Best luxury
Galapagos cruise ships

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Top 3 Galapagos cruise ships

All three of the luxury Galapagos cruise ships shown in the photo montage are exceptional and worthy of your consideration. They attract an intelligent, educated, affluent, world-traveled clientele. All three also have first-rate food, spacious cabins and public spaces, well-appointed furnishings, and the Galapagos National Park’s best naturalists.

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Celebrity Xpedition

Endeavor

Islander

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Celebrity Xpedition is
the best overall luxury
Galapagos cruise ship

Two factors give the Celebrity Xpedition an edge over the Endeavor and Islander:

Social scene and feel

The Celebrity Xpedition guests are sophisticated, as are the other two luxury ships. But Xpedition guests are more likely to be laid back and friendlier. This is important because you will be socializing with your fellow passengers all day – at meals, on excursions, and for drinks at the bar and on the deck. And enjoying their company and making new friends is one of the pleasures of cruising.

Ambiance and comfort

The Xpedition has spiffier, more comfortable furnishings - and more spacious cabins and public areas.

However, the Celebrity Expedition (and the  other two ships featured above) is not perfect. No cruise ship is. For example, a waiter forgot to place napkins on a table he reset. He did not promptly remedy the problem, even after a new party sat down at the table and pointed out the omission. But, overall, the Xpedition's shortcomings were few and far between.

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