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Our stunning Celebrity Flora® is the first all-suites, 100-guest ship designed exclusively for sailing these islands, and it’s the first resort at sea in the region to receive a Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star Rating. Inspired by the islands and built with natural materials, the ship merges seamlessly with the surroundings, giving you a feeling of total immersion. To bring you an even more in-depth experience, certified naturalists from the Galápagos National Park are on board to guide the journey.
Proving you can practice responsible tourism and deliver the ultimate at the same time, Celebrity Flora was built with the latest environmental technologies. The dynamic positioning system allows the mega-yacht to remain on station without dropping anchors, protecting the seabed—and the solar panels supplement electricity, reducing emissions. The result is one of the most eco-friendly ships sailing anywhere—just one reason Celebrity Flora was awarded “Best Cruise Ship” in 2021.
Celebrity Flora® is the first all-suites mega yacht designed for exploring the Galapagos Islands, and it’s the first ship there to receive a Four-Star Rating from Forbes Travel Guide. The Galapagos Islands influenced every decision that went into Celebrity Flora, from an outward-facing design that surrounds you in breathtaking views to locally sourced materials that weave the islands right into the ship itself. The suites ensure your stay in this unspoiled archipelago will be anything but rugged. Even the tenders are custom designed to make your journey more seamless than ever.
As sustainable as it is stunning, Celebrity Flora uses a dynamic positioning system that protects the seabed by allowing the ship to stay on station without anchors. Reverse osmosis turns sea water into all the fresh water we need. Flora’s also the first ship of its size to have solar panels, which supplement the electric supply and reduce emissions. And non-toxic silicone paint helps the hull glide more smoothly through the water with less fuel. Celebrity Flora is a ship that maximizes your Galapagos experience while minimizing our footprint. You’ll never want to Galapagos any other way.
I just wanted to start with the staff and service of the Celebrity Flora: EVERYONE was fantastic. From the wait staff to the cabin staff - there was not a single person without a smile the entire time. Everything/anything we needed / wanted was either accommodated or tried. Some specific thank yous: Andreas, James, Victoria, Zarella, Isaac, Gina - all of you made our trip fantstic!!! Pre-cruise NON CELEBRITY: We decided to do the 7 night instead of the 10 night early on. So I arranged our flights / pre-cruise. My husband and I didn’t want to be locked into the longer time so far out (we booked about 18 months in advance)……then when I was questioning my decision, the cruise itself went up so much in price I decided to stick with the plan. We started our travel Friday morning. JFK to Panama to Guayaquil. I picked here vs Quinto because I didn’t want to worry about altitude sickness. Flight left at 8:33 in the morning. Security was a 15 minute line (pre check is still closed). Clear was open and it was 2 minutes to get through. Flight to Panama was uneventful. Getting through security there to the connection area was 5 minutes. We did not need to collect our bags. Flight to Guayaquil also uneventful. 5 minutes through customs. 5 minutes to get our baggage. Super lucky there I’d say. Walked directly out of the airport to the taxi line, which was right out front. Cab to the Sheraton was 10 minutes and $6. They also have a free shuttle. Arrived at the hotel at 6pm. Sheraton was clean, had great food, and was cheap. Dinner and the stay was $200. Highly recommend for a quick in and out. Saturday: Breakfast opened at 6:30. Ate, then checked out. Saturday flight to Baltra was just before 10am. Took the free 7am shuttle from the hotel and arrived 7:10am. I already did these 2 items before leaving home: TCT card - 2 weeks again - it’s $20 (USD). Print the paper out sent.https://siig-registro.gobiernogalapagos.gob.ec/.../emitir/ But that is NOT all. What you really need to do is go to “download tct” and get your QR code. Make sure to print the ENTIRE thing. Not just the QR code. You will need that for airline check in AND boarding. Sworn Declaration of Goods (2 days before). Also printed and with me. You’ll need at the airport when your luggage is scanned (both checked at departure and carry on at arrival). https://siabg.abgalapagos.gob.ec/declaraciones/nueva Once at the airport, you need to get your