crew, and dinner.
After breakfast, we make a dry landing on Punta Espinoza to observe and see a large colony of sea lions, marine iguanas and the flightless cormorants and clumps of lava cactus. You come aboard for lunch. In the afternoon, you make a panga ride around the islets of Elizabeth Bay to see marine iguanas, penguins, marine turtles, seabirds and shorebirds, herons and blue-footed boobies. Return to the Yacht for dinner and our nightly orientation.
After breakfast, you make a wet landing on James Bay (Puerto Egas), to walk and observe sponges, snails, hermit crabs, a variety of shorebirds, barnacles and the endemic four-eyedblenny, marine iguanas and sea lions. Optional: time for those who would like to swim or snorkel. You return to the boat for a delicious lunch. In the afternoon, you make a dry landing on Bartholomew Island, to hike to the summit; during the hike, you observe colonies of marine iguanas and lava lizards. On the summit, you see an impressive view of the surrounding islands, including the eroded tuff cone of Pinnacle Rock. You return to the yacht for a delicious dinner and our nightly orientation.7 Night/8 Days (EAST -Option2)
After breakfast, you make a panga ride on Black Turtle Cove, series of mangrove-surrounded coves and islets; here you can observe white-tipped sharks, marine turtles, spotted eagle rays, and yellow cow-nosed rays. You return to the Yacht for disembarking on the pier at 09:00. Your guide accompanies you on the bus ride directly to the airport.
Availability
| AVAILABILITY 2019 | |||
| YACHT | IN | OUT | ITINERARY |
| MAY | |||
| TIP TOP III | May/06/2019 | May/10/2019 | 05 D - 04 N / MONDAY - FRIDAY |
| TIP TOP III | May/31/2019 | June/07/2019 | 08 D - 07 N / FRIDAY - FRIDAY (OPTION 02 - ROUTE EAST) |
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