探险先驱赫特格鲁滕(Hurtigruten
经过布列塔尼·克鲁斯切尔(Brittany Chrusciel)/
Hurtigruten Expeditions is the latest newcomer to Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands, with an inaugural six-night Eastern loop sailing that departed Baltra on January 7, 2022. “Newcomer” is not a word commonly associated with Hurtigruten, a company that has been in operation for 129 years. With all of that expertise, it wouldn’t have been surprising if the cruise line worked to forge its own relationships along its new Galapagos itineraries. However, it takes true wisdom to know how to mutually benefit from someone else’s expertise; on our Galapagos voyage, Hurtigruten gave everything, including the actual wheel, over to in-destination experts Metropolitan Touring. The result was an impressive and deeply authentic experience that demonstrates how everyone benefits — and guests above all — from a strong, logical partnership.
明年,Hurtigruten添加了西部和北部循环,可以合并为11天的行程。这也意味着圣克鲁斯二世将全年在加拉帕戈斯(Galapagos)运营,供赫特格鲁顿(Hurtigruten)宾客体验。借助越来越多的选择来探索这个独一无二的生态系统,我们对为什么我们如此高兴地介绍了厄瓜多尔和加拉帕戈斯群岛的观察结果。
完全改装的Santa Cruz II非常舒适,我爱上了我的小屋。
我一直在探险巡游中,小型航行和十二生肖着陆点揭示了持久的印象 - 但这些记忆因持续的运动而晕倒,并造成了紧张的区域。我很高兴地报告没有什么比完全翻新的圣克鲁斯II上的案件更远的。
这艘船擅长于智利峡湾在其前世,从岛上稳定而轻松地航行。在船上,空间具有干净,简单的感觉,但舒适Hygge挪威设计的审美代名词。该图书馆设有充足的窗户座椅和一台浓缩咖啡机,配备了“科学角”显微镜,骨头克隆和其他研究材料(一种Hurtigruten标准),以增强自然主义者在机上提供的富集。在其他地方,在通往饭厅或向上到达酒吧和休息室的走廊中,您会发现达尔文的迷人,强制性的肖像以及他的《 Galapagos Research》在“物种的起源”中闻名的他的名言和素描。
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但是,尽管人们可能会用“舒适”作为描述周围环境的一个丢言,但我在我161平方英尺的空间中认真在家,标有小屋227。我提到了这个数字,以及与大多数其他客舱一样,其位置与观察甲板相邻,增加了一层便利性。我不仅距离日出和日落,都有两个步骤,两个热水浴缸和一个水瓶补充站,而且我住在垫圈和烘干机的隔壁。当打包探险巡游时,其中包括便利性是关键。(前台可应要求提供自己的可生物降解洗涤剂,柑橘香的味道很好。)直到大厅里,图书馆里是早晨的咖啡或晚上茶,快速甲板是举行讲座的全景酒吧和休息室,餐厅是两个甲板。
另一个值得一提的是,浴室里有一个单独的厕所(有些是在探险船上的一体厕所,实际上是在探险船上),淋浴上的玻璃门在行业标准上感到宽敞。他们可持续的La Botica椰子洗发水确实为我的湿度缠绕的头发提供了奇迹,我什至非常喜欢这些枕头,我将它们从案例中带出了谷物(Plumatex)(Plumatex)。当我们经常远足,游泳和流汗在陆地上的岛屿上,这些小触摸使我们的旅途中的巡游部分感到豪华。
我们被告知,在探索加拉帕戈斯群岛时,较大的船舶尺寸实际上是一个好处。
The Santa Cruz II carries 90 guests at maximum capacity and is one of the larger ships sailing these waters, due to a government cap of no more than 100 passengers. Metropolitan Touring also operates smaller vessels, chartered by cruise companies like UnCruise and Tauck. But contrary to what you might imagine, very small group sizes of maybe two-dozen people or less, might hamper your experience in the Galapagos, according to our expedition leader.