luggage inspected first. You show them the declarations. Then, you do NOT need to get on the TCT line if you have the qr with your name printed. Go right to the airline check in. Show them everything and then you’re good to go. This took us 15 minutes total as we were also business class, so we were able to get in that line. I’d estimate the TCT line was 45 minutes, economy avianca line was 45 minutes. As a separate fyi on this quick flight - Avianca offered $10 per person upgrades 72 hours before. So overall, I can see if you are economy and don’t have anything printed that it could take a couple hours. Arrival in Baltra: You get off the plane into the arrivals hall and show your tct again at the 1st desk. Then pay tax @ 2nd deck. Then go to 3rd desk and show declarations. Then scan your carry on luggage. Then you go into the baggage hall and wait for clearance to get the bags. Then you’re done. We are staying @ Royal Palm (a Hilton hotel). We elected a shared transfer ($42 pp each way vs $200 pp each way for a private one). Arranged through the hotel. (Service incl at 10%) This hotel is not cheap. But, it’s lovely. So far the AC isn’t fabulous, but it’s working. The hotel has many tour options. We elected to do “giant tortoises in the wild” and lava tunnel tour. Private. $350. (Service incl at 10%) This is a 2-3 hour tour. Our guide for this tour was the same who met us at the airport and we elected to jump right into the tour before heading to the hotel. So after getting bags, we got on a bus with others from the airport to get to the dock (7 minutes or so). Then dock to San Cruz on a ferry (5? minutes or so). Then to see the giant tortoises. Tomorrow (Sunday) we will take a shared transfer back to the airport to meet the Celebrity team. Overall, easy to do the cruise only if you’re organized and build in extra time in case things go wrong and you need to get on different flights. I also have travel insurance in case many many things go wrong. Sunday we gave 1.5 hours per the hotel to get back to the airport. We actually needed that…… left the hotel 9:30, met at 11. Celebrity messaged me a few days before to advise when to meet and to make sure I knew about the tct and the agricultural form. I did the hotel guided transfer. Once we met the celebrity team, they immediately gave me our sea pass card and the money back for tax & TCT in cash. Then we waited until 12 and got onto a bus. We were missing about 70 people because their flight was delayed. About 10 minutes to a different dock, ride on a small boat, and got onto the ship. Got a bit of a spray getting to the boat! Had lunch, explored, and waited on our luggage. Saw a sea lion by the dock and immediately on our ship (pics below)!! First full day: Espanola island. Link to outer loop itinerary here: https://drive.google.com/.../1VKw4_r1YyUAWP.../view... Some underwater pics are from the “deep sea snorkel." The afternoon hike was one of the 2 more strenuous ones on the trip. Very hard terrain, but not a bad hike. It did say “dry landing” but turned out to be wet, so shoes got soaked. Hair dryer took care of it, but if you don’t want to have wet shoes, I’d bring your wet landing shoes on all of the dry docks too. Tuesday: Floreana Island. I chose the long walk & deep water snorkel in the morning. Afternoon, opted to do the wildlife tender ride with walk to post office bay. On the way back from snorkeling, saw a large pod of dolphins!!!!! There are 2 amazing snorkles and this was the first one. Swam with sealions! If you can swim at all, please please chose the deep snorkles - they are the best. Had a wonderful time at both. Pics attached. Wednesday: Isabella Island today. Morning: my husband did the long walk and I did the wildlife tender. My husband says he didn’t see anything other than lizards. And it was a long walk to see nothing. I did the tender and saw a lot of wildlife! Afternoon, we chose walk & swim. It was raining a lot. Celebrity gave us ponchos. It was a wet landing and pebbles in my shoes the entire time -- was terrible. We saw 30 tortoises, but were told that’s not normal as they only come out in the rain. Thursday: Today was FERNANDINA AND ISABELA ISLANDS. In the morning on the wildlife tender tour, there were golden rays, sharks, and penguins. On the walks, we were told there wasn’t much wildlife, so we did the tender. Snorkel was amazing! Super clear. Sharks, turtles, and marine iguanas swimming with us! Also saw a baby penguin sunning!! Afternoon wildlife tender was cool - more penguins, Galapagos sealions + This was the best snorkel! There was also a PM snorkel where the people that went said they didn't see anything.
