Ohhhhhh my, today has more than made up for yesterday! We started off bright and early to make the most of the day. The first stop was on one part of Santiago Island where we went onto the island for a hike. We saw some Galapagos Hawks and walked to a viewing point where we could see a couple lagunas … Continue reading →
What a disaster! After the first day of having a few mix ups I expected things to go up hill… We started off with an amazing breakfast and then headed to our first island called North Seymor to do a hike. the hike was very good and we saw tons of interesting birds (that I can’t remember the name of … Continue reading →
The start of the cruise was a bit of an interesting day…basically we ended up waiting around for about three hours before we did anything. We were told we were starting in the morning,but didn’t end up going anywhere before 3pm. The first excursion before even getting on the boat was exploring the highlands on Santa Cruz. We went to … Continue reading →
Today was a fantastic way to start off the islands. We went to the Darwin Research Centre in the morning which had some good general information about all the islands. We saw lots of land tortoises and some land iguanas. After wandering around a bit we went back to town for lunch before packing up to go to the beach. … Continue reading →
I am now sitting in a hammock at my hostel in the Galapagos islands. It was just over 24 hours ago that we made the last minute decision to fast track our way here! The flight was a bit delayed, but everything else went smoothly. We had to go through a more extensive customs routine to get here because the … Continue reading →