Galapagos Islands Hostels - Reviews and Rates

For the last few days, we have been sunning ourselves aboard a catamaran and taking in the delights of Darwin’s Galapagos. The land of giant tortoises, frigate birds and boobies (NB the latter bearing no relation to ample chested birds of the page 3 nature!)
The guide book says that nothing prepares you for witnessing how tame the anim...

Today was Christie and Jody's birthday. I made a short trip to the supermarket to get some provisions before the others woke and made a birthday breakfast. After a sumptuous breakfast, we packed our day packs and headed for the harbor for our tour at 9am. We found Carlos who we had seen yesterday and had agreed to go on his tour, the sky was qui...

Het is geloof ik alweer een tijdje geleden dat ik iets geschreven heb, dus ik moet er maar weer aan geloven. Eens even kijken of ik het me nog allemaal herinneren kan...

De laatste week bij mijn project was gelukkig een stukje beter. Dit kwam met name omdat we elke dag een operatie hadden in de dierenkliniek (ahum kliniek). Het is erg jam...

8 dagen op het schip de Sulidae doorgebracht, een soort Black Pearl met het bouwjaar 1901, die jammer genoeg niet meer zeilt. Wel leuk dat het echt een uniek schip was en nogal opvalt tussen alle luxe, witte moterjachten. En hoewel het zeker niet goedkoop was is het het geld dubbel en dwars waard geweest!! Je hoort altijd bijzondere verhalen ove...

I warn you now this could be a long entry. There may be long paragraphs waffling on a lot about animals and fish. I make no apology for this but I do warn you so those who have no interest can skip ahead now, or maybe just learn to skim read! The flight out to the Galapagos seemed to take ages, maybe because I had to share the flight with a mass...

Today we headed off to Floreanna on a day trip. The sun actually shone brightly and we had some excellent snorkeling. The sea-lions seemed very interested in us and many times we had a mask full of sea-lion face as they came up to have a good look at us. Sea turtles, sharks, penguins, colourful fish and crystal clear water made for the most impr...

Vuelta a Puerto Ayora, y hotel más cutre si cabía... es la vida del mochilero, ¡qué se le va a hacer! Para el resto de días que nos quedaban, contratamos un para de excursiones de un día por las islas cercanas a Santa Cruz: Plazas y Seymour Norte. Nos quedó bastante por ver, y yo me quedé con las ganas de visitar sitios maravillosos como Bartolo...

What an experience! I´ve been out at sea for 8 days diving every day in the different islands of the Galapagos Archipelago and it was fantastic. We saw everything! Hammerheads sharks, whale sharks, of course white and black tip sharks, galapagos sharks, mantas, every kind of ray, turtles, sea lions, killer whales and much more. If you like anima...

We touched down in Baltra, one of the dozen volcanic islands that make up the Galapagos archipelago. From our plane, we took a water taxi and a bus to the main port of Puerto Ayora. After some bargaining for a last-minute boat deal, we boarded our cruise ship two days after we landed. Our 16 person motor yacht had passengers from Germany, UK, Ca...

The Galapagos Islands is absolutely stunning, we really cannot belive the abundance of wildlife and the fact that the wildlife is so within a few steps of you. Highly recommend a trip here.