Galapagos Islands Ecuador

Galápagos Islands

The Galápagos Islands are located in the eastern Pacific Ocean, 1,000km (604 miles) off the west coast of South America. The Galápagos world’s most wondrous group of islands consists of 13 main islands, 5 smaller islands, and 107 rocks and islets. Galapagos originally discovered by a Spanish bishop named Fray Tomas de Berlanga in 1535, who named the island Galapagos after the impressive giant tortoises.  Charles Darwin arrived the Galapagos Islands’ in the fall of. 1885. Isolation of the islands, led to the development of unusual animal life inspired Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. The Galápagos became a national park in 1959 and tourism started in the 1960s

Weather: - During the cold season (June to November) the temperature is 22° and warm season (December to May) the average temperature rises to 25°C

Attraction: - The Galapagos Islands are ideal for adventure activities like swim with dolphins, scuba diving and wildlife expeditions. Galapagos Islands are home to the most diverse variety of land and sea species on the planet.

Birds: - Blue-footed Booby, Dark-Rumped Petrel, Darwin’s Finches. Flightless Cormorant, Galapagos Flamingo, Galapagos Hawk, Galapagos Penguin, Magnificent Frigate Bird, Masked Booby, Red-footed Booby and Waved Albatross

Marine Life: - Fur Seal, Hammerhead Shark, Marine Iguana, Sally Lightfoot Crab and Sea Lion

Land-Dwellers:- Giant Tortoise, Land Iguana and Lava Lizard