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Category Archives: attractions
Top 5 Things Not To Expect On Your Galapagos Cruise
Galapagos cruise passengers never get what they expect. At the beginning, they may think their Galapagos holiday tour is going exactly as they imagined it in their heads —especially those who study up and learn every bird name and know … 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
Galapagos travel highlight: sea turtles
The Galapagos Islands has become a haven for sea turtles. A true luxury in eco-travel, Galapagos holiday cruises offer the golden opportunity (an almost guaranteed opportunity) to see (and perhaps swim with) an endangered species such as the Pacific Sea … Continue reading
Galapagos Comes In Eighth
“Oh well,” sighed the iguanas at Academy Bay when they heard the news. The Galapagos Islands, which recently had a very strong chance of becoming one of the Seven New Wonders of the World, didn’t make the final selection. It must have … Continue reading
A Galapagos Holiday Animal Overload
The experience on Galapagos luxury cruises or land-based hotels will inevitably conjure the same conclusion in the minds of travelers: there are few places that compete in terms of the number of animals one can observe. I like to … Continue reading
Two Galapagos cruise highlights
A Galapagos holiday cruise offers visitors the possibility of experiencing deeply contrasting places, and today I’d like to talk about two of these: the beaches at Tortuga and Urbina. It is quite baffling how from one island to another … Continue reading
Galapagos travel highlight, Punta Suárez
Punta Suárez on Española Island is a very special Galapagos cruise tour destination. It is a land dominated by birds, where colors collide like the waves against its rugged cliffs. Beautiful hues on the iguanas during mating season and the … Continue reading
Punta Suárez: Galapagos at its best
Punta Suárez on Española Island is a very special Galapagos cruise tour destination. It is a land dominated by birds, where colors collide like the waves against its rugged cliffs. Beautiful hues on the iguanas during mating season and the … Continue reading
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Seabirds take height during Galapagos cruises
Seabirds are a prime Galapagos holiday highlight. We see them as we first arrive at the airport, when we first start looking around at this spectacular travel destination in Baltra from the few-minute transfer to the cruise ship, pelicans glide above … Continue reading
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Punta Moreno, a Galapagos cruise highlight
Punta Moreno is one of Galapagos tourism’s most remote spots. Located on the extreme north coast of Isabela Island, between volcanoes Sierra Negra and Cerro Azul, Punta Moreno is dominated by jet-black pahoehoe lava that seems to extend as far … Continue reading