We've been wanting to go on this cruise for a while, and finally bit the bullet and reserved our cabin 1.5 years in advance. We booked the 10 day trip, with 2 nights in Quito pre-cruise and 1 night post cruise. We chose a regular balcony cabin (the least expensive category) on deck 5. From the minute we were greeted at the airport to the last day when we we checked-in for our flight, Celebrity took care of everything! We were greeted at the airport in Quito by a Celebrity representative and taken to the JW Marriot on a very nice bus. Check-in to the hotel was very quick. We found 2 backpacks and 2 water bottles in our very nice room. An expansive breakfast was included with the room and we had a full day of visits planned for the day (with meals included). They divided us into smaller groups for our visit to Quito. It was a full but interesting day. Our highlight was the Equator museum. That evening we took our baggage down to the lobby and left it with the Celebrity representative. They would be inspected and then taken to the airport. The next day, we were transfered back to the airport for our flight to Baltra. This is a chartered plane with Avianca. They leave all middle seats empty and serve a cold meal with drinks. A Celebrity representative was on the flight with us. Once in Baltra, we went through security and wisked onto a bus for the 10 minute ride to the pier where we boarded the Zodiac tender to the ship. The ship is beautiful, clean and well organized. Our cabin (they are all called suites) was quite spacious, with a large bathroom, 2 faucet sink, and a drinking faucet with treated water (remineralized). There was a spacious closet with hanging space and shelves, another armoire with shelves and a 4 drawer chest. One night stand had a power source. The TV pivots so you can watch it from the couch or the bed. The spacious balcony had a loveseat, a chair and a table. Every thing was lovely. Meal were quite good, specially the fish and seafood, not so much the beef. All the food is locally sourced. Every evening, before dinner, we had a briefing for the next day's excursions and sign-up. There were always choices like a long hike, a short hike, snorkeling, tender nature ride, and twice during the week a kayak ride. Here is an example of a day: Wake up early, buffet breakfast, then go to the lounge to get your tender number for the first excursion. Depart between 8 and 8:30. Return to the ship around 10. Sometimes there was a second excursion at 10:30 for snorkeling. Get back to the ship, shower and lunch, buffet in the dining room or the grill on deck 7, while the ship sails to the second stop of the day. Downtime until the afternoon excursions that would begin between 3 and 4pm. Back to the ship by 6ish, shower. Gathering in the Discovery lounge for drinks and briefing for the next day. Dinner 7:30 either in the dining room or under the stars. 9:30 pm something was going on in the Discovery lounge, karaoke, silent disco, movie. We were too tired and never made it there. In bed by 10! All the naturalists on board were very knoledgeable and interesting. Beware of boulder walk, it was the hardest one of the week. If you're a half decent swimmer, the deep water snorkel is amazing! We tried beach snorkel once and didn't see much. Every staff member did an incredible job of making our journey memorable. Disembarcation and return home: We were asked to vacate our cabin by 7:30, so that's the time most people went down for breakfast. Afterwards, we were in the Discovery lounge for instructions. For those of us flying back to Quito with Celebrity, we were given our boarding passes and a gift (flash drive with pictures and videos the naturalists took during the week). Tenders started around 10:30 to take us back to the Baltra airport where we waited for our flight in a special lounge (snacks and soft drinks included). On our flight to Quito, we were again offered a nice light lunch. After landing the airport, the Celebrity reps took charge of our luggage and we took busses either back to Quito or in our case to the EB hotel near the airport (we had an early flight the next day). Again check in was quick. We had dinner included. Very early the next morning we met the Celebrity rep in the lobby where we found coffee and a light grab and go breakfast, before were were taken back to the airport for our flight. This is what is provided on the ship: Wetsuit, snorket gear and mesh bag Walking sticks binoculars Water bottle and backpack (if you didn't get them in Quito pre-cruise) Reefsafe sunscreen and lip balm. bathrobes and slippers Here are my recomendations of what to bring with you: For the excursions Lightweight clothes like convertible pants and long sleeve fisherman's shirts that you can wear over a tank top or t-shirt to cover up from the sun. I also liked having capri yoga pants. a pair of hiking shoes or good sports shoes. a pair of sports sandals for wet landings (like Keens or Teva) a pair of water shoes. 2 swim suits a wide brimmed hat Swim rashgard Umbrella (for sun and rain) rain poncho or jacket bug spray For the ship: Shoes (flip flops, sandals) smart casual clothes for evening, nothing fancy. Each passenger gets 2 bags of laundry for free, max 20 items per bag. Laundry takes 24hrs. ***Quito is over 9000 feet above sea level. Altitude sickness is a posibility. We didn't take any risks and asked our doctor for a prescription that needs to start being taken 48 hours before arrival. Alway hydrate!!
