Designed for a specific destination, the new and next-generation ship Celebrity Flora is the newest and most environmentally friendly way to experience one of the world's most unique ecosystems - the Galápagos Islands.
Hailed as one of the most innovative new cruise ships in the world, every element of Celebrity Flora was created with a purpose - to heighten your experience in this incredible archipelago and to lighten the environmental impact while you're there.
Here are the highlights of Celebrity Flora's purpose-built design that will connect you with this bucket-list destination like never before, and our recommendations of the best itineraries to explore the Galápagos Islands in style.
Designed for a Destination
- The ship's stunning outward-facing design blends perfectly with the unique outdoor surroundings letting you better connect with the rippling waters and rocky shores of the Galápagos Islands.
- Inviting interior spaces use upscale and sustainable materials from the region. Furniture incorporates local and sustainable materials, with hues inspired by local landscapes.
- Sailings are all-inclusive aboard the 100-passenger Celebrity Flora, which boasts the largest accommodations in the Galápagos Islands, where every stateroom is a suite.
- Allow your Personal Suite Attendant to help you unpack, plus full room automation that lets you control everything with the touch of a button.
- Enjoy menus curated by a Michelin-starred chef, a variety of food choices and special Ecuadorian inspired dishes that change nightly.
- In the 15 years of sailing this region, Celebrity Cruises has helped guests reforest this precious landscape with more than 50,000 plants and guests have donated over $1.5 million in support of these initiatives.
- You can choose to participate in a hands-on project that will make a real difference and help preserve this rare habitat on one of Celebrity's impactful shore excursions and sustainability projects.
- Celebrity Flora is the first vessel in the islands to be equipped with Oceanscope - cutting-edge research technology that allows scientists to gather important data while you sail. You can even see the results of the real-time data while on board!
- Celebrity Flora’s custom-built Novurania tenders create a seamless ship to shore transportation system that makes it even easier to go exploring the islands—a first in the Galápagos.
Insider Tip: Get your hands dirty and make a difference by planting Scalesia flora that create the giant "daisy trees" endemic to the Galápagos Islands.
- Using an advanced propulsions system and hull configuration, Celebrity Flora has a 15% reduction of fuel consumption.
- Celebrity Flora is the first expedition ship of its kind to feature solar panels to reduce omissions output.
- Using reverse osmosis, seawater is transformed into fresh water that supplies 100% of the ship's needs.
- Anchor-less technology allows the ship to stay in position without impacting marine life.
- Air conditioning condensation is repurposed for for Celebrity Flora's laundry facilities.
- When processing waste, anything that can be recycled, repurposed or donated will be, and packaging and plastic has been reduced on Celebrity Flora overall.
- Every guest receives a reusable water bottle and can use any of the filtered water dispensers throughout the ship - including your suite!
Insider Tip: Enjoy Galápagos Glamping - the first sunset-to-sunrise experience of its kind in the Galápagos Islands featuring a campfire-themed dinner, a naturalist-guided stargazing session and sleeping under the stars in a comfortable cabana with a private breakfast the next day.
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