Celebrity Flora
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Celebrity Flora
The Celebrity Flora is a Celebrity Cruises ship focused on luxury expedition cruising in the Galápagos Islands, designed with an eco-conscious and purpose-built concept for small-ship exploration. It includes premium accommodations such as suites with Infinite Veranda designs and spacious ocean-oriented layouts. Onboard dining emphasizes locally inspired cuisine with high-quality, nature-focused offerings. Facilities include an Observatory and Discovery Lounge designed for wildlife viewing and educational briefings, as well as outdoor relaxation areas suited to the destination. The onboard experience is centered on naturalist-led excursions, Zodiac boat tours, snorkeling, and guided island exploration. Services include WiFi and organized shore excursions led by expert naturalists. This ship is well suited for travelers seeking an immersive, environmentally focused expedition cruise with strong educational, wildlife, and nature exploration components in the Galápagos.
Itineraries of the Celebrity Flora
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decks plans
Deck - 8
Canopy, Stargazing
Deck - 7
Observatory, Ocean Grill, Glamping, The vista
Deck - 6
Cabins
Deck - 5
Fitness Center, Spa, cabins
Deck - 4
Sunset Lounge, Discovery Lounge, Seaside Restaurant
Deck - 3
Medical center, Naturalist Lounge, Darwin's Cove
Technical specifications
- Classe: Galapagos class
- Tonnage: 5922
- Speed: 12.0 knots
- Passengers: 100
- Decks: 8
- Length: 101 m
- Width: 17 m
History
- 2019: Année de construction
Frequently Asked Questions
Flora measures 5,922 gross tons, 101.50 metres long by 17 metres wide, with a 4.50-metre draught. The figure of 5,739 tons circulating on several ship pages comes from CruiseMapper; shipyard De Hoop and Celebrity's own site both give 5,922. She spreads 50 suites across 8 decks and remains, despite her small size, the largest cruise ship permitted to operate in the Galápagos archipelago.
Both, and that is what sets her apart from the rest of the fleet. The Ecuadorian operating permit fixes a seat count, 100 in this case, and the ship cannot exceed it even by filling every sofa bed. On Celebrity Ascent the gap between double occupancy and maximum capacity runs past 800 people; on Flora it is zero. A couple travelling with two teenagers therefore takes four of the hundred places onboard, not two.
She holds station on DP1 dynamic positioning roughly 66% of her operating time, never dropping anchor, to spare the coral and seagrass beds. Every cabin is a suite, which no other Celebrity ship can claim. Her crew is Ecuadorian, she carries 8 national-park-certified naturalist guides onboard, and De Hoop designed her for one destination rather than for a fleet. She also carries a marina, Novurania tenders and Zodiacs for wet landings.
The Galápagos, year-round, round-trip from Baltra, on two alternating seven-night itineraries. The Outer Loop targets Española, Floreana, western Isabela and Fernandina; the Inner Loop covers Santiago, Rábida, Bartolomé, North Seymour and San Cristóbal. Celebrity also sells the same cruises as 10, 11 and 16-night packages that add Quito and, on the long version, Machu Picchu. Since January 2025 she has been the only Celebrity ship in the archipelago.
The programme stays identical in 2027, with departures already open through 2028, which makes air planning simple: the destination does not move. Air Canada opens a nonstop Montreal-Quito on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays from 4 December 2026 to 26 March 2027, on a Boeing 787-8. Outside that winter window you route through Panama with Copa out of Montreal, through Bogotá, or through a US hub. The Quito or Guayaquil flight to Baltra is included on packages of 10 nights and up, and bought separately on the seven-night cruise.
The Sky Suites with conventional veranda, 22 of them at roughly 31 square metres, are the entry level and are plenty for a week. The 16 Sky Suites with Infinite Veranda give the same floor area behind a window wall that drops down, which is better when the wind gets up. The 7 Premium Sky Suites and the single 34-square-metre Ultimate Sky Suite step up again, while the 2 Royal Suites at 52 square metres and the 2 Penthouse Suites at roughly 120 square metres target guests who want private outdoor space. For wildlife watching from the cabin, aim high in the ship rather than at a particular category.
The Seaside Restaurant is the main dining room facing forward over the sea, the Ocean Grill handles casual service aft, the Discovery Lounge hosts the daily naturalist lectures and the Observatory serves as the panoramic lounge. Darwin's Cove doubles as meeting point and guest services. The top deck carries a stargazing platform and the open-air cabana sleeping experience. The marina handles Zodiac launches and snorkelling gear.
Dining comes down to two venues, which tells over seven nights for a guest used to four main restaurants on an Edge-class ship. Some guests find the programme repetitive by midweek, two outings a day often returning the same species. Reviews note that the food falls short of luxury-line standards and that the excursions stop surprising after about four days. The ship carries no casino, no theatre and no kids' club.
Almost everything, in practice. Dining, bar service with a selection of wines and spirits, uncapped internet, tips, the two daily outings led by a certified naturalist, mask and fins, shorty wetsuits, binoculars, walking sticks, suite service, plus the shuttle linking the Baltra air terminal to the pier. Park entrance and transit control card charges, settled when you land in the archipelago, come back to you as a credit at embarkation on seven-night departures. Two laundry services per cruise are included as well. You still cover international airfare, the spa and travel insurance, which Ecuadorian law makes mandatory.
Yes, and more broadly than elsewhere in the fleet: gratuities for crew, lecturers and naturalist guides are all built into the Galápagos fare. No daily service charge lands on your stateroom account the way it does on a Celebrity Beyond. Of Flora's 80 crew, eight are national park guides, and their pay sits inside the same fare. A guest who wants to recognise exceptional service can still add something personal, with no obligation.
No, Flora serves drinks with no package to add. The Galápagos fare covers water, coffee, tea, soft drinks and a selection of wines and spirits, served at the bar, in the Seaside Restaurant and at the Ocean Grill. The suite minibar is stocked with local products. This applies to Flora alone: across the rest of the Celebrity fleet, drinks sit in a package you buy or skip.
Yes, high-speed Wi-Fi is part of the fare and available throughout the ship, with nothing to subscribe to. The caveat is geographic rather than technical: the archipelago sits a thousand kilometres off the mainland and satellite performance varies with position and weather. Work video calls and high-resolution photo uploads take patience. Your days are spent in a Zodiac or ashore anyway, outside coverage.
Celebrity suggests a minimum age of around eight, on the grounds that a younger child retains little of the experience. The ship has no kids' club, no activity pool and no youth programming: days are built around wet Zodiac landings, walks over lava and heat. Penthouse and Royal Suites work for families of three or four, bearing in mind that each person takes one of the hundred permitted seats. A teenager curious about biology does well here; a four-year-old much less so.
Yes, Galápagos cruises earn Captain's Club points on a separate and far more generous scale than the rest of the fleet: a Sky Suite with veranda earns 8 points per night and the upper suites reach 18 points per night, against 2 points per night for an inside cabin on a regular ship. A week on Flora therefore moves your tier much faster than a week in the Caribbean. Several tier benefits lose their point onboard, though, since Wi-Fi, drinks and gratuities are already covered. The spa and laundry discounts tied to Select and Elite still pay off.
It is possible, and worth preparing for. She carries zero-speed stabilisers that keep working at rest, which helps a great deal at anchor, but 5,922 tons is not much in Pacific swell. Island transfers happen overnight, usually during sleeping hours, and the sea builds during the dry season from July to December, when the Humboldt Current runs up. Sensitive passengers pick the warm season from January to June and a low, central suite rather than the top deck.
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