So many things to tell about this cruise. The ship is beautiful and spotlessly clean with lots of areas where you can hang out and have drinks or just sit in the sun or in the shade. We went to the pool twice and the hot tub twice and were alone most of the time. The observatory is beautiful but people seem to rarely utilize it. Great night sky viewing on clear nights from deck eight. Our state room attendant was very thoughtful and did a great job. They dining room staff was extremely accommodating. Food was pretty good, not amazing. Desserts were the highlight, and the breakfast buffet was pretty great. We loved the night where they featured local cuisine, and there’s lots of seafood on offer. Cruise director, Lauren and maître D. Boris were both kind and amazing people. Our state room is definitely the largest we’ve ever had on a cruise, particularly the bathroom. They supply you with environmentally, friendly, sunblock, and lip balm along with your other toiletries. Toiletries are mildly and pleasantly scented. The automated drapes in each state room are wonderful when you wake up and want a view of the ocean without having to even get out of bed. pianist in the lounge was excellent. We can’t say enough about the naturalist guides who were all great. You will get way more information out of them than you can possibly process. I do want to say that if you have a mobility problems, this is probably not the cruise for you. There were a lot of older people on this cruise who struggled daily, and the ones who opted in for the high activity level. Excursions honestly held the group back. Please be realistic about your physical capabilities. Was this cruise worth the price? That kind of depends on you, your budget and your interest level in this area of the world and what it has to offer. We had originally booked an alternate cruise on Celebrity’s 16 guest catamaran, but they retired that ship and had to offer us a stateroom on the Flora instead at the same price. Honestly, we could not have afforded the current price listed on the website for this cruise and used airline miles and rejected the pre-cruise and post cruise offerings due to budget constraints. If you are well to do and/or are really into marine life, and specifically Galapagos animals, you will feel that you got what you paid for. And you certainly will be treated very well by all of the staff and should have nothing to complain of on this ship. If it’s your dream to swim with sea turtles, you’ll get to do that. If you were just dying to see Galapagos turtles or the various boobie birds, you’ll be happy with this. If you’re really kind of neutral about those things and are the type of person who enjoys cruises where you are lounging around on deck at see every day, this is not the cruise for you, it would be a waste of your time and money. We are active people in our early to mid 40s so we very much enjoyed ourselves.
Extraordinary Place. Extraordinary Ship. All Suites. All Inclusive.
Celebrity Flora offers the largest and most luxurious accommodations in the Galapagos Islands. In fact, every stateroom on board is a suite that includes an unrivalled array of indulgent design features, services, and amenities.
Full room automation that lets you control everything with the touch of a button. Premium linens and bathrobes. Personal Suite Attendants. Chocolates and bathroom products sourced locally from Ecuador. Integrated drinking water filtration systems in every suite. We could go on.
On Celebrity Flora unwinding after a day of adventures in the islands easier than ever.
Flora Suite Features and Amenities
Full room automation
*Available in Penthouse Suites and Royal Suites Only.
Culinary Excellence
From the Robust Ecuadorian Coffee to the fresh fare at every meal, almost everything on the menu was grown, raised or caught right here on these islands. We take all those incredible fresh ingredients and prepare a daily feast full of local flare and flavour. Every menu takes you a bit further into becoming one with this enchanting destination and unique culture.
Savour Globally Inspired, Locally Sourced Cuisine
Our world-renowned cuisine is simply better because we use locally sourced ingredients. From the robust coffee grown on Ecuadoran plantations to the fresh local seafood, almost everything was grown, raised, or caught nearby. Then we make culinary magic in venues such as the upscale Seaside Restaurant and alfresco Ocean Grill on Celebrity Flora. In every restaurant on every ship, fine dining will be the highlight of every evening.
You'll always remember the islands that time forgot. In the Galapagos, modern explorers come eye to eye with ancient tortoises, comical birds, and other amazing beasts—plus landscapes as fantastical as the animals—for a once-in-a-lifetime adventure.
For seven glorious days, you'll follow in the footsteps of Darwin, viewing this realm through the eyes of certified naturalists, making discoveries on shore excursions—two per day included—in small groups of travellers who share your interests.
Each evening, you'll come home to the vessel that is as extraordinary as the islands. The 100-guest, all-suites Celebrity Flora—the first and only resort at sea in the region to receive a Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star Rating. Everything you want or need will be included—stunning accommodations, inspired food and drink, unlimited Wi-Fi—all delivered with superlative service.
Plus, after 17 years of award-winning Galapagos cruises and vacations, we can open your world even wider with all-inclusive packages of 10–16 nights in South America. Explore lofty Quito, capital of Ecuador; mystical Machu Picchu, high in the Andes Mountains; historic Lima, seaside capital of Peru; and charming Cuzco, ancient city of the Inca—complete with air transfers, five-star accommodations, and tours.
Join us for a rare, life-changing experience.
Comfortable Spaces
While unmistakably Celebrity style, this is a more relaxed atmosphere where you can get to know your fellow explorers and share the excitement of your Galapagos adventures. We’ve designed several warm, welcoming spaces on board, so you can unwind, foster new friendships, gather to hear expert speakers, and share the joy.
From fun activities on board to adventurous excursions on land, our award-winning cruises offer unforgettable experiences for the whole family to enjoy. Kids, parents, and grandparents will find plenty of opportunities to spend quality time together and create memories that will remain long after your vacation ends.
Gather everyone for a movie night under the stars. Enjoy theatre shows and live music. Splash with your kids on the beach or go on thrilling shore excursions with adventurous teens. There’s something for everyone to love on our fun-filled family cruises.
