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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Fundación Galapagos, an overview by Alan Smith
The Galapagos Islands are astonishing! Astonishing, utterly unique and delicate. Darwin realised it, I now realise it and the more people that realise it, the better. As with many of Nature’s most beautiful creations, there is a danger that, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Smith, environment, Fundación Galapagos, galapagos islands
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Travel today to the land of exotic animals!
What is so exotic about Galapagos wildlife, anyway? Is it so hard to imagine creatures with red pouches, blue feet, scaled backs, shriveled-up wings. Are the Galapagos Islands just a fad…? Are we into Galapagos travel just because these creatures … Continue reading
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Tagged endemics, Flightless Cormorant, galapagos islands, wildlife
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Do not touch!
One of the biggest temptations during Galapagos holiday cruises and tours is touching everything around you. The act of “touching”, which is strictly prohibited throughout the park, can be interpreted. Of course you can touch the sand, or touch the … Continue reading
A Galapagos Christmas
Ah… a Galapagos holiday cruise is what should be awaiting you on the 25th… right? Where’s Santa when you need him… instead of leaving the gifts and going off back to the North Pole, he should wake you and your … Continue reading
The Finch Bay Hotel, by Alan Smith
Finch Bay Eco Hotel: A Galapagos hotel, in every sense. Having spent four days enjoying the peace and tranquillity of the Finch Bay Hotel, a short hop by water taxi across from Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island, I have … Continue reading
A travel / nature show natural
Sir David Attenborough has just announced a partnership with Sky 3D to host, write and present a new three-part series on the Galapagos Islands. The Islands of Darwin’s Evolutionary Theory, the Islands that pioneered ecological travel, the Islands that only … Continue reading
Polar representatives in the Galapagos Islands
The Galapagos Islands lie at the very crossroads of Life on Earth. Astride the Equator, a Galapagos holiday cruise can easily place tourists face to face with animals associated with the most tropical destinations (flamingos, lizards, bats, iguanas, and flycatchers) as … Continue reading
A Galapagos Cruise by Alan Smith, part 3
These islands constantly, relentlessly and, I am sure, intentionally surprise you. Whilst preparing for a hike in the morning sun on a small, black sandy beach on San Salvador Island, our guide Carmen suddenly cried “Shark! A BIG shark!” We … Continue reading
A Galapagos Cruise by Alan Smith, cont’d
Isabela. If you look at a map of the Galapagos Islands your gaze will be drawn immediately to a large island in the West of the archipelago, strikingly resembling a seahorse. She sits proudly, adorned along her length by imposing … Continue reading
A Galapagos Cruise by Alan Smith
Giant soaring Frigatebirds are circling overhead, gliding back and forth between the Jurassic-looking, rocky Tower Island and our sleek, luxury Galapagos cruise yacht. The hazy sun is shimmering off the soft, rippling waves and the only noise to be heard as we … Continue reading