在原始的环境中,减少人类影响至关重要的地方,我们认为最小的船舶尺寸将为动植物提供最亲密的体验 - 这仍然是正确的。但是,拥有足够大的船以使许多博物学家不仅通过将客人分为小组来提供相同的特写镜头,而且更多的员工使得有可能有更多选择。
For example, if you’re sailing onboard a very small yacht with just one or two naturalist guides, it might not be possible to have more than one difficulty level of hike in the morning, or four options to swim, snorkel, kayak, or paddleboard in the afternoon. As your naturalist guides need to be with you at all times inside of the Galapagos, having more guides on staff means providing guests with a range of ways to discover and experience the islands. Even with five naturalist guides (excluding our expedition leader) and a photographer onboard, we get the feeling that none of them slept. I can say that these choices made the voyage well-rounded and personally satisfying, having the ability to absorb the otherworldly landscapes of the Galapagos by land and sea, day to day, in a number of ways.
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The Metropolitan Touring partnership makes all the difference
Given both companies’ deeply rooted expertise and dedication to sustainability — Metropolitan Touring has been in operation for 69 years and running on a carbon-neutral basis since 2017 — it’s not surprising why Hurtigruten is such a congruent match. Luckily for Hurtigruten, Metropolitan Touring shined from arrival to departure and wowed us with their safety protocols, service levels, knowledge base, and culinary talents.
加拉帕戈斯群岛的大多数公园护林员和博物学家指南都来自加拉帕戈斯,对岛屿有百科全书的理解。但是,让厄瓜多尔人登上我们的船,解释了当地的龙舌兰粉红色的颜色或告诉我们他们在早餐,午餐和晚餐时介绍他们当地的菜肴的一切,这也有所不同。在巡游的早期,厄瓜多尔辣酱如此痴迷,我们的服务员(大喊爱德华多)在每顿饭时都等着我们,甚至分享了食谱。
这种和谐的配对延伸到赫蒂格伦(Hurtigruten)的灌木前加拉帕戈斯(Galapagos)产品,该产品将于2023年和2024年包括在Masphi Lodge停留,Masphi Lodge(Masphi Lodge)坐落在厄瓜多尔云森林中的一种独一无二的物业,该森林也属于大都市。整个大都会旅游的船只和财产的线程非常紧密,经验是如此精简,以至于一个位于安第斯山脉的小屋会觉得很熟悉。同一策划者Jossimar Lujan(遍布所有事物)的食品和饮料计划也在我的Mashpi淋浴时出现了出色的椰子洗发水,距离船只数百英里。
大都市最无形的计划之一是大15号。与非洲的五巨头类似,该清单标识了客人在加拉帕戈斯群岛中可能看到的独特和地方性物种。巧妙的是,至少有两个刚好在东部循环中,位于加拉帕戈斯西部岛屿的东部循环中,以招呼客人。但是,能够“检查”一个令人印象深刻的13个物种增强了我们的兴奋以及我们的知识基础。在纸上提供了一个清单,并在该应用程序中提供了15大商品的品牌。一个最近在类似的行程中与名人Flora一起旅行的朋友不知道这是15大15号,似乎她很失望地了解到这份清单后,必须追溯地对她所做的一切,在期间没有看到她的巡游。
照片:布列塔尼·克鲁斯切尔(Brittany Chrusciel)
另外,根据旅行顾问在船上的说法,这是一次家庭友好的冒险。
在我们的帆船,我们聊天的机会Orlando-based travel advisor and expedition cruise connoisseur Coleen Swezey (Stress-Free Vacations, Inc.), who specializes in Disney and other theme park travel. Given her 20 years of experience, she told us that she could easily see families onboard a Hurtigruten expedition in the Galapagos. If the families are young, active, and travel well, Swezey believes it’s a great opportunity to expose children to the fascinating sights and lessons of the Galapagos and its many wild inhabitants. Swezey also mentioned that she felt the programming was comparable to Adventures by Disney, the company’s guided tour product, which includes river and expedition cruises.
当然,在大流行期间,带着儿童旅行的复杂性稍微复杂得多,但赫特格鲁滕(Hurtigruten)欢迎7岁以上的儿童在船上完全共同接种疫苗。