The Galapagos are an amazing archipelago of eighteen islands, 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador. If you are planning an epic adventure to South America, the Galapagos should be on your itinerary, especially if you like nature and wildlife.
Best Galapagos Islands Tour Companies
These are the top rated tour operators and travel companies offering trips in Galapagos.
Travel to the Galapagos
No where in the world is like the Galapagos. Animals and plants once somehow migrated across the sea. Over the course of time they adapted themselves to Galapagos conditions and came to differ from their ancestors on the mainland. Many of them are found nowhere else in the world.
Remarkably there are no predators on the islands, so the animals are fearless. This makes close encounters with them a daily occurrence. Charles Darwin recognized this in 1835 and his observations played a substantial part in his formulation of the theory of evolution. The Galapagos have been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. They offer some of the most interesting places in the world for swimming, snorkelling and scuba diving.
Kick back and relax as you explore the islands of the Galapagos by boat or land. Teeming with wildlife this place will leave you speechless. See ancient tortoises in there natural habitat, bird watch or if you are more of a ocean lover grab your regulator and check out the world under the oceans surface.
The wildlife of this Ecuadorean archipelago is quite simply like nowhere else. These remote volcanic islands, 1000km from the South American mainland, are rich with the unique fauna that helped Darwin evolve his revolutionary theory of the origin of species and the evolution of humans. Island-hopping for eight days aboard a cruise yacht, you’ll see more than just the giant tortoises that gave the islands their name: as you walk along white sands or up volcanic cones, you will marvel at the marine iguanas, the colonies of fearless albatross and Galapagos doves. Snorkel or swim in the cool crystal-clear waters, with fur seals and penguins.