Geography and Geology of the Galapagos Islands
by Eric Castro.The Galapagos archipelago is located about 1000 kilometers to the west of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean. It is formed by 13 main islands: Darwin, Wolf, Pinto, Marchena, Genovesa, Fernandina, Isabela, Santiago, Baltra, Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal, Flore...
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Marine Life in the Galapagos Islands
by Eric Castro.The Galapagos Islands are one of the natural complexes most diverse of the world. Great quantity of formations of life as well as of representative species they are located here. In the Galapagos Islands there are recognized 333 species different spe...
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Galapagos Islands Wildlife
by Eric Castro.In the Galapagos Islands it can be defined several areas of vegetation according to the increase of the elevation, the type and readiness of water and variable characteristics of the soils.Coast: It is along the beaches, lagoons of salted water and l...
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Galapagos Islands Diving Tips
by Eric Castro.The best way to come closer to the animals of the Galapagos, is by means of soft movements, or without moving when you have them in front, and not to make bubbles. If you move to come closer, a turtle that rests, a shark that happens and even a gigan...
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Galapagos Whale Shark Diving
by Eric Castro.Aerodynamic, lengthened and robust body, spotted dark gray color, with white or yellowish moles in the whole body. It is darker than most of the sharks. The same as the true whales, it only feeds of plankton and of small fish. When anything near the ...
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The Galapagos Tortoises
by Eric Castro.The giant turtles are only in Tortoises and in the atoll of Aldabra in the Indian Ocean. Weighing 270 kilograms, these big reptiles, slow-moving has few natural enemies, but they are threatened by the humans and the animals that they entered. Subsequ...
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Galapagos Cruises & Galapagos Tours News
by Eric Castro.What is it that makes Galapagos islands so amazing during September?? Being this month the peak of the Dry Season, a lot of unusual features are seen within the islands' environment.? For example, who would expect a barren and desert-like habitat in ...
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Charles Darwin Holidays
by Eric Castro.September 7th, 1835: H.M.S. Beagle set sail from Callao, Peru, to the Galapagos Archipelago. About eight days later, o ff in the distance, the island of San Cristobal Island showed a high volcanic peak as evidence of arrival. They young Englishman ha...
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Visiting Post-office Bay
by Eric Castro.One of the unusually attractive Galapagos visitor sites, due to its historic content, is Post Office Bay, Floreana Island. A beautiful olivine beach (similar to Punta Cormorant) welcomes us, next to a dense salt-bush forest. Few meters inland we find...
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Galapagos Cruises & Galapagos Tours
by Eric Castro.If you live in northern latitudes, say higher than 30?N, chances are you are not expecting warm days now, right? Well, escaping the cold, and heading for warm days, seems to be the trend worldwide. Of course, GalÃ?pagos is not just one more tropical...
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New Galapagos Naturalists Guides
by Eric Castro.Our Galapagos Expedition Team is making history since for the first-time ever; eighteen persons are part of the team who leads the Galapagos Expedition for our guests. The latest Naturalist Guide Course gave us a rewarding new human resource, which h...
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Climate Changes in Galapagos
by Eric Castro.February is the most important month during the Hot Season. In this time of the year, the Galapagos islands not only adopt an emerald-green color, and turn humid and balmy warm, but many species start reproducing now. For these, this time is the only...
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