{"id":60,"date":"2008-06-09T20:20:45","date_gmt":"2008-06-09T20:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/withinrch.wordpress.com\/?p=60"},"modified":"2008-06-09T20:20:45","modified_gmt":"2008-06-09T20:20:45","slug":"diving-in-the-galapagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/2008\/06\/09\/diving-in-the-galapagos\/","title":{"rendered":"Diving in the Galapagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border:1px solid black;float:right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.adventureswithinreach.com\/images\/galapagos\/diving\/galapagos_diving1.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"Diving in the Galapagos\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Diving the Galapagos just isn&#8217;t what it used to be! In 2007, the  Galapagos National Park revoked most of the scuba diving licenses. The  options for diving are greatly limited and they fill up very quickly.<\/p>\n<h3>Live Aboard<\/h3>\n<p>There are currently only four boats still offering scheduled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adventureswithinreach.com\/ecuador\/galapagos\/boats\/?numdays=ANY&amp;diving=1\">live-aboard diving itineraries in the Galapagos<\/a>. They fill up quickly, so plan ahead!<\/p>\n<h4>Aggressor I<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dates Available:<\/strong> <span lang=\"EN-US\">January 15-22, 2009<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Prices:<\/strong> Starting at $4750 for 8-day cruise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Alta<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dates Available:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>August 23-30, 2008<\/li>\n<li>August 30 \u2013 September 6, 2008<\/li>\n<li>September 13-20, 2008<\/li>\n<li>September 27 \u2013 October 4, 2008<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prices:<\/strong> Starting at $4725 for 8-day cruise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Estrella Del Mar<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dates Available:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>June 30 &#8211; July 7, 2008<\/li>\n<li>July 21-28, 2008<\/li>\n<li>September 1-8, 2008<\/li>\n<li>September 8-15, 2008<\/li>\n<li>September 15-22, 2008<\/li>\n<li>September 22-28, 2008<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prices:<\/strong> Starting at $3395 for 8-day cruise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Sky Dancer<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dates Available:<\/strong> <span lang=\"EN-US\">January 18-25, 2009<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Prices:<\/strong> Starting at $4290 for 8-day cruise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Land-Based Diving<\/h3>\n<p>There are a number of hotels on Santa Cruz that offer daily dive and tour options. This is often the best option as it offers the most flexible dates, a variety of itineraries, and the best value. You can also do an &#8220;island hopping&#8221; itinerary which combines Santa Cruz and Isabella Islands for more variety.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/ecuador\/galapagos\/hotels.html\"> Hotels that offer Galapagos diving &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Charter Boats<\/h3>\n<p>There are several boats in the Galapagos that can be chartered for diving (typically 14-16 passengers). The charter will also need a certified Galapagos dive master, who will also provide certain equipment.<\/p>\n<p>[digg=http:\/\/digg.com\/travel_places\/Diving_in_the_Galapagos] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diving the Galapagos just isn&#8217;t what it used to be! In 2007, the Galapagos National Park revoked most of the scuba diving licenses. The options for diving are greatly limited and they fill up very quickly. Live Aboard There are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/2008\/06\/09\/diving-in-the-galapagos\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-galapagos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Xxsg-Y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}