ECUADOR -
Galapagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed on either side of the Equator in the Pacific Ocean surrounding the centre of the Western Hemisphere, 906 km (563 mi) west of continental Ecuador. The islands are known for their vast number of endemic species and were studied by Charles Darwin during the second voyage of HMS Beagle, as his observations and collections contributed to the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by means of natural selection.
The islands have a population of slightly over 28,000.
BEST TIME to VISIT ECUADOR and GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to GALAPAGOS
Galapagos : April to December
Floreana Island - Flamingos
Floreana Island - Orcas
Floreana Island - Punta Cormorant - Flamingos
Rabida island - Sea lions gettig ut of the water
Rabida island - landscape - red sand beach
Rabida island - sea lion
North Seymour Island - Magnifiscent frigatebird - juvenal
Rabida island - landscape
Espanola Island - Punta Suarez - Waved Albatross - chick
North Seymour Island - Great Frigatebird - juvenals
North Seymour Island - Sea lion playing
North Seymour Island - Magnificent Frigatebird - juvenal
North Seymour Island - Yellow warbler
North Seymour Island - Frigatebird - Fluffy chick
North Seymour Island - Land iguana
North Seymour Island - Land iguana
Floreana island - crab with a shell
North Seymour Island - Seal - Puppy
north Seymour island - Seal - Puppy
North Seymour Island - Fur seal - Puppy
North Seymour Island - Seal - Puppy
North Seymour Island - Pelican
North Seymour Island - Frigatebirds (2 males with the red throat inflated)
Floreana island - Frigatebird (male)
some islands are desertic like San Bartolomé island
pink flamingo
bird and chicks
sea lion head
Nazca booby
San Bartolomé - famous landscape seen in "Master and Commander" movie
North Seymour Island - land iguana
North Seymour Island - land iguana
North Seymour Island - Magnificent Frigatbird - fluffy chick
North Seymour Island - landscape
Espanola Island -Punta Suarez - Marine iguanas
Floreana Island - Flamingos
Espanola Island -Punta Suarez - Maine iguana
Espanola Island -Punta Suarez - Marine iguanas
Espanola Island -Punta Suarez - Waved Albatrosses bonding before mating
Espanola Island -Punta Suarez - Waved Albatrosses bonding before mating
Espanola Island -Punta Suarez - Seals - Mother and Puppy
Espanola Island -Punta Suarez - American Oystercatchers
Espanola Island - Punta Suarez - sandy beach
Espanola Island -Gardner Bay - sandy beach
Espanola Island - Punta Suarez - colorful marine iguana
Espanola Island - Punta Suarez - lava lizard (male)
Espanola Island - Punta Suarez - lava lizard (female)
Espanola Island - Punta Suarez - lava lizard (female)
Espanola Island - Punta Suarez -Nazca booby - new-born chick
Espanola Island - Punta Suarez -Nazca booby
Espanola Island - Punta Suarez -Nazca booby- fluffy chick
Espanola Island - Punta Suarez -hawk - juvenal
Espanola Island - Punta Suarez -hawk - juvenal flying
Espanola Island - Punta Suarez - colorful marine iguanas
Espanola Island - Punta Suarez - 2 couples of waved albatrosses
Espanola Island - Punta Suarez - colorful marine iguana
Espanola Island - Punta Suarez - sea lions
Fernandina Island - Galapagos pinguins
Espanola Island - Punta Suarez - lava lizard (male)
Fernandina Island - Marine Iguanas
Fernandina Island - yung pinguin
Fernandina Island - hawk - juvenal
Fernandina Island - Marine Iguana
Fernandina Island - crab
Fernandina Island - Marine Iguanas
Fernandina Island - Marine Iguanas
Fernandina Island - Marine Iguana
Fernandina Island - Marine Iguanas
Fernandina Island - Marine Iguana with a lizard on its head
Fernandina Island - Marine Iguanas
Fernandina Island - Marine Iguana
Isabela Island - Giant Tortoise
Isabela Island - Giant Tortoise
Isabela Island - Giant Tortoise
Isabela Island - Giant Tortoise
Santa Cruz Island - Giant Tortoise
Santa Cruz Island - Giant Tortoise
Santa Cruz Island - Giant Tortoise
Santa Cruz Island - Giant Tortoise