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Join a sailing adventure on a Tall Ship and set course for new horizons!

Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands (EC) - Rapa Nui (Easter Island) (CL)

23 June - 20 July 2026

27 days, Bark Europa

From € 7980,-

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Oceancrossing Sail Training

p.p. in a 4/6-person cabin: € 7980,-
p.p. in a 2-person cabin: € 9380,-

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Bark Europa:
Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands (EC) - Rapa Nui (Easter Island) (CL)

23 June - 20 July 2026

This extraordinary voyage begins in the Galápagos, the Enchanted Isles, where you will first spend a week exploring this world of life and lava. You’ll snorkel in clear waters, walk among curious wildlife, and feel the quiet awe of being in a place where nature reigns and the animals rule. Then, with sails set and the Galápagos fading on the horizon, the Europa will turn southwest into the open Pacific: the sailing adventure to Easter Island begins. Days at sea follow the rhythm of wind and water, learning the ropes, standing watch, and tracing your way across the endless blue. Ahead lies Easter Island, Rapa Nui, remote and mysterious, where ancient stone guardians keep watch over the ocean you’ve just crossed. This is truly a bucket list adventure!
Open to Windseekers aged 15-72.

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Key points

  • Dates: 23 June 2026 - 20 July 2026
  • For Windseekers aged 15-72
  • Windseekers joining: maximum 48
  • No sailing experience required!
  • Official language on board: English
  • Price includes: accommodation and meals, excludes drinks at the bar
  • Price excludes transportation costs to-and from the ports. Our travel counsellor can advise you and book your transfers
  • Available diets: regular, vegetarian. Mild allergies and intolerances to be discussed on a case-by-case basis.
  • Windseekers need to have a health insurance and a travel insurance
  • All bedding and towels are provided on board.
  • "I learned that I could do things that I could have never done before."

    Christopher (16), England

You sail on the Bark Europa

Shipping type: Bark
Homeport: Den Haag (NL)
Date built: 1911
Trainees: 48
Length: 56 m
Height of mast: 33 m
Sail: 1250 m2

The Bark Europa has sailed every ocean and visited every continent, earning the reputation as a first-class world wonderer. This majestic three-masted ship, equipped with 30 sails, has been a prominent participant in many Tall Ships Races since 1994. Notably, …

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Windseeker logs

  • Clean Circle Navigators 2019: plastic research

    – by Maarten Erich, Science Coordinator of By The Ocean We Unite & Anna Gudarowska, Windseeker

    In 2019 Windseeker teamed up with By the Ocean we Unite (now: The Ocean Movement) for the first time. In the summer 148 Windseekers took part in the first Sustainable Sailing journeys (now: Clean Circle Navigators) on four Tall Ships. …

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  • Whoopie in het stuurhuis!

    MORGENSTER

    SØNDERBORG, BALTIC

    – by Windseeker Jan

    De lange dagen op zee begonnen hun tol te eisen. Mijn 19-jarige collega Windseekers voelde hun laarzen gaan koken. Tijd voor wat whoopie in het stuurhuis!

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STO Garant

This Journey is covered by the STO Garant guarantee. You can find the conditions for this guarantee scheme on STO Garant’s website (www.sto-garant.nl/en/downloads).

This process is automatic and you do not need to do anything else. After receiving your booking, Windseeker will send you detailed information on how and when to pay for your journey – together with all the other important details.

 

What does it mean?

In short: you do not pay the booking amount to Windseeker but instead into an escrow account. This trust account holds your payment in reserve until your journey’s end. The booking amount is then released to Windseeker on the day after your trip ends. If Windseeker or the Ship should become financially insolvent before the end of your trip, STO Garant will implement the guarantee. The Guarantee Scheme details how you can make a claim under the guarantee in such cases. You can read more about this here.