Galapagos Islands Hotels Reviews and Rates

Gooooo Galapagos

The alarm went off at 5am which was not a welcome event. Chris stumbled into the bathroom for a quick shower, meanwhile Annabelle was trying to work out where she was, it was all very confusing, we are clearly no longer used to any type of early start.

We turned on the news to hear that an allied force was bombing Libya, another war, just …

Day 43 of 126 Santa Cruz - final full day

Survived a night sleeping as a three some - Monica and I frolicking away together on the bottom to the constant rocking of the waves, and Tanya oblivious to it all sleeping away on the top bunk above us. lol. It all went well and the ship's bell went off at 5:30 with breakfast at six and a cruise to see the lagoon that holds the pink flamingos. …

Day 39 of 126 in Puerto Ayora

First day in the Galapagos and things were a bit chaotic. After the early morning taxi ride from Playas to the airport in Guayaquil, we could not find our contact person who had papers for us and was going to lead us through the airport labyrinth. Monica finally spotted a woman looking lost with a clipboard and yes she was our contact.
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Waiting...

I arrived in the Galapagos a little earlier than Jess so I could find us a cruise. I'm just bumming around and enjoying the warm weather. It's different than I expected--more built up. I booked us on the Aida Maria. While it wasn't my first or second choice, it was more or less my only choice. Christmas time isn't the ideal time to try to get a …

Isla Santa Fé

Nach einer 'kämpferischen' Nacht mit den Moskitos gab es Gott sei Dank erstmal ein exzellentes Frühstück - unser Koch ist echt der Wahnsinn! Gut gestärkt ist so ein Landgang natürlich viel besser, Hauptsache man vergißt nicht die Sonnencreme. Die Kraft der Sonne - vor allem wenn man auf See ist - konnten wir gestern bei der ca. zweistündigen Ü …

Mosquera and Isla Santa Fe

Morning Isla Mosquera - a tiny white sand island created by techtonic uplift of the sea floor. Sunrise Land excursion Marine iguanas Sea Lion colony (with quite a few babies nursing) Noddy terns Sanderlings Steam to Santa Fe Island Cool volcanic layers Jumping rays! Sharks Dolphins riding our bow wave Flying fish Blue footed boobies Isla Sante Fe …

Rock the Boat, oh god dont rock the boat anymore!

We have been in Galapagos three days and I cant remember what we have done or in what order! We are on a large catamaran (motor one) with a total of 16 people really mixed bunch but mainly retired! We set sail from Baltra Island on the first afternoon and after about an hour I began to feel extremely sick not a good start. However after half a …

Day 123 - Quito to Galapagos (Santa Cruz)

We were up at 6am again, packed what we needed for our 4 nights/5 days on the boat and stored our big rucksacks in the luggage lockers.

We battled through our pigeon Spanish and the guy on reception's pigeon English, then waited for our taxi to arrive.

It never did show up, so we flagged one down and jumped in for half the price …

Up Close and Personal With Galapagos Wildlife

Face to face with sea lions, floating with sea turtles or watching the fascinating courtship antics of Blue Footed Boobies, Magnificent Frigate birds and those nasty looking marine iguanas... this has been a fascinating 7 days on the Galapagos Islands. Arriving at the airport our first glimpse of wildlife was a land iguana wandering through the …

Puerto Ayora and the Darwin Research Center

Our overnight sail brought us to Puerto Ayoro, Santa Cruz, which is probably the busiest harbor in the Galapagos. Puerto Ayoro is home to the Darwin Research center and higher up the mountain lies the giant tortoise sanctuary and some impressive lava tubes. Here´s the Wikipedia blurb... Given the name of the Holy Cross in Spanish, its English name …