Hotel deals in Puerto Villamil, Ecuador

... out to Las Tintoreras (The White Tipped Reef Sharks), which is a bunch of small islands just out from the port here in Puerto Villamil. The sharks use the lagoons between the islands as a place to rest, hence the name. Now we can honestly say that ...

From Puerto Villamil, Ecuador by varney

... expired so I had to return to the surface. When the others returned, we returned to the boat and immediately set sail for Villamil on Isla Isabela. With three hours of sunlight left, a group of us stayed up on top looking for whales, dolphins and ...

From Puerto Villamil, Ecuador by magellanic

We've now done a week at the centre. Literally everything from feeding to painting the tortoises. Cutting down branches, trimming hedges, weeding paths, raking leaves and poisonous apples. I've discovered that I react particularly badly to the ...

From Puerto Villamil, Ecuador by varney

There is a brilliant lagoon 15 minutes from home, where the snorkelling is just great. Always plenty to see, and sometimes some of the larger critters make an appearance too. Spent Saturday morning snorkelling there. There we were, minding our ...

From Puerto Villamil, Ecuador by varney

We went on an organized tour to Isabella Island, the largest in the Galapagos archipelago. After a 2 hour boat ride we met Julio, our guide who was waiting for us at the docks, he took us to the hotel(a very nice place, with air conditioning, TV ...

From Puerto Villamil, Ecuador by aspin

... big fish in this little pond here. No one is very poor here, even though the prices are so much higher than mainland ecuador. However, no one saves money either, they live paycheck to paycheck. There isn't a bank on the island, just a "cooperativa" ...

From Puerto Villamil, Galápagos, Ecuador by leahedw