Galapagos Islands, Ecuador Travel Blogs

North Seymour Island
Oct 6, 2007

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Galapagos
Jun 3, 2007 (35 photos)

... a quick 1 hour 40 minute flight over the pacific to our destination of Isla Baltra, one of the dozens of islands that make up the Galapagos. On exiting the plane, things at first seem somewhat drab, as the tiny airport is surrounded by low lying brush ...

Galapagos Islands
Sep 11, 2006 (21 photos)

The Galapagos Islands are like nowhere else I've been. The islands feature huge numbers of marine and land species, many not found anywhere else in the world. Much of the wildlife has evolved without natural predators and as a result, has a fearless ...

Galapagos day 5 - Isla Baltra
Oct 17, 2008 (6 photos)

On day 5, most of the tourists on our boat left - only a few of us stayed for 8 days.  In the morning, the boat docked at Baltra, near the airport, to drop off and pick up new passengers.  The three of us who stayed on board, spent a couple of ...

The Enchanted Galapagos Islands
Mar 5, 2006 (16 photos)

I take a short flight from Quito to the Galapagos Islands which are located 1,000 km (620 miles) off the Pacific coast. This group of 13 major islands is where Charles Darwin conducted his study of evolution by natural selection back in the early 19th ...

Galapagos - sailing on the little red Encantada
May 7, 2008 (70 photos)

We headed off from Guayaquil  to the Galapagos early and after a flight, bus, boat and car ride we arrived in Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island where we were to board the sail boat we were spending our time on.  After lunch at one ...

The Galapagos Voyage Part 1
May 12, 2009 (19 photos)

... taken 200 years ago was instrumental in sparking his curiosity and asking those fundamental questions which led to his discovery. The Galapagos Islands consist of about 6 major islands and many more minor islets. It is famous (and expensive) mainly for its ...

Galapagos: Floreana, Española and San Cristobal
Aug 7, 2007 (10 photos)

... to open one of the bottles of red and after we had eaten we sat in the salon watching a BBC documentary on the Galapagos islands whilst Sam enjoyed cheese and wine.  We started sailing pretty much straight away and as we were travelling  against ...

Galapagos Day 7
Dec 3, 2008 (7 photos)

... boat then have to scatter, quickly, as we approached. After lunch we were dropped off in the capital of the Galapagos Islands, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, to go round the Interpretation Centre - an exhibition of the history of the islands & the importance ...

Galapagos - Day 2
Dec 3, 2007 (3 photos)

We woke up at about 5am this morning as we were so excited!  We got a coffee and went and sat out on deck and saw some of the other group out there too. This morning we did a walking tour of South Plaza - known for its colonies of Sealions.  ...

Galapagos.............................
Sep 14, 2008 (17 photos)

... we saw Galapagos Sea Lions, Blue Footed and Nazca Boobies, red variation of Marine Iguanas, Mocking Birds, Albatros and Galapagos Hawks. Day 3: Tuesday September 9th. Sailed through the night to Floreana Island and Champion Island. We see (am): ...

Galapagos
Oct 23, 2006 (4 photos)

Suarez point (Española) Gardner Bay (Española)* Blue-footed Boobies diving like bullets into the water to catch fish. Albatross walking over .25 mile to cliff to take of with 8' wing span. It uses the air currents. Mating dances of Boobie and ...

ARRIVAL IN BALTRA
Mar 24, 2009 (3 photos)

... an American military base; however, it now serves as an Ecuadorian military base.  The island is not considered part of the Galapagos National Park.  The airport is open to the outdoors, so you get an immediate appreciation of just how hot it is ...

Amazing
Jun 30, 2005 (17 photos)

... you the best idea of what the islands were like. But many of the birds and animals we saw were indigenous to the Galapagos islands and are still so rare as to only be found there. Snorkeling was also amazing literally swimming with sealions, whitetiped ...

Diving the Galapagos
Jan 23, 2008

Flying into the Galapagos Islands airport of Baltra I was a little surprised to see an island who's landscape looked a bit like outback Australia. But the hour trip to Puerto Ayora confirmed this, outback bushland!!! It didn't take long though for the ...

