Silver Origin
Sailing the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Location
Sailing the Galápagos
An ultra-luxury expedition ship sailing two seven-day Galapagos itineraries, east and west, round-trip from San Cristobal — reaching the archipelago's remotest landing sites.
Transfer
Reaching the ship
Fly to the Galapagos via San Cristobal, reached from Quito, UIO, or Guayaquil, GYE, with transfers included — then embark for the voyage.
Villas
51 all-suite cabins
Fifty-one all-suite cabins across eight categories, every one with a veranda or Horizon Balcony and butler service, from around thirty square metres up to a hundred-and-sixty-square-metre Owner's Suite — the only ship in the islands with a butler in every suite.
Best For
Who it suits
Couples wanting the most luxurious, butler-served Galapagos voyage — Silversea's purpose-built expedition ship, all-suite with a butler in every cabin, the fleet's best guide ratios and eight Zodiacs, and the only east-and-west back-to-back itineraries in the islands.
Board Basis
All-inclusive
All-inclusive, down to meals, wines, spirits and cocktails, butler service, twenty-four-hour room service, in-suite dining, expedition gear and naturalist guides — across two seven-day itineraries that can be combined back-to-back.
Overview
Silversea's first purpose-built Galápagos ship
Silver Origin is Silversea's first ship built specifically for the Galapagos — an ultra-luxury, all-suite expedition vessel carrying just a hundred guests across fifty-one cabins, and the only ship in the islands with butler service in every suite. Italian-designed interiors bring Horizon Balconies and ocean-view whirlpool baths, and the ship sails with the highest crew- and guide-to-guest ratios in the fleet, eight to ten naturalists and eight Zodiacs, so landings and water outings flow without a wait. An interactive Base Camp with a curved LED wall briefs each day's expedition, mapping the wildlife and geology ahead. Two seven-day itineraries, east and west, are the only back-to-back option in the islands, letting guests combine them into a fourteen-day circumnavigation, and both are fully all-inclusive down to wines, spirits, butler service and expedition gear. The Galapagos lie around a thousand kilometres off mainland Ecuador and were the first place inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site; the ship reaches the remotest landing sites, from giant-tortoise islands to seabird colonies. Sailing round-trip from San Cristobal, reached via Quito or Guayaquil, it is made for couples wanting the most luxurious, butler-served way to voyage the archipelago.
Accommodation
Suites
Fifty-one all-suite cabins span eight categories, every one with a veranda or Horizon Balcony and butler service, from around thirty square metres up to a hundred-and-sixty-square-metre Owner's Suite. Italian-designed interiors bring ocean-view whirlpool baths, and Silver Origin is the only ship in the islands with a butler in every suite.
Entry
Classic Veranda Suite
Sleeps two to three. Around 30 square metres including a private veranda, with butler service.
30 sqmButler
Balcony
Deluxe Veranda Suite
Sleeps two to three. Around 30 square metres with a Horizon Balcony and butler service.
Horizon BalconyButler
Larger
Medallion Suite
Sleeps two to three. A larger suite with a Horizon Balcony and butler service.
LargerHorizon Balcony
Signature
Silver Suite
Sleeps two to three. Around 50 square metres with floor-to-ceiling windows, an ocean-view whirlpool bath and butler service.
50 sqmWhirlpool bath
Top
Owner's Suite
Sleeps two to three. Around 160 square metres wrapping the rear of Deck 6, with panoramic views and butler service — the largest suite in the Galápagos.
160 sqmTop suite
Food & Drink
Dining
Two Ecuadorian-inspired dining venues plate the voyage's all-inclusive meals, with twenty-four-hour in-suite dining brought by your butler. The cooking leans on the produce and flavours of Ecuador, the windows full of the passing islands.
Signature
The main restaurant
The main restaurant, Ecuadorian-inspired, all-inclusive.
Lounge
Explorer & Observation Lounges
Explorer and Observation Lounges, with a library and a sundeck.
In-suite
In-suite dining
In-suite dining, twenty-four-hour, with butler service.
Wellbeing
Onboard wellness
A small spa, an Observation Lounge and library and a sundeck sit among the upper decks, alongside the interactive Base Camp briefing centre with its curved LED wall. Onboard wellness frames the expedition itself, the day's landings mapped before each Zodiac sets off.
A small spa
A small spa, onboard wellness.
Base Camp
Base Camp, an expedition briefing centre.
8 Zodiacs
Eight Zodiacs, for the water.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
The islands, the wildlife and the water define a voyage — ride the eight Zodiacs to remote landings, snorkel and kayak with gear included, and follow the fleet's best guide ratios ashore. Giant tortoises, marine iguanas and seabird colonies pass across the east and west itineraries, combinable back-to-back.
Zodiac landings
Zodiac landings, eight Zodiacs aboard.
Snorkel & kayak
Snorkel and kayak, gear included.
Naturalist-led
Naturalist-led, the fleet's best guide ratios.
Giant tortoises
Giant tortoises, across the islands.
East & west itineraries
East and west itineraries, a back-to-back option.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By air
Via San Cristóbal
Fly to the Galapagos via San Cristobal, from Quito or Guayaquil, then embark.
Embarkation
In the Galápagos
Sailing two seven-day itineraries round-trip from San Cristobal.
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Board basis
- All-inclusive: meals, wines, spirits, butler, gear and guides.
The ship
- A hundred guests, fifty-one all-suite cabins, a butler in each.
Guiding
- Eight to ten naturalists, the fleet's best ratios, eight Zodiacs.
Getting there
- Fly via San Cristobal; two seven-day itineraries.
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