
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