Floreana Island - Post Office Bay & Punta Cormoran
Oct 3, 2007

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Galapagos Islands
May 16, 2006 (58 photos)

Our trip to the Galapagos Islands was such a huge highlight for us. We were onboard the S/Y Beagle with 10 other passengers from Britain, New Zealand, Australia and Canada. It was a 7 night/8 day cruise going from island to island, most of the cruising ...

Galapagos - Day 6
Dec 7, 2007

This morning we visted Rabida - a red sand island with sealions.  We walked up to a viewing point which was apparently used in the film Master and Commander - its beautiful. We snorkelled again today - we saw starfish red and blue ones, a large ...

The Galapagos! First hike at North Seymour
Dec 22, 2008 (11 photos)

... travel. We picked up some more people who were in the same tour. My tour is an 8d/7n cruise around the Galapagos Islands. The itinerary can be found here: http://www.cometatravel.com/angelito.php?c=169 We drove to Quito airport and boarded a TAME ...

All I want for Xmas... is a baby sea lion
Oct 1, 2009 (28 photos)

Not sure how this write up is going to do the Galapagos tour justice - this place was probably on the top of both of our 'must see' lists and it didn´t disappoint... We spent 7 nights on a great boat were we managed to forget we were backpackers and ...

On The Pinnacle
Mar 4, 2007 (22 photos)

... ) got nipped by one of the hooked beaks which, serves him right for teasing them! Frigate birds are the pirates of the Galapagos as, unable to catch their own food due to sheer size and lack of waterproof feathers they must scavenge for scraps and have ...

San Cristobal and Pto. Baquerizo Moreno
Apr 19, 2008 (9 photos)

... cultural history museum.  As Jeff said, the museum told the real history.  The human history of the Galapagos is short and really brutal and they documented it all; disappearing settlers, prison camps, indentured servitude, riots and murders.& ...

Day 145: January 7, 2008 Baquerizo Moreno-Seymour
Jan 8, 2008 (20 photos)

... blew us off after just a couple of minutes and went up onto the beach. It was the first time I had snorkeled in the Galápagos without a wetsuit. It was great to be able to surface dive. The area was very diverse in species but there were few individuals of ...

Galapagos day 3 - Isla Espanola
Oct 17, 2008 (34 photos)

It´s easy to feel sensory overload on Espanola - the island is teeming with life! We followed a long walking trail across the island to some cliffs, where there were hundreds of sea birds soaring and diving.  All along the trail were nests of blue ...

Galapagos
Oct 19, 2007 (55 photos)

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Galapagos
Oct 20, 2006 (2 photos)

... early drink. La Garrapata - dinner at an outdoor restaurant. I wish I ate seafood. Steak is good but not distinctive. Galapagos Overview: From the guidebooks I saw, I had a hard time getting a good perspective to set my expectations. I will convey ...

Galapagos Islands
Sep 13, 2007 (5 photos)

... snake, Galapagos penguin, albatross and magnificent frigate birds. My writing really can´t do justice to the Galapagos islands and I would recommend a visit to anybody with the slightest interest in wildlife, birds, snorkeling or geology. Try to ...

Sad to be leaving the Galapagos
Dec 13, 2005 (15 photos)

Its our last day on the Galapagos islands today. We fly back to the mainland this afternoon, to Guayaquil. We are both sad to be leaving, if we could stay here for another week or so, we absolutely would. We booked the trip before we flew to the islands, ...

Galapagos - Day 4
Dec 5, 2007

In the morning we visited Floreana, to see Post Office Bay and walk down a lava tunnel - nothing special really.  We stayed on the beach for a while so that the Aida Maria crew could play the Nemo II crew at footie - Gordie joined in and was a hero!& ...

Beautiful Galapagos
Apr 14, 2009

... for any foreign plants, fruit or vegtebables which could unintentionally introduce some new species and upset the delicate Galapagos ecosystems. I met the other 9 people on the boat, mostly couples, one mother and daughter pairing and one single guy ...