juneandchris

Just booked for 2026. This is our second time to the islands. We have chosen not to go with Celebrity this time as too be honest it's all about the islands and wildlife for us rather than the drinks and entertainment. The Guides rotate from ship to ship and wildlife has no idea which ship you booked on. We booked through Galapatours and opted for the Galapagos Legend which in size is similar to the flora. 15 nights complete loop with flights from Mainland Ecuador and island taxes 7k GBP for an inside cabin. May be worth a look for you. Hope this helps. Which ever company you consider going with. Definitely go. It's an amazing place Galapatours | Your Specialist for Galapagos Cruises

Released this week. Only showing the Flora. Also on UK site doesn't show Machu Pichu additional option which the US version does. So may be tweaking over the weekend. Did this in 2016 and looking to go again 10 years later (2026) Price has doubled! originally on the xpedition which held 96 of us. Will give it a week and see if the websites match up. Then probably call Celebrity as looking at back to back and Machu Pichu. Strangely enough last time, nobody else was doing both loops.

Our must take extension lead with normal plug sockets and also usb points. Use a cube shape as takes up less room luggage scales. Nothing worse than guessing the weight bungee style washing line. Better than pegs as you can just pick it up and move around the cabin as necessary without stuff dropping off small motion detector lights. Perfect for inside cabins or even just not needing to put all the lights on when you get up in the night and wak3 others. Hooks, magnetic, suction, sticky. One of these will always work somewhere cheap plastic hangers from home that you are willing to leave behind. if flying. The airline adaptors for head phone sockets (1pin to 2 pin). Rather use my noise cancelling headphone than airlines in the ear cheap ones. over the door shoe holder. Brilliant for storing toiletries or basically anything else you use frequently on holiday. If taking more than one sun tan lotion for example we put the current one near the top and the spares near the bottom so we don’t use two. A small analogue clock to display. Most cabins don’t have one inside each case we have a email contact point and phone number printed off in case the baggage goes missing. As a last resort someone will open the case and hopefully they will then contact you (don’t forget to do the mobile number with the international dialling code) plastic luggage tag holders for embarkation day. Failing that a small stapler with a few staples I. (Don’t fill it full of staples it’s all about marginal gains on weight) See which charging leads you actually need. Will one lead charge two different devices. Saves weight. At least two power banks and two travel adaptors. If travelling as a couple split your luggage between each case one bag may get lost. Large bin bags. Mutiple use. (1) it rains, simple coat. (2) it rains while queuing with luggage, put around the luggage to keep dry. (3) you are dirty or have to sit somewhere dirty . Sit on a bin bag. the more things you can find with a multiple use the better. Randoms. We always run the shower on max heat for at least a minute before using for the first time. It may have been weeks since your cabin / room was used and who knows what bugs are lurking in that pipe work. Legionnaires disease springs to mind. take some hand wipes and give the cabin a quick clean yourself. Last person may have been confined to the cabin with Norovirus or worse. take a photo of your passport on your phone/camera in case you lose it. Possibly even do your credit cards (don’t forget the back) Take a photo of the instructions given when you dropped your car off at car park before embarkation. (Eg. Phone this number on return) and make sure you have house keys suitcase keys and your local currency readily available for when you land back in your home country. Hope this helps someone.

Whichever model you go for I would get it at least a week minimum before going. This will give you time to work out the buttons to press without losing sight of the subject matter. Also, it might sound silly but don't forget to actually stop and take in what's around you. Sometimes you can get a good/great photo but you never actually stop to "smell the coffee". Hope this helps.

Thanks for sharing this. It allows us to "revisit the islands. Did a back to back in 2016 and will repeat again in 2026. Enjoy 🙂