Galapagos Live Aboard Cruise with Aggressor Dive Yacht

About this trip

Galapagos Aggressor III – Liveaboard Diving at Its Finest

The Galapagos Aggressor III is a 100-foot luxury dive yacht purpose-built for comfort, safety, and world-class underwater exploration. Since its launch in 1993, it has undergone continual upgrades to deliver a high standard of service and onboard amenities for divers seeking a premium liveaboard experience in the legendary Galapagos Marine Reserve.

Designed to host up to 16 guests, the yacht features nine well-appointed staterooms:

Four Deluxe Staterooms on the lower deck with twin beds and portholes
Four Master Staterooms on the upper deck with either twin or queen beds and panoramic ocean-view windows
Each stateroom includes a private bathroom, air conditioning, TV/media center, safe, and hair dryer, ensuring a comfortable and private retreat after a day in the water.

Onboard Amenities

Guests can unwind in a variety of social spaces, including a spacious indoor salon, a shaded sun deck equipped with chaise lounges, wet bar, BBQ grill, and a hot tub. The dining area offers a restaurant-style experience, where American and Ecuadorian cuisine is served buffet-style for breakfast and lunch, with plated dinners freshly prepared by an onboard chef. Complimentary local wine and beer accompany dinner service.

Diving Experience

The Galapagos Aggressor III is tailored for serious divers:

Up to 4 dives per day
19 dives in a week-long charter, from Thursday to Thursday
Dives are conducted from two custom dive tenders for safety and convenience
No night dives, in accordance with park regulations

Expect unforgettable encounters with hammerhead sharks, playful sea lions, whale sharks (seasonal), eagle rays, manta rays, and Galapagos endemics like marine iguanas, penguins, and fur seals. The underwater landscape is diverse, with coral beds, ridges, and underwater mountains—especially prominent around Darwin and Wolf Islands, two of the most iconic dive sites in the world.

Additional Features

Rental scuba gear and underwater digital cameras available
Personal gear lockers, freshwater showers, camera table, and rinse tanks on the dive deck
Entertainment includes nightly marine life presentations, movies, games, and a small onboard library

Whether you’re drawn by the unique biodiversity, top-tier service, or the promise of world-renowned diving, the Galapagos Aggressor III offers a liveaboard journey where every detail has been carefully crafted to maximize your comfort, safety, and sense of wonder.

Included & Not included

Included

Airport assistance (Quito or Guayaquil, if flights are booked through LT)
Transfers in Galapagos
Accommodation on board in double cabin
All meals during the cruise
Naturalist Bilingual Guide level III
All visits and excursions according to the itinerary
Snorkel Gear(mask, tube and fins)
Kayaks
Unlimited purified water, coffee and tea

Not included

Round trip flight to/from Galapagos
Galapagos National Park Entrance fee USD 200 p/p
Galapagos Ingala card USD 20 p/p
Tips
Local Taxes
Travel Insurance
Meals and services not mentioned above
Alcoholic drinks and soft drinks
Extras and personal expenses

Diving 8 Days

Santa Cruz Island – Punta Carrión:40–90 ft. dive with white-tipped sharks, stingrays, eagle rays, marbled rays, scorpion fish, sea turtles, and sea lions.

Bartolomé – Punta:20–90 ft. dive featuring groupers, white-tipped sharks, barracudas, red-lipped batfish, sea turtles, reef corals, and occasional hammerheads and dolphins.

Wolf Island:Strong current (1–3 knots); 40–90 ft. dive with large schools of scalloped hammerheads, Galapagos and silky sharks, eagle rays, sea lions, reef fish, and occasional whale sharks and orcas.

Darwin Island:Strong current (1–3 knots); 40–90 ft. dive with hammerheads, Galapagos and silky sharks, eagle rays, hawksbill turtles, whale sharks, and occasional manta rays and orcas.

Fernandina Island – Cabo Douglas:20–90 ft. dive with Galapagos penguins, marine iguanas, flightless cormorants, horn sharks, red-lipped batfish, and sea turtles.

Isabela Island – Punta Vicente Roca:20–90 ft. dive with mola mola, horn sharks, red-lipped batfish, seahorses, penguins, cormorants, and large schools of reef fish.

Cousin Rocks:20–100 ft. dive featuring eagle rays, fur seals, green turtles, barracudas, snappers, marble rays, and black coral.

Isabela Island – Cabo Marshall (Jan–May):20–100 ft. dive with giant manta rays, white-tipped sharks, sea lions, tuna, snappers, and salemas.