The Galapagos is a destination meant to be explored on a more intimate scale — ships are limited by law to 100 guests max — but Celebrity Xploration takes the concept to the extreme. It’s not even a cruise ship, but rather a 16-guest catamaran that is several hundred times smaller than Celebrity’s largest and better-known ships (and much smaller than its two other Galapagos vessels, 48-guest Celebrity Xpedition and 100-guest Celebrity Flora). Designed to go off the beaten path, Xploration is ideal for travelers who dislike crowds and the formalities of traditional cruise ships, preferring, well, exploration over